Faubert warming up for West Ham United in 2010 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julien Alex Thomas Faubert[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 August 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Le Havre, France | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2002 | Cannes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | Cannes | 45 | (4) |
2004–2007 | Bordeaux | 96 | (10) |
2007–2012 | West Ham United | 103 | (2) |
2009 | → Real Madrid (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2012 | Elazığspor | 16 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Bordeaux | 48 | (3) |
2013–2015 | Bordeaux II | 3 | (0) |
2016 | Kilmarnock | 9 | (0) |
2017 | Inter Turku | 26 | (1) |
2018 | Borneo | 15 | (3) |
2019–2020 | Fréjus Saint-Raphaël | 2 | (0) |
Total | 365 | (24) | |
International career | |||
2002–2004 | France U21 | 17 | (2) |
2006 | France | 1 | (1) |
2014–2017 | Martinique | 10 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Julien Alex Thomas Faubert (born 1 August 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a right back. Born in France, he played in one match for the France national team, in which he scored, before switching allegiance to the Martinique national team in 2014.
Faubert started his footballing career in France with Cannes before moving to Bordeaux. In 2007, he moved to England to play for West Ham. In 2009, he spent a short period on loan with Real Madrid before returning to West Ham for the beginning of the 2009–10 season. He has also played football in Turkey (for Elazığspor), Scotland (for Kilmarnock F.C.), Finland (for FC Inter Turku) and Indonesia (for Borneo F.C.)
He is nicknamed "Le TGV" or "The Express Train" in France.[3]