Gaëtan Perrin

Gaëtan Perrin (born 7 June 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Ligue 1 club Auxerre.^[2]

Gaëtan Perrin

Perrin in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-06-07) 7 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right midfielder
Team information
Current team	Auxerre
Number	10
Youth career
2005–2015	Lyon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Lyon B	54	(4)
2016–2018	Lyon	3	(1)
2017–2018	→ Orléans (loan)	16	(1)
2018–2021	Orléans	94	(20)
2021–	Auxerre	111	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024

Career

Perrin is a youth exponent from Lyon. He made his Ligue 1 debut at 14 February 2016 against Stade Malherbe Caen replacing Alexandre Lacazette after 88 minutes in a 4–1 home win.^[3] On 19 March 2016, he scored his first professional goal two minutes after having come onto the pitch, thereby helping his club to a 2–0 win against Nantes.^[4]

On 9 January 2017, it was announced that Perrin would join Ligue 2 side US Orléans on loan until the end of the season.^[5] Nine days later, however, the loan was invalidated by the National Directorate of Management Control's decision to prohibit recruitment by Orléans. The club subsequently sold Jean-Eudes Aholou and appealed the ban.^[6] Perrin eventually joined Orléans on a season-long loan on 21 June 2017.^[7] In January 2018 the loan was made permanent when Perrin signed a three-and-a-half-year contract.^[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 June 2021^[2][9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe[a]		Other[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lyon	2015–16	Ligue 1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
	2016–17	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Orléans (loan)	2017–18	Ligue 2	16	1	1	0	2	1	—		—		19	2
Orléans	2017–18	Ligue 2	12	2	—		—		—		—		12	0
	2018–19	Ligue 2	25	2	6	4	2	0	—		—		33	6
	2019–20	Ligue 2	25	3	2	0	2	1	—		—		29	4
	2020–21	National	32	13	1	0	—		—		—		33	13
	Total		94	20	9	4	4	1	—		—		107	25
Orléans B	2018–19	National 3	4	2	—		—		—		—		4	2
Career total			117	24	10	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	133	30

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in Trophée des champions

Honours

Auxerre

• Ligue 2: 2023–24^[10]

Individual

• UNFP Team of the Year: 2023–24^[11]

References

1. "Gaetan Perrin" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
2. "France - G. Perrin - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
3. "Lyon vs. Caen - 14 February 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
4. "Lyon teen Gaetan Perrin turns tides to push side to third in Ligue 1". The National. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
5. "Lyon prête Gaëtan Perrin à Orléans" [Lyon loan out Gaëtan Perrin to Orléans]. L'Equipe (in French). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
6. "Le prêt de Gaëtan Perrin à Orléans invalidé" [Loan of Gaëtan Perrin to Orléans invalidated]. Sofort (in French). 18 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
7. "OL - Mercato : US Orléans, les prêts de Perrin et D'Arpino confirmés" (in French). foot-sur7.fr. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
8. "Maxime D'Arpino et Gaëtan Perrin ont signé définitivement à l'US Orléans" (in French). La République. 20 January 2018.
9. "Gaëtan Perrin » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
10. "Football : champion de Ligue 2, l'AJ Auxerre est officiellement de retour dans l'élite". Le Parisien (in French). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
11. Ouest-France (13 May 2024). "Trophées UNFP. L'équipe type de la saison de L2 : Auxerre en force, Angers et Caen bien représentés". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2024.