Raphaël Varane
Varane with France in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 25 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Lille, France | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Real Madrid | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2002 | Hellemmes | ||
| 2002–2010 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Lens | 23 | (2) |
| 2011– | Real Madrid | 108 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | France U18 | 2 | (1) |
| 2012 | France U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | France U21 | 15 | (3) |
| 2013– | France | 35 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:40, 22 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
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Raphaël Varane (French pronunciation: [vaʁan]; born 25 April 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Spanish club Real Madrid and the French national team.
He previously played for French club Lens and, ahead of the 2010–11 season, began training with the senior team and appeared on the bench in several league matches. On 7 November 2010, Varane made his professional debut in a league match against Montpellier. Varane has been described by Lens youth coach Eric Assadourian as a "truly first class player" who is "comfortable on both the tactical and technical level". In January 2014, he was named by The Guardian as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe.
Varane was a France youth international, having earned caps at under-18, under-20 and under-21 level. He made his full international debut in March 2013 and represented the country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Varane was born in the city of Lille in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. He is of Martiniquais heritage through his father, Gaston, who is originally from Le Morne-Rouge, while his French mother, Annie, was raised in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux. Varane began his football career in the Arrondissement of Lille playing for local club AS Hellemmes at the age of seven. After spending two years at the club, in July 2002, he joined professional club RC Lens, despite some interest from Derby du Nord rivals and hometown club Lille OSC. Similar to the development of the club's previous prized assets such as Gaël Kakuta and Timothée Kolodziejczak, Varane spent time at the Centre de Préformation de Football in nearby Liévin, a training center exclusively for players brought up in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. He spent two years at the center training there during the weekdays and playing with Lens on the weekends.
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