Dimitri Payet

Personal information
Dimitri Payet
Date of birth	29 March 1987 (1987-03-29) (age 21)
Place of birth	Saint-Pierre, Réunion (France)
Height	1.74 m
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	AS Saint-Étienne
Number	7
Youth clubs
1999-2003	JS Saint-Pierroise Le Havre AC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-	SS Excelsior FC Nantes Atlantique AS Saint-Étienne	33 (5) 31 (0)
National team²
2006-	France U-21	10 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 5 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Dimitri Payet (born March 29, 1987 in Saint-Pierre, Réunion) is a French soccer player, currently playing for AS Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1, after having previously played for Le Havre in Ligue 2 and for SS Excelsior in Réunion. Payet scored his first Ligue 1 goal in the 2005/06 season against FC Metz. Payet has played for the French under-21 team, after his first selection on November 9, 2006, in which an injury ruled him out of the game. On his first match for the under-21s, Payet set up one goal, and in his second game for the Blueuets he scored 2 goals.

v • d • e AS Saint-Étienne – current squad

1 Viviani • 2 Varrault • 3 Nivaldo • 4 Tavlaridis • 7 Payet • 8 Ilan • 9 Gigliotti • 10 Guarín • 11 Dernis • 12 Matuidi • 14 Feindouno • 15 Tiéné • 16 Janot • 17 Douala • 18 Gomis • 19 Landrin • 21 Dabo • 22 Matsui • 24 Perrin • 26 Bayal Sall • 28 Benalouane • 29 Faye • 30 Moulin • Manager: Roussey