Dimitri Dominique Lavalée (born 13 January 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz, on loan from Belgian Pro League club Mechelen.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dimitri Dominique Lavalée | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Soumagne, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Sturm Graz (on loan from Mechelen) | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2016 | Standard Liège | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Standard Liège | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → MVV Maastricht (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Mainz 05 | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Mainz 05 II | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Sint-Truiden (loan) | 41 | (1) |
| 2022– | Mechelen | 24 | (0) |
| 2023– | → Sturm Graz (loan) | 38 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024 | |||
Career
editLavalée's career began with Standard Liège, a team he spent his youth career with.[1][3] He was named on the substitutes bench thirteen times during the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons but went unused on all occasions.[1] On 12 August 2018, Lavalée joined Dutch Eerste Divisie side MVV Maastricht on loan.[4][5] He subsequently made his professional debut for the club on 24 August versus Telstar.[1] In total, the centre-back featured in thirty-two matches for the Dutch outfit.[1] After returning in June 2019, Lavalée's Standard Liège debut arrived in October during a UEFA Europa League group stage defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt.[6]
On 20 January 2020, Bundesliga side Mainz 05 announced a pre-contract agreement had been reached with Lavalée.[7] He signed a four-year contract, which would commence at the start of 2020–21.[7] After not appearing competitively at first-team level, though he did make the bench four times and appeared in four matches for the reserves in the Regionalliga Südwest, Lavalée departed on loan back to Belgian football with Sint-Truiden on 18 January 2021.[8] On 10 April 2022, Dimitri is elected Mister STVV. A prize well deserved. He got it thanks to the Fifa bros from Twitter.
On 20 June 2022, Lavalée signed a four-year contract with Mechelen.[9] On 1 September 2023, he was loaned by Sturm Graz in Austria, with an option to buy.[10]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 7 December 2024[1]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Standard Liège | 2016–17 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| MVV Maastricht (loan) | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |
| Mainz 05 | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Mainz 05 II | 2020–21 | Regionalliga Südwest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Sint-Truiden | 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| Total | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| Mechelen | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| Sturm Graz (loan) | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Total | 38 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 57 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 143 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 174 | 3 | ||
- ^ Includes Belgian Cup, KNVB Cup, Austrian Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four appearances in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
editSturm Graz
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Dimitri Lavalée at Soccerway
- ^ Dimitri Lavalée at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Lavalée, l'espoir du Standard qui monte". DH. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Dimitri Lavalee op uitleenbasis naar Maastricht". Standard Liège. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "MVV huurt met Lavalée wederom verdediger van Standard Luik". FC Update. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Dimitri Lavalée: une première prestation avec mention". L'Avenir. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Lavalée erster Sommer-Neuzugang". Mainz 05. 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Ditmitri Lavalée is a Canary". Sint-Truiden. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Dimitri Lavalée nieuwste transfer KVM" (in Dutch). Mechelen. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "BELGISCHER INNENVERTEIDIGER FÜR DIE SCHWOAZN" [BELGIAN CENTRAL DEFENDER FOR SCHWOAZN] (in German). Sturm Graz. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Eine Historische Saison". SK Sturm (in German). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
External links
edit- Dimitri Lavalée at Soccerway