Christopher Jullien

Christopher Jullien (born 22 March 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Scottish Premiership side Celtic. He is a French youth international, having represented his country at under-20 level.

Christopher Jullien
Personal information
Full name Christopher Jullien[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-22) 22 March 1993
Place of birth Lagny-sur-Marne, France
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] [3]
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 2
Youth career
2002–2005 US Torcy
2005–2011 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Auxerre 25 (2)
2013–2016 SC Freiburg 1 (0)
2013–2015 SC Freiburg II 49 (5)
2015–2016 → Dijon (loan) 34 (9)
2016–2019 Toulouse 99 (7)
2019– Celtic 24 (9)
National team‡
2013 France U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:52, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2013

Club career

After failing to earn selection into the prestigious Clairefontaine academy, Jullien joined another local Parisian club, US Torcy, the same club that produced France national team's Paul Pogba.[4] He then left in 2005 for Auxerre. Jullien spent six years in the youth and senior teams at the club, before being spotted by SC Freiburg.

Auxerre

After having spent his first two years in football, Jullien signed up on an aspirant (youth) contract with first division club Auxerre at age 12. He quickly established himself in the club's youth system.

After a year spent playing with the club's reserve team, former coach Jean-Guy Wallemme started playing him during the 2012–13 campaign in the second division. He made his club debut on 24 August 2012, when Auxerre won 2–1 against Stade Lavallois. Jullien scored his first professional goal a week later, in a League Cup match against Dijon.

SC Freiburg

Jullien signed his first professional contract with SC Freiburg on a free transfer, after Auxerre failed to do so in the summer of 2013.[5][6] During his first season in Freiburg, although he only was capped for the second team, he played in the fourth tier, the Regionalliga.

Dijon (loan)

In late June 2015, Jullien was loaned to Dijon FCO in the Ligue 2.[7]

Toulouse

On 1 July 2016, Jullien signed a four-year contract for Ligue 1 side Toulouse.[8]

Celtic

On 28 June 2019, Jullien signed a four-year contract for Celtic. He signed for a fee rumored to be in the region of £7 million, which would make him Celtic's second most expensive signing (after fellow Frenchman Odsonne Édouard, who signed for £9 million the previous summer).[9] Jullien was given the number 2 shirt, vacated by the departure of Jeremy Toljan.

In the following game against Romanians CFR Cluj, Jullien was left on the bench as Celtic crashed out losing 4–3 on the night and 5–4 on aggregate in a Champions League Qualifying 3rd round 2nd leg tie for the 2nd successive season, the manager was heavily criticised for his team selection the following day, laying the blame on him for conceding four goals.[10] He scored his first goal for Celtic in a UEFA Europa League qualifying tie against AIK on 29 August 2019.[11]

He suffered a head injury in a game in September 2019.[12]

Jullien won his first domestic trophy, scoring the only goal, in a 1–0 victory over Rangers in the 2019 Scottish League Cup Final on 8 December at Hampden Park.[13]

International career

Jullien was a member of the team that won France's first ever FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Turkey.

Honours

Club
Celtic

International

France U20

References
  1. "List of Players — 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. "Player profile Christopher Jullien". Ligue de Football Professionnel.
  3. "Jullien". Toulouse FC.
  4. "En moins d'un an, Christopher Jullien est passé de la CFA 2 à une place de titulaire en pro" (in French). lyonne.fr. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  5. "Der SC Freiburg verpflichtet Christopher Jullien". Badische Zeitung (in German). 26 June 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. "Bienvenue, Christopher Jullien!". SC Freiburg (in German). 26 June 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  7. "Fribourg prête Christopher Jullien à Dijon". m.lequipe.fr (in French). 27 June 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  8. "Christopher Jullien, première recrue estivale du TFC" [Christopher Jullien, the first summer signing of TFC]. Toulouse FC (in French). 1 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  9. "Christopher Jullien: Defender joins Celtic from Toulouse". BBC Sport. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  10. "Celtic's Jullien thankful for German disappointment". The Herald. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  11. "AIK 1-4 Celtic". BBC. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  12. "Hamilton Academical 0-1 Celtic: Chrstopher Jullien set to be 'fine' for Euro action after head knock". 14 September 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. "Jullien earns 10-man Celtic win over Rangers in fiery Old Firm cup final". The Independent. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  14. "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  15. "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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