French footballer (born 1978)
Jean-Philippe Javary (born 10 January 1978) is a retired French professional footballer. He played in his homeland, where he started at hometown team Montpellier, as well as numerous clubs in England and Scotland. He was a midfielder.
Career
Club career
Born in Montpellier, France,[2] Javary started his career with his hometown club Montpellier HSC as a junior, where he played nine Ligue 1 games during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons.[3] He was offered a five-year contract at Spanish La Liga side FC Barcelona, although the offer was later withdrawn,[4][5] and instead joined another Spanish Barcelona-based club RCD Espanyol in June 1998.[5] He returned to France for a period on loan with Ligue 2 club ASOA Valence in the 1999–2000 season, where he played four games.[3]
In January 2000, he joined Scottish Division One side Raith Rovers. He played 11 games with Raith during the latter half of the 2000–01 season.[2] After one more game at the start of the following season,[2] he was signed in August by English Division Two side Brentford for £150,000 by manager–chairman Ron Noades.[4] He played only six games with Brentford, and another four with Plymouth Argyle in English Division Three at the end of the same season.[2]
Javary moved back to Scotland and played a game on trial with Division One side Partick Thistle in October 2001,[6] before he returned to Raith Rovers the following month. He played another seven games with Raith,[2] before he moved back to England, with Sheffield United in Division One on non-contract terms in March 2002, and was given a two-year contract by manager Neil Warnock the following month.[7] He was given a one-month loan spell at Walsall in January 2003, but was suffering from tonsilitis and never played a game.[2][8] In July 2003, Javary was one of four senior players to be told he could leave the club by Neil Warnock,[9] before he was released from his contract in September 2003; Javary decided to return to France.[10] He played 14 games with Sheffield United, all but one in the league, and scored one goal against Watford.[2][11]
After a spell with AS Excelsior in the French Réunion Islands, he returned to Scotland in January 2005 with Hamilton Academical again in Division One.[12][13] He was released by Hamilton during the 2005 summer,[14] after he had played 13 league matches, during which time he scored one goal against Falkirk.[2][15] After his release he moved back to Réunion, again with Excelsior,[12] and later moved on to FC Avirons.
In 2008, Javary moved to Australia to find an A-League team to continue his career.[16]
International career
Javary has also played for the French national sides from under 16 to under 19 level. He captained his country's European Youth Championship side in 1995.[4][5]
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