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=== Real Madrid ===
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On 22 June 2011, Lens president [[Gervais Martel]] confirmed to a group of supporters at a club meeting that Varane will be joining Spanish club [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] stating "He will play for Real Madrid under the guidance of [[José Mourinho]]".<ref name="varane_madrid"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110622_233831_varane-au-real-selon-martel.html | publisher = [[L'Equipe]] | title = Varane au Real selon Martel |language = French |date = 22 June 2011 | accessdate = 22 June 2011}}</ref> Varane had previously visited Real Madrid's club facilities and also met with club advisor and compatriot [[Zinedine Zidane]].<ref name="varane_madrid"/><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/930702/real-madrid-confirm-capture-of-lens-starlet-raphael-varane?cc=5739|title=Real confirm capture of starlet Varane|date=27 June 2011|work=[[ESPN]]|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref> On 27 June, the move was confirmed by Real Madrid after Varane successfully passed his medical.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1330061731339/noticia/Noticia/Raphael_Varane_supera_el_reconocimiento_medico.htm|title=Raphaël Varane supera el reconocimiento médico|date=27 June 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1330061732856/noticia/ComunicadoOficial/Comunicado_Oficial_2011-06-27.htm|title=Comunicado Oficial|date=27 June 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref> Varane signed a six-year contract with the club and the transfer fee is purported to be in the range of €10 million.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1330061731207/noticia/Noticia/Raphael_Varane_firma_su_contrato_con_el_Real_Madrid.htm|title=Raphaël Varane firma su contrato con el Real Madrid|date=27 June 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref>
On 22 June 2011, Lens president [[Gervais Martel]] confirmed to a group of supporters at a club meeting that Varane will be joining Spanish club [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] stating "He will play for Real Madrid under the guidance of [[José Mourinho]]".<ref name="varane_madrid"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110622_233831_varane-au-real-selon-martel.html | publisher = [[L'Equipe]] | title = Varane au Real selon Martel |language = French |date = 22 June 2011 | accessdate = 22 June 2011}}</ref> Varane had previously visited Real Madrid's club facilities and also met with club advisor and compatriot [[Zinedine Zidane]].<ref name="varane_madrid"/><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/930702/real-madrid-confirm-capture-of-lens-starlet-raphael-varane?cc=5739|title=Real confirm capture of starlet Varane|date=27 June 2011|work=[[ESPN]]|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref> On 27 June, the move was confirmed by Real Madrid after Varane successfully passed his medical.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1330061731339/noticia/Noticia/Raphael_Varane_supera_el_reconocimiento_medico.htm|title=Raphaël Varane supera el reconocimiento médico|date=27 June 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1330061732856/noticia/ComunicadoOficial/Comunicado_Oficial_2011-06-27.htm|title=Comunicado Oficial|date=27 June 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref> Varane signed a six-year contract with the club and the transfer fee is purported to be in the range of €10 million.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1330061731207/noticia/Noticia/Raphael_Varane_firma_su_contrato_con_el_Real_Madrid.htm|title=Raphaël Varane firma su contrato con el Real Madrid|date=27 June 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref> Following his move to Real Madrid, Varane has made it clear that he never had any doubts when he opted to leave Lens for Real Madrid but insisted that he always believed in himself and revealed how Mourinho played a part in his move.<ref>{{cite news|title=Varane: I never had any doubts about Real Madrid move|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2012/05/22/3119212/varane-i-never-had-any-doubts-about-real-madrid-move|publisher=Goal.com|date=22 May 2012|accessdate=7 June 2012}}</ref>


