*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:50, 15 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:07, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
Jeanvier rose to prominence in his native France with Reims, before joining English club Brentford in 2018. He returned to France to join Auxerre in 2022, before returning to Turkey (where he had previously played on loan for Kasımpaşa) to join Kayserispor in 2023. He won his maiden international cap for Guinea in 2019 and was a member of the nation's 2019 and 2023AFC Asian Cup squads.
Club career
Early years and Nancy
A central defender, Jeanvier began his career in 2000 with hometown club US Clichy-sur-Seine.[3] He moved to L'Entente SSG in 2006 and trained concurrently at Clairefontaine,[4] before joining the academy at Nancy in 2008.[3] Jeanvier progressed into the reserve team and made 54 appearances and scored two goals in the Championnat de France Amateur between 2009 and 2013.[5][6] The appointment of former head of youth Patrick Gabriel as first team manager midway through the 2012–13Ligue 1 season saw Jeanvier promoted into the first team squad and he made 10 appearances between January and April 2013.[5][7] He refused the offer of a new two-year contract extension and departed the Stade Marcel Picot at the end of the 2012–13 season.[7]
On 30 July 2018, Jeanvier moved to England to join Championship club Brentford on a four-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee,[14] speculated to be £1.8 million.[15] He scored a goal in each of his first two appearances for the club, which came in the early rounds of the EFL Cup,[16] but a foot injury suffered in October 2018 ruled him out for two months.[17][18] The unavailability of Chris Mepham and new head coach Thomas Frank's deployment of three centre backs saw Jeanvier win a starting place on his return to fitness in December 2018 and he remained a near-ever present starter until the end of the 2018–19 season.[5][19][20]
2019–2021 and loan to Kasımpaşa
Despite being behind Pontus Jansson and Ethan Pinnock in the pecking order when either was available,[21] Jeanvier made 27 appearances and scored one goal during the 2019–20 season,[22] but he did not feature during the Bees' unsuccessful playoff campaign.[23]
Jeanvier was included in Brentford's 25-man Premier League squad for the 2021–22 season and by mid-November 2021,[27][28] he had returned to non-contact training.[29] He made his return to non-competitive match play with Brentford B in late March 2022.[30][31] On 10 April 2022, illness suffered by Pontus Jansson saw Jeanvier named in a matchday squad for the first time since the 2020 Championship play-off final and he remained an unused substitute during a 2–0 Premier League victory over West Ham United.[5][32] He was an unused substitute during a five further matches before the end of the Premier League season and was released when his contract expired.[5][33] During four seasons with Brentford, Jeanvier made 58 appearances and scored six goals.[34]
Auxerre
In July 2022, Jeanvier joined Championship club Reading on trial and took part in the club's St George's Parktraining camp,[35] but was not offered a contract.[36] On 18 July 2022, he joined newly-promoted Ligue 1 club Auxerre on a two-week trial and signed a one-year contract, with a one-year option, on 2 August 2022.[37] Jeanvier made 24 appearances and scored one goal during a 2022–23 season in which the club suffered relegation back to Ligue 2.[5][38] He was released when the club declined to take up the option on his contract.[39]
Kayserispor
On 16 September 2023, Jeanvier returned to Turkey to sign a two-year contract with Süper Lig club Kayserispor.[40] He made 14 appearances and scored one goal during a 2023–24 season in which the club narrowly avoided relegation.[5][41]
International career
Jeanvier was a member of the France U18 squad which finished runners-up at the 2010 Copa del Atlántico, but he failed to win a cap.[3][42] He made his debut for Guinea in a 1–0 friendly defeat to Gambia on 7 June 2019 and made one appearance at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[43] Following 2+1⁄2 years out of international contention, Jeanvier was recalled to the squad for two 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in June 2022.[44] He remained an unused substitute during the first match, before departing the squad for personal reasons.[45] Four years after his previous cap, Jeanvier was recalled to the Guinea squad for two 2026 World Cup qualifiers in November 2023, both of which he started in.[43] Jeanvier was named in Guinea's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations squad and made four appearances during the team's run to the quarter-finals.[43][46][47]
Personal life
Jeanvier was born in France and is of Guinean and Guadeloupean descent.[48] His father was also a footballer and played for Red Star.[7] He is married to a Guinean woman and has a Guinean passport.[49]
Career statistics
Club
As of match played 8 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition