Kévin Lejeune

Kevin Lejeune (born 22 January 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left winger and current Team Manager of FC Metz.

Kevin Lejeune
Lejeune with Ajaccio in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-01-22) 22 January 1985
Place of birth Cambrai, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Metz (team manager)
Youth career
1992–1999 Montauban FCTG
1999–2000 Toulouse Fontaines
2000–2006 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Auxerre 84 (7)
2010 → Nantes (loan) 17 (0)
2010–2012 Tours 67 (5)
2012–2017 Metz 138 (11)
2017–2020 Ajaccio 64 (1)
Total 370 (24)
International career
2002 France U17 6 (0)
2003–2004 France U19 5 (2)
2005 France U21 3 (0)
Managerial career
2020– Metz (team manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Formed at Auxerre where he made his debut in Ligue 1 in 2006, Lejeune was loaned to Nantes before leaving for Ligue 2 club Tours in 2010. Two years later he signed for FC Metz, and won two consecutive promotions from the Championnat National to Ligue 1, extending his contract three times. When it expired in 2017, he joined Ajaccio. After three seasons with the club, he retired from playing.

Career

Auxerre

Born in Cambrai, Nord, Lejeune began his career in 1998 with Toulouse Fontaines Club before moving to Auxerre in July 2000.[1][2] He made his debut on 19 November 2006 during a 1–0 Ligue 1 win over Toulouse at home, coming on in added time in place of Luigi Pieroni. He made three more appearances off the bench, and on 26 May 2007 in the last game of the season, he replaced Ireneusz Jeleń in the 35th minute and scored at the end of a 3–1 win at Valenciennes.[3] On 22 September 2007, he was sent off in a 2–0 victory against Marseille at the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps.[4]

Over the following two seasons, Lejeune played regularly, but in 2009–10 manager Jean Fernandez preferred players such as Kamel Chafni in his position and he started just once in the first half of the campaign.[1] On 6 January 2010, he joined Ligue 2 club Nantes on loan for the remainder of the season.[5]

Tours

In July 2010, Lejeune joined Cardiff City on trial, playing 45 minutes of a pre-season 3–0 defeat to Portimonense.[6] Later that month, he moved on a free transfer to Tours of Ligue 2, on a two-year contract.[7]

Metz

At the conclusion of Lejeune's Tours contract, he signed one of the same duration at Metz in the Championnat National.[8] He played 33 matches as they won promotion as runners-up to Créteil, and scored once in a 2–0 win at Red Star on 12 April 2013.[9] In his second season at the Stade Saint-Symphorien, the Grenats won a second consecutive promotion, this time as champions of Ligue 2. He scored four times, including two at Brest in a 3–0 win on 21 October 2013.[10] In January 2014, he extended his contract by another two years,[11] and signed further one-year extensions in August 2015 and September 2016.[12][13]

Ajaccio

Lejeune left Metz on 31 August 2017, for Ajaccio also in Ligue 2.[14] In his first season, he played 25 games as the Corsicans came third, and scored once on 6 April 2018 to conclude a 2–0 win at Châteauroux.[15] Three weeks later, he was sent off in a loss by the same score at Le Havre.[16]

After retirement

After retiring at the end of the 2019-20 season, Lejeune returned to his former club, FC Metz, as a team manager.[17] As of September 2022, Lejeune was still in the same position.[18]

References
  1. Margueritte, Matthieu (6 November 2009). "Qui pour relancer un espoir tricolore en perdition ?" [Who wants to relaunch a national team hope who is in perdition?] (in French). Foot Mercato. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  2. Canot, Aurélien (20 July 2011). "« Mes qualités sont toujours là »" ["My qualities are always there"] (in French). Mercato 365. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. "Résultat et résumé Valenciennes - Auxerre, Ligue 1, 38e journée, Samedi 26 Mai 2007" [Valenciennes - Auxerre result and summary, Ligue 1, 38th matchday, Saturday 26 May 2007]. L'Équipe (in French). 26 May 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  4. "Marseille rechute à Auxerre" [Marseille relapse at Auxerre]. 20 minutes (in French). 22 September 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  5. "Lejeune six mois à Nantes" [Lejeune to Nantes for six months] (in French). BFM TV. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. "Frenchman Lejeune is Cardiff's mystery new player". South Wales Echo. 20 June 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  7. Quentin, Emmanuel (22 July 2010). "Kevin Lejeune à Tours". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. "Le milieu Kévin Lejeune rejoint le FC Metz" [Midfielder Kévin Lejeune joins FC Metz]. L'essentiel (in French). 13 August 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  9. "Le FC Metz fait l'affaire au Red Star" [FC Metz do the job against Red Star]. Luxemburger Wort (in French). 12 April 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  10. "Ligue 2. Brest sévèrement battu par Metz (0-3) !" [Ligue 2. Brest beaten badly by Metz (0–3)]. Le Télégramme (in French). 21 October 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  11. "Kevin Lejeune, deux ans de plus au FC Metz" [Kevin Lejeune, two more years at FC Metz]. L'essentiel (in French). 13 January 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  12. "Metz : Un an de plus pour K.Lejeune" [Metz: One more year for K.Lejeune] (in French). Mercato 365. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  13. "Football : Kévin Lejeune prolonge d'une saison au FC Metz" [Football: Kévin Lejeune extends for one season at FC Metz]. Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 6 September 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  14. "L1 - Metz : Départ de Kevin Lejeune pour l'AC Ajaccio" [L1 - Metz: Kevin Lejeune leaves for AC Ajaccio] (in French). Mercato 365. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  15. "Football. L'AC Ajaccio domine Châteauroux" [Football. AC Ajaccio dominate Châteauroux]. Corse Matin (in French). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  16. "L'ACA dominé au Havre (2-0)" [ACA dominated at Le Havre (2–0)] (in French). Corse Net Infos. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  17. Kévin Lejeune, nouveau Team Manager du FC Metz !, fcmetz.com, 13 May 2020
  18. Ligue 2: the sanctions of the disciplinary committee after FC Metz, actualnewsmagazine.com, 14 September 2022
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