[[File:Varane au Real.jpg|220px|right|thumb|Raphaël Varane on Real Madrid training, in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].]]
[[File:Varane au Real.jpg|220px|right|thumb|Raphaël Varane on Real Madrid training, in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].]]
Varane was assigned the number 19 shirt and made his club debut for Real Madrid in the club's opening pre-season fixture against [[United States of America|American]] outfit [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] in the [[2011 World Football Challenge]]. He appeared as a half-time substitute as Real Madrid cruised to a 4–1 win.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330062741086/noticia/Cronica/LA_Galaxy_1-4_Real_Madrid.htm|title=LA Galaxy 1–4 Real Madrid|date=16 July 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=26 August 2011}}</ref> Varane made his first start for the club four days later in a 3–0 win over [[Mexico|Mexican]] club [[C.D. Guadalajara|Chivas de Guadalajara]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330063027815/noticia/Cronica/Chivas_Guadalajara_0-3_Real_Madrid.htm|title=Chivas Guadalajara 0–3 Real Madrid|date=20 July 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=26 August 2011}}</ref> He finished the pre-season campaign appearing in seven of the eight pre-season matches Real Madrid contested. Varane was an unused substitute in the first leg of Real Madrid's 5–4 aggregate defeat to [[F.C. Barcelona|Barcelona]] in the [[2011 Supercopa de España]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330064534028/noticia/Previa/Barcelona-Real_Madrid_2011-08-17.htm|title=Barcelona–Real Madrid|date=14 August 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=26 August 2011}}</ref>
Varane was assigned the number 19 shirt and made his club debut for Real Madrid in the club's opening pre-season fixture against [[United States of America|American]] outfit [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] in the [[2011 World Football Challenge]]. He appeared as a half-time substitute as Real Madrid cruised to a 4–1 win.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330062741086/noticia/Cronica/LA_Galaxy_1-4_Real_Madrid.htm|title=LA Galaxy 1–4 Real Madrid|date=16 July 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=26 August 2011}}</ref> Varane made his first start for the club four days later in a 3–0 win over [[Mexico|Mexican]] club [[C.D. Guadalajara|Chivas de Guadalajara]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330063027815/noticia/Cronica/Chivas_Guadalajara_0-3_Real_Madrid.htm|title=Chivas Guadalajara 0–3 Real Madrid|date=20 July 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=26 August 2011}}</ref> He finished the pre-season campaign appearing in seven of the eight pre-season matches Real Madrid contested. Varane was an unused substitute in the first leg of Real Madrid's 5–4 aggregate defeat to [[F.C. Barcelona|Barcelona]] in the [[2011 Supercopa de España]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330064534028/noticia/Previa/Barcelona-Real_Madrid_2011-08-17.htm|title=Barcelona–Real Madrid|date=14 August 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=26 August 2011}}</ref>


Varane made his competitive debut for Real Madrid on 21 September in the team's league match against [[Racing de Santander|Racing Santander]]. He started the match at centre back alongside [[Ricardo Carvalho]] as the match ended 0–0.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330066999157/noticia/Cronica/Racing_Santander_0-0_Real_Madrid.htm|title=Racing Santander 0–0 Real Madrid|date=21 September 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> In the team's next league match three days later against [[Rayo Vallecano]], Varane started and scored his first goal for the club after a flying back-heel shot following a [[Mesut Özil]] corner. Real Madrid won the match 6–2.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330067285203/noticia/Cronica/Real_Madrid_6-2_Rayo_Vallecano.htm|title=Real Madrid 6–2 Rayo Vallecano|date=24 September 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> Varane's goal made him the youngest foreign player at 18 years and 152 days to score a goal in a competitive match for Real Madrid.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/Sports/football/p-15281-Real-Varane-entre-deja-dans-l-histoire.htm?item_id=7947|title=Real: Varane entre déjà dans l’histoire|date=14 August 2011|work=[[TV5 Monde]]|accessdate=25 September 2011 | language = French}}</ref> On 27 September, he made his [[UEFA Champions League]] debut in a 3–0 group stage win over [[Netherlands|Dutch]] club [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000263/match=2007592/index.html | publisher = [[UEFA|Union of European Football Associations]] | title = Masterful Madrid too much for Ajax |date = 27 September 2011 | accessdate = 7 December 2011 }}</ref> Two months later, Varane made his second Champions League appearance against [[Croatia]]n club [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]. In the match, Varane started and assisted on the team's fifth goal, scored by [[José María Callejón|José Callejón]], in a 6–2 win. The victory ensured Real Madrid first place in its group.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000263/match=2007639/index.html | publisher = [[UEFA|Union of European Football Associations]] | title = Perfect Madrid put six past Dinamo |date = 22 November 2011 | accessdate = 7 December 2011 }}</ref>
Varane made his competitive debut for Real Madrid on 21 September in the team's league match against [[Racing de Santander|Racing Santander]]. He started the match at centre back alongside [[Ricardo Carvalho]] as the match ended 0–0.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330066999157/noticia/Cronica/Racing_Santander_0-0_Real_Madrid.htm|title=Racing Santander 0–0 Real Madrid|date=21 September 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> In the team's next league match three days later against [[Rayo Vallecano]], Varane started and scored his first goal for the club after a flying back-heel shot following a [[Mesut Özil]] corner. Real Madrid won the match 6–2.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330067285203/noticia/Cronica/Real_Madrid_6-2_Rayo_Vallecano.htm|title=Real Madrid 6–2 Rayo Vallecano|date=24 September 2011|work=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> Varane's goal made him the youngest foreign player at 18 years and 152 days to score a goal in a competitive match for Real Madrid.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/Sports/football/p-15281-Real-Varane-entre-deja-dans-l-histoire.htm?item_id=7947|title=Real: Varane entre déjà dans l’histoire|date=14 August 2011|work=[[TV5 Monde]]|accessdate=25 September 2011 | language = French}}</ref> On 27 September, he made his [[UEFA Champions League]] debut in a 3–0 group stage win over [[Netherlands|Dutch]] club [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000263/match=2007592/index.html | publisher = [[UEFA|Union of European Football Associations]] | title = Masterful Madrid too much for Ajax |date = 27 September 2011 | accessdate = 7 December 2011 }}</ref> Two months later, Varane made his second Champions League appearance against [[Croatia]]n club [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]. In the match, Varane started and assisted on the team's fifth goal, scored by [[José María Callejón|José Callejón]], in a 6–2 win. The victory ensured Real Madrid first place in its group.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000263/match=2007639/index.html | publisher = [[UEFA|Union of European Football Associations]] | title = Perfect Madrid put six past Dinamo |date = 22 November 2011 | accessdate = 7 December 2011 }}</ref>

