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Mathieu Valbuena
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Mathieu Valbuena is a French soccer player born in 1984 who had a career playing professional football in Europe's top leagues. He is notable for his skill as a midfielder and his contributions to French club teams during the 2000s and 2010s.
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Key facts
- 2025
- Olympiacos B
- Full name
- Mathieu Valbuena
- Date of birth
- ( 1984-09-28 ) 28 September 1984 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Bruges , France
- Height
- 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
- Positions
- Attacking midfielder wide midfielder
- Current team
- Olympiacos B
- 1990 2001
- Blanquefort
- 2001 2003
- Bordeaux
- 2003 2004
- Langon-Castets
- Years
- Team
- 2004 2006
- Libourne
- 2006 2014
- Marseille
- 2014 2015
- Dynamo Moscow
- 2015 2017
- Lyon
- 2017 2019
- Fenerbahçe
- 2019 2023
- Olympiacos
- 2023 2024
- Apollon Limassol
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Kallithea
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- France
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 58
- Official website
- www.mathieuvalbuena.net
- Image
- Mathieu Valbuena 2019.jpg
- Height
- 167
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- Mathieu Valbuena
- date of birth
- 1984-09-28
- name in native language
- Mathieu Valbuena
- sport number
- 28
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
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Mathieu Valbuena (born 28 September 1984) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Olympiacos B. He occasionally plays as a winger and is known for his pace, technical ability, and tenacious style of play. He is described by his former coach at Libourne Saint-Seurin, Didier Tholot, as "an explosive player who is capable of quickly taking two opponents out of the game to create space, above all due to his dribbling skills." Due to his small stature, Valbuena is nicknamed le petit vélo, which translates to "the little bike".
Valbuena began his career at professional club Bordeaux. He was let go from the club after two seasons and subsequently joined amateur club Langon-Castets in the fifth division of French football. In 2004, Valbuena joined Libourne Saint-Seurin in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. The midfielder had a good 2005–06 season with the club and signed with Ligue 1 club Marseille, prior to the 2006–07 season. With Marseille, Valbuena played in the UEFA Champions League for the first time and, in the 2009–10 season, was part of the team that won the league and league cup double, as well as the Trophée des Champions.