Full name Stephane Auvray Years Team Weight 71 kg Name Stephane Auvray Career start 2002 | Playing position Role Footballer Salary 60,000 USD (2011) Height 1.75 m | |
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Date of birth (1981-09-04) September 4, 1981 (age 34) Current team Guadeloupe national football team (Midfielder) Similar People Hans Backe, Thierry Henry, Mike Petke, Jesse Marsch, Octavio Zambrano | ||
Stéphane Auvray (born September 4, 1981 in Les Abymes) is a Guadeloupean footballer who last played for Brunei DPMM FC in the S.League of Singapore.
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He plays as a midfielder and currently serves as captain of the Guadeloupe national team. He is primarily a defensive midfielder and is known for his aggressive tackling.
Club
Born in Guadeloupe, Auvray left the island at 14 for Saint Martin and moved on to Europe to join SM Caen's youth system in 1994. With Caen, he featured with the club's reserve team in the Championnat de France amateur. In 2002, Auvray signed with amateur club GSI Pontivy and spent two seasons at the club. In 2004, he joined Vannes OC and had a successful career at the club spending five seasons there and amassing over 150 appearances for the club. During his time with Vannes, he helped the club achieve promotion to the professional division Ligue 2. In 2009, Auvray joined Nîmes Olympique, but after six months departed the club for personal reasons.
In January 2010, he signed with Major League Soccer club Kansas City Wizards. He was traded to New York Red Bulls on August 12, 2011 after requesting to be transferred. New York announced in December that it would not exercise its contract option on Auvray.
In December 2012, he signed with Brunei DPMM FC together with João Moreira as a foreign player for the 2013 S.League season. However, his stay in Brunei was brief as he was released by May 2013.
International
Auvray made his major tournament debut for Guadeloupe at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in June 2007 against Haiti. The team made it to the semi-finals but was eliminated by Mexico. Auvray renewed the experience for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, this time leading the team as captain. He scored one goal during the competition against Nicaragua. Guadeloupe qualified for the Quarter Finals but were eliminated by Costa Rica.