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Raphaël Varane
Varane playing for France U21 in 2011.
Personal information
Full name Raphaël Varane
Date of birth (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Lille, France
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Real Madrid
Number 19
Youth career
2000–2002 Hellemmes
2002–2010 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Lens 23 (2)
2011– Real Madrid 9 (1)
International career
2010 France U18 2 (1)
2011– France U21 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:01, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:32, 2 June 2012

Raphaël Varane (born 25 April 1993 in Lille) is a French football player who currently plays for Spanish club Real Madrid in La Liga.[1] He primarily plays as a central defender and a defensive midfielder often acting as a sweeper in the latter role. Varane is a France youth international having earned caps at under-18 and under-21 level. 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.[2] 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".[3]

Club career

Early career

Varane was born in the city of Lille in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. He is of Martiniquais heritage through his father who is originally from Le Morne-Rouge, while his mother was raised in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux.[4] Varane began his football career in the Arrondissement of Lille playing for local club AS Hellemmes at the age of seven.[5] 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.[6] 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.[4] He spent two years at the center training there during the weekdays and playing with Lens on the weekends.

After returning full-time to Lens, Varane quickly ascended up the club's youth ranks. In the 2008–09 season, alongside teammates Thorgan Hazard and Geoffrey Kondogbia, he played on the club's under-16 team that won the Championnat National des 16 ans. In the following season, Varane was promoted to the club's under-19 team, despite being two years younger than several of his teammates. Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Varane signed his first professional contract.[7] He was, subsequently, promoted to the club's reserve team in the Championnat de France amateur.[8] Varane made his amateur debut in the club's opening league match of the campaign in a 2–0 victory over Drancy.[9] He appeared as a starter in the club's next nine matches with the team losing only one of them.

Lens

In late October of the campaign, Varane was called up to the senior team by manager Jean-Guy Wallemme to train ahead of the club's match against Montpellier on 6 November. He trained with the team for the entire week and, due to an injury to centre back Alaeddine Yahia, Varane was, surprisingly, named to the starting lineup.[10] In the match, he played the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 victory.[2] The victory was only the club's third clean sheet of the season. Varane was praised by teammates, most notably captain Adil Hermach, defending partner Eric Chelle, and striker David Pollet, as well as by the local media and coach Wallemme.[11][12] In the next two matches, Varane, alongside several other youth players, sat on the bench as Lens faced two tough teams in Marseille and Lyon.[13][14] He returned to the starting lineup on 30 November in a 4–1 defeat to Brest.[15] Despite the firing of Wallemme following the Brest match, Varane remained a starter in the team under new manager László Bölöni. In December, with both Chelle and Yahia returning to action, Varane was placed in the defensive midfielder role in the team's match against Bordeaux. In the match, he acted as a roving third centre back and made a blocked save in the 84th minute on a close range shot by Yoan Gouffran to preserve a 2–1 lead.[16] However, in the latter stages of the match, Bordeaux equalize to draw the match at 2–2.[17]

