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Jérémy Mathieu (French pronunciation: ​; born 29 October 1983) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or a left-back for the Portuguese club Sporting Clube de Portugal. He made 172 Ligue 1 appearances across seven seasons, split equally between Sochaux and Toulouse. He played five campaigns in La Liga with Valencia before joining Barcelona in 2014, where he won the treble in his first season. A full international for France since 2011, he was selected in the squad to represent France at UEFA Euro 2016 but dropped out with injury on 28 May, to be replaced by Samuel Umtiti.