Yan Valery

Yan Valery (born 22 February 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Southampton. He spent the second half of the 2020–21 season on loan at Championship club Birmingham City.

Club Career

Southampton

Valery joined Southampton in 2015 from Stade Rennais. On 27 November 2018, Southampton boss Mark Hughes handed Valery his first team debut in an EFL Cup match against Leicester City. Four days later, he made his league debut, playing the whole match in a 2–2 draw against Manchester United.

On 2 March 2019, Valery scored his first Southampton goal in a 3–2 defeat away to Manchester United, opening the scoring with "an outstanding finish". The week later, Valery would score his second in a 2–1 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur. Valery ended the season with a total of 23 appearances. At the end of the season, Valery was voted as 'Saints Young Player of the Season'.

Despite this, the 2019–20 season would be tough for Valery, who only made a total of 11 starts for Southampton. Valery later revealed that he had glandular fever which kept him out for a significant part of the season. The arrival of Kyle Walker-Peters from Tottenham Hotspur, initially on loan, made it harder for Valery to get back into the Southampton first team.

On 26 January 2021, Valery made his first Premier League start of the season in Southampton's 3–1 defeat to Arsenal.

Loan to Birmingham City

On 1 February 2021, Valery joined Championship club Birmingham City for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. He made his debut five days later as a late substitute in a 3–2 loss away to AFC Bournemouth, and replaced Maxime Colin in the starting eleven for the next fixture, another defeat. He made seven appearances (two starts) in the early part of his loan spell but had no matchday involvement after Lee Bowyer took over as head coach in mid-March.

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