Dorian Dervite

Dorian Dervite
Personal information
Full name Dorian Dervite-Vaussoue[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988
Place of birth Lille, France
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Bolton Wanderers
Number 4
Youth career
1994–1999 La Madeleine
1999–2006 Lille
2006 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2009 → Southend United (loan) 18 (0)
2010–2012 Villarreal B 23 (0)
2012–2014 Charlton Athletic 70 (5)
2014– Bolton Wanderers 59 (1)
National team
2003–2004 France U16 17 (1)
2004–2005 France U17 17 (2)
2005–2006 France U18 8 (0)
2006–2007 France U19 9 (1)
2009 France U21 8 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:45, 23 February 2016 (UTC).


Dorian Dervite-Vaussoue (born 25 July 1988), known as Dorian Dervite, is a French professional footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers as a defender. He is also a former French youth International having played at every youth level from U16 to U21 level.

Club career

Dervite started his career with French club Lille but in July 2006 he moved to England to join and train in the Tottenham Hotspur youth academy. He made his competitive debut for Tottenham in the 3–1 win over Port Vale in the League Cup 4th round on 8 November 2006 where he partnered Michael Dawson in the centre of the Spurs defence.[2]

Dervite suffered a knee injury while playing for the Spurs reserve side during a friendly match against Norwich City in early January 2007, which kept him out for several months. In January 2009, he joined Southend United on loan until the end of the season. Dervite came second in Southend's player of the season vote after a very successful loan.[3]

He then signed for Villarreal B where he played 23 league matches, making his debut against Las Palmas.[4] Dervite left Villarreal B to sign for English Championship side Charlton Athletic.[5] Dervite scored his first Charlton goal in a 1–1 draw away at Leeds United.[6] On 17 May 2013, Dervite signed a one-year contract extension.[7] On 27 May 2014, Dervite signed for Bolton Wanderers, on a three-year contract[8]

On 5 December 2015, he scored his first Bolton goal on his 50th league appearance for the club in a 2–3 defeat against Cardiff City at the Macron Stadium.[9]

International career

Dervite has represented France at U-15, U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 levels. He has captained them on occasions. He was called up to the Under-21 squad to face Estonia and England.[10] He was called for the international Toulon Tournament again with the U21, then against Poland and for the U21 European Championship qualifiers against Lithuania and Ukraine. he scored his first goal for France in a home draw with Poland U21 on 12 August 2009 with an 80th minute shot to make it 2–1 to France with the game ending 2–2, his last game for the Under-21's came in their 3–1 away win over Slovenia U21 on 5 September 2009.

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 7. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tottenham 3–1 Port Vale (aet)". BBC Sport. 8 November 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "Southend sign up defender Dervite". BBC Sport. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Tottenham defender Dorian Dervite heads to Villareal". BBC Sport. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Charlton announce Dervite capture". Charlton Athletic. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Dervite: Everyone played their part". Charlton Athletic. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Charlton Athletic: Dorian Dervite & Callum Harriott extend deals". BBC Sport. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Dervite joins Bolton". Charlton Athletic. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34951378 Bolton 2 Cardiff City 3
  10. ↑ Dorian Dervitte's profile with national teams
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