Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jérémy Hélan | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Clichy-la-Garenne, France | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Playing position | Left Back / Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2007 | Aubervilliers | ||
2007–2008 | Clairefontaine | ||
2008–2009 | Stade Rennais | ||
2009–2011 | Manchester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
2011 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2012 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 28 | (1) |
2013–2016 | Sheffield Wednesday | 100 | (3) |
2016 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 8 | (0) |
Total | 141 | (4) | |
National team | |||
2010 | France U-19 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2016 (UTC). |
Jérémy Hélan (born 9 May 1992) is a retired French professional footballer who played as a left back and left midfielder. He last played for Sheffield Wednesday, whom he joined from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee in July 2013. He retired from football in September 2016.
Born in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hélan started his career in the youth team of AS. Jeunesse d' Aubervilliers from the age of eleven and stayed with the club until 2007. He then joined the Clairefontaine academy for a season, before joining Stade Rennais.
He controversially signed for Manchester City in February 2009 after deciding to see out the remainder of his professional contract with Rennes, and was accordingly suspended from international football for a month. For the remainder of the 2008–09 season and during the next two seasons Hélan established himself as a regular player in the City Elite Development Squad. In 2011, Hélan was among six players from the Elite Development Squad to be included for the pre-season tour in Poland. The following year also saw Hélan signed a new contract with the club.
He made his debut for the club on 25 September as a 106th-minute substitute as they lost a Football League Cup third round match to Aston Villa.
In October 2011, Hélan joined League One side Carlisle United on a one-month loan deal. He made his professional debut for his new loan club in a 3–0 win over Yeovil Town at Huish Park after coming on as a substitute for Jon-Paul McGovern. Hélan also made another appearance against Exeter City on 5 November 2011, where he played for 16 minutes, in a 0-0 draw. After this, Hélan returned to his parent club despite the club were about to extend his loan spell for the second month.