In January 2011, Varane was the subject of transfer speculation with the player being linked to several clubs.[18] In an effort to quell the interest, on 3 February 2011, he signed a two-year contract extension with Lens until 2015.[19][20][21] On 8 May, Varane scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw with Caen.[22] In the team's following match against Monaco, he scored the equalizing goal in another 1–1 draw.[23] Despite the goal, the stalemate condemned Lens to relegation back to Ligue 2 after two seasons in the top division.[24] On 21 May, Varane captained Lens in its 1–0 defeat to Arles-Avignon.[25]

Real Madrid

On 22 June 2011, Lens president Gervais Martel confirmed to a group of supporters at a club meeting that Varane will be joining Spanish club Real Madrid stating "He will play for Real Madrid under the guidance of José Mourinho".[1][26] Varane had previously visited Real Madrid's club facilities and also met with club advisor and compatriot Zinedine Zidane.[1][27] On 27 June, the move was confirmed by Real Madrid after Varane successfully passed his medical.[28][29] Varane signed a six-year contract with the club and the transfer fee is purported to be in the range of €10 million.[30] Following his move to Real Madrid, Varane has made it clear that he never had any doubts when he opted to leave Lens for Real Madrid but insisted that he always believed in himself and revealed how Mourinho played a part in his move.[31]

Raphaël Varane on Real Madrid training, in Los Angeles, California.

Varane was assigned the number 19 shirt and made his club debut for Real Madrid in the club's opening pre-season fixture against American outfit Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2011 World Football Challenge. He appeared as a half-time substitute as Real Madrid cruised to a 4–1 win.[32] Varane made his first start for the club four days later in a 3–0 win over Mexican club Chivas de Guadalajara.[33] He finished the pre-season campaign appearing in seven of the eight pre-season matches Real Madrid contested. Varane was an unused substitute in the first leg of Real Madrid's 5–4 aggregate defeat to Barcelona in the 2011 Supercopa de España.[34]

Varane made his competitive debut for Real Madrid on 21 September in the team's league match against Racing Santander. He started the match at centre back alongside Ricardo Carvalho as the match ended 0–0.[35] In the team's next league match three days later against Rayo Vallecano, Varane started and scored his first goal for the club after a flying back-heel shot following a Mesut Özil corner. Real Madrid won the match 6–2.[36] Varane's goal made him the youngest foreign player at 18 years and 152 days to score a goal in a competitive match for Real Madrid.[37] On 27 September, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 3–0 group stage win over Dutch club Ajax.[38] Two months later, Varane made his second Champions League appearance against Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb. In the match, Varane started and assisted on the team's fifth goal, scored by José Callejón, in a 6–2 win. The victory ensured Real Madrid first place in its group.[39]

International career

Varane is a France youth international having earned caps at under-18 and under-21 level. Prior to playing for the under-18 team, he was called up to the under-17 team, but did not make an appearance.[6] Varane made his debut with the under-18 team on 24 August 2010 in a friendly match against Denmark. On his debut, he scored the final goal in a 2–0 victory.[40] Varane turned down subsequent call-ups to the under-18 team because of his increased participation with the Lens first team and, as a result, missed the Tournoi de Limoges and a tournament in Israel.[4] On 3 February 2011, he was called up to the under-21 team by coach Erick Mombaerts for the first time for a friendly match against Slovakia.[41] Varane described the call up as "a huge surprise".[42] He earned his first under-21 cap and start in the match against Slovakia playing the entire match in a 3–1 win.[43] On 15 November, Varane scored his first under-21 goal in a 2–0 2013 Euro U-21 qualifying win over Slovakia. The victory ensured France qualification to at least the competition's qualifying playoffs.[44]

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 5 May 2012)

Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Europe Other[nb 2] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lens 2010–11 23 2 1 0 24 2
Total 23 2 1 0 24 2
Real Madrid 2011–12 9 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 15 2
Total 9 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 15 2
Career total 32 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 39 4

Honours

Club

Real Madrid

Notes

References

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