Yannis Tafer
French professional footballer (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yannis Tafer (French pronunciation: [janis tafɛːʁ], born 11 February 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Luxembourger club Racing-Union.
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Date of birth | (1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Grenoble, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Racing-Union | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1997–2004 | Échirolles | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2012 | Lyon | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | → Toulouse (loan) | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Lausanne-Sport | 56 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | St. Gallen | 124 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | ES Sahel | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Racing-Union | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | France U17 | 19 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | France U18 | 8 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | France U19 | 14 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | France U20 | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 August 2021 |
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He is a France youth international having represented the country under-17, under-18, and under-19 level. Tafer was the top scorer at the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship leading the tournament with four goals and played on the under-19 team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.