Kévin Théophile-Catherine
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 October 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Brieuc, France | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2009 | Rennes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2013 | Rennes | 98 | (3) |
2013–2015 | Cardiff City | 28 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 31 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Saint-Étienne | 78 | (1) |
2018– | Dinamo Zagreb | 91 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | France U20 | 4 | (0) |
2010 | France U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 1 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2010 |
Kévin Théophile-Catherine (born 28 October 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for SuperSport HNL club Dinamo Zagreb.
Career
Stade Rennais
Théophile-Catherine was born in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany to a Martiniquais father, and a Réunionnais mother of Malbars descent.
Théophile-Catherine spent more than six seasons with Rennes, playing a key role as they won the French Under-18 Cup in 2007 and the National Under-19 trophy a year later.
He made his first team debut against Le Mans in the League Cup and made his first French League appearance in a goalless draw against Lille, both during 2009, while he signed a first professional contract in the same year.
He totalled 120 professional appearances for the club, scoring twice.
Cardiff City
Théophile-Catherine signed for Cardiff City, newly promoted to the Premier League, on a four-year deal on 31 August 2013 for a reported fee of €2.4 million (£2.1 million). He made his debut two weeks later, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Hull City.
Saint-Étienne
On 18 August 2014, Théophile-Catherine returned to Ligue 1 when he signed for Saint-Étienne on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season with an option to buy.
On 15 June 2015, Saint-Étienne made the deal permanent for three years, for a fee believed to be in the region of €2 million (£1.45 million).
Over his four years at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Théophile-Catherine played 142 games. He scored once, on 2 April 2016 in a 2–0 win at Gazélec Ajaccio.
Dinamo Zagreb
In June 2018, Théophile-Catherine moved to Dinamo Zagreb on a three-year deal. He debuted in the Croatian First Football League on 17 August and scored in a 2–1 home win over Osijek.
In June 2020, he signed a new three-year deal.
He left the club at the end of the 2022-23 season, as his contract was not renewed. However, after being a free agent for three months, and due to bad performances of the club's defenders, he rejoined Dinamo in October.
Career statistics
- As of 1 May 2022
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rennes | 2008–09 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2009–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | |||
2011–12 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
2012–13 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | |||
2013–14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 98 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 117 | 3 | ||
Cardiff City | 2013–14 | Premier League | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |
2014–15 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |||
Saint-Étienne (loan) | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
Saint-Étienne | 2015–16 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
2016–17 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||
Total | 109 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 142 | 1 | ||
Dinamo Zagreb | 2018–19 | HNL | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
2019–20 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
2020–21 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |||
2021–22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 92 | 3 | 13 | 0 | — | 50 | 0 | 155 | 3 | |||
Career total | 327 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 445 | 7 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup and Croatian Cup
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue and EFL Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
- ^ One appearance in the UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Eight appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
Rennes
- Coupe Gambardella: 2008
Dinamo Zagreb
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Saint-Brieuc
- Men's association football defenders
- French men's footballers
- French people of Indian descent
- French people of Martiniquais descent
- French people of Réunion descent
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- Cardiff City F.C. players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- Ligue 1 players
- Premier League players
- Croatian Football League players
- France men's youth international footballers
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Wales
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Wales
- French expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Footballers from Brittany
- Black French sportspeople