Jean-Sylvain Babin

Jean-Sylvain Claude Babin (born 14 October 1986) is a Martiniquais professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Sporting de Gijón as a central defender.

Jean-Sylvain Babin
Personal information
Full name Jean-Sylvain Claude Babin
Date of birth (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986
Place of birth Corbeil-Essonnes, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Sporting Gijón
Number 6
Youth career
Châteauroux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Châteauroux B
2004–2008 Châteauroux 22 (0)
2007–2008 → Martigues (loan) 32 (0)
2008–2010 Lucena 54 (5)
2010–2014 Alcorcón 150 (11)
2014–2016 Granada 59 (4)
2016– Sporting Gijón 92 (6)
2017–2018 → Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) 32 (0)
National team‡
2013– Martinique 13 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:52, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2019

Club career

Born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, Babin graduated from LB Châteauroux's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the B-team. He started appearing as a professional in the 2003–04 season, featuring once with the main squad in Ligue 2.

On 30 August 2007, Babin was loaned to FC Martigues.[1] After his loan expired, he left Châteauroux.

On 14 July 2008, Babin moved to Spain and joined Lucena CF in Segunda División B.[2] He was regularly used by the Andalusians during his stint, being an important defensive unit during the 2009–10 campaign.

On 2 August 2010, Babin signed for AD Alcorcón, freshly promoted to Segunda División.[3] He made his debut for the Madrid club late in the month, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Albacete Balompié.[4]

Babin scored his first goal for the Alfareros on 22 October 2011, netting the winner in a 2–1 home success over Recreativo de Huelva.[5] He added a further four during the season, as his team missed out on promotion in the play-offs.

On 9 June 2014, Babin signed with Granada CF for four years.[6] He made his debut in La Liga on 23 August, and scored to help the hosts come from behind and win it 2–1 against Deportivo de La Coruña.[7]

On 4 August 2016, Babin agreed terms with fellow league club Sporting de Gijón for the next three seasons.[8]

International career

Babin chose to represent Martinique internationally.[9] He gained his first cap during the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, playing the full 90 minutes and helping to a 1–0 group stage success over Canada.[10]

International goals
As of 1 June 2016 (Martinique score listed first, score column indicates score after each Babin goal)
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 June 2016Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique Guadeloupe2–02–02017 Caribbean Cup qualification[11]

Honours

Club

Maccabi Tel Aviv

References
  1. J.S Babin à Martigues (J.S Babin to Martigues); LB Châteauroux, 30 August 2007 (in French)
  2. Babin, un francés sub-23, nuevo fichaje del Lucena (Babin, an under-23 French, new signing of Lucena) Archived 29 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Córdoba Deporte, 14 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. El central francés Babin, sexto refuerzo del Alcorcón (French stopper Babin, sixth Alcorcón addition); Marca, 2 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. El Alcorcón suma su primer punto en Segunda (Alcorcón get first point in Segunda); Marca, 29 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. 'This is Santo Domingo'; Marca, 22 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. El Granada oficializa el fichaje del central Babin (Granada make signing of stopper Babin official); Marca, 9 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. El Granada ya muestra el oficio 'made in Caparrós' (Granada already showing know-how 'made in Caparrós'); Marca, 23 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. "El Sporting firma al central Babin por tres años y logra la cesión del delantero del Villarreal Akran Afif" [Sporting sign stopper Babin for three years and get Villarreal forward Akran Afif loan] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  9. Le fabuleux destin de Babin (The fabulous destiny of Babin); La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest, 4 February 2015 (in French)
  10. Canada dealt cruel blow in Gold Cup opener; Canada Soccer, 7 July 2013
  11. "La solution est venue de derrière" [The answer came from the back] (in French). France-Antilles. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  12. "בפעם החמישית: מכבי ת"א זכתה בגביע הטוטו" [For the fifth time: Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Toto Cup] (in Hebrew). One. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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