Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde
_64_(cropped).JPG) Bellegarde playing for Lens B in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 June 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Colombes, France | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2012 | Villetaneuse CS | ||
| 2012–2013 | Le Mans | ||
| 2013–2016 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Lens B | 38 | (10) |
| 2016–2019 | Lens | 55 | (5) |
| 2019–2023 | Strasbourg | 128 | (7) |
| 2023– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | France U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | France U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | France U21 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2019 | |||
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (born 27 June 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1][2] A versatile player, Bellegarde can be deployed as a central midfielder, attacking midfielder or winger.
Early life
Bellegarde was born on 27 June 1998, in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, France. He began his football career at the age of 6 with local club FC Saint-Michel-sur-Orge.[3]
Club career
Lens
Bellegarde began his career at Lens, making 47 appearances and scoring six goals.
Strasbourg
In 2019, Bellegarde joined Strasbourg, where he made 129 appearances.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
On 1 September 2023, Bellegarde joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on a five-year deal for £12.8m.[4]
On 23 September 2023, in only his second appearance for his new club away to Luton Town in the Premier League, Bellegarde was shown a straight red card in the 39th minute for his reaction to a challenge by Tom Lockyer.[5] The match finished as a 1–1 draw.
On 4 November 2023, in his third Wolves appearance, away to Sheffield United, where he was introduced as a second-half substitute, Bellegarde scored his debut Wolves goal in the 89th minute.[6] Wolves lost the match 2–1, conceding a penalty deep into time added on at the end of the second-half.
International career
Bellegarde was born in France and is of Haitian descent.[7] He is a youth international for France.
In May 2019, he was named to Haiti's 40-man provisional squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 28 February 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lens B | 2015–16 | Championnat National | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Championnat National | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 2018–19 | Championnat National | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 38 | 0 | ||||||
| Lens | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 1 | 30 | 6 | ||
| Total | 55 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 74 | 7 | |||
| Strasbourg | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 128 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 138 | 8 | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2023-24 | Premier League | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 238 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 269 | 17 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Joueur - Jean-Ricner BELLEGARDE". Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Jean-Ricner Bellegarde: Net Worth, Career, Personal Life, Age-height and More - Fifa world cup katar". 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ Stone, Simon (1 September 2023). "Wolves transfer news: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde signs from Strasbourg for £12.8m". BBC Sport.
- ^ Stone, Simon (23 September 2023). "Luton Town 1–1 Wolves: Hatters earn first Premier League point as O'Neil disputes penalty". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Thomas, Marissa (4 November 2023). "Sheffield United 2–1 Wolves: Oliver Norwood's penalty earns Premier League win at last". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Haiti vs Argentine le 29 Mai". www.lenouvelliste.com.
- ^ "40-Player National Team Roster" (PDF). May 20, 2019.
External links
- Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde at Soccerway
- Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde at the French Football Federation (archived 2019-07-23) (in French)
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Colombes
- Men's association football midfielders
- French men's footballers
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Haitian descent
- Haitian men's footballers
- RC Lens players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Premier League players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Black French sportspeople
- French football midfielder, 1990s birth stubs