Dimitri Cavaré

Dimitri Kévin Cavaré (born 5 February 1995) is a Guadeloupean professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Turkish club Ümraniyespor and the Guadeloupe team.^[2]

Dimitri Cavaré

Cavaré with Rennes in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Dimitri Kévin Cavaré[1]
Date of birth	(1995-02-05) 5 February 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Ümraniyespor
Number	97
Youth career
2002–2005	AS Nénuphars
2005–2008	Cactus Sainte-Anne
2008–2010	CS Moulien
2010–2013	Lens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Lens B	23	(0)
2013–2015	Lens	21	(0)
2015–2017	Rennes	2	(0)
2016	Rennes B	12	(0)
2017–2020	Barnsley	61	(3)
2020–2023	Sion	67	(7)
2023–	Ümraniyespor	56	(3)
International career‡
2014	France U20	2	(1)
2018–	Guadeloupe	12	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 June 2025

Career

Lens

Cavaré is a product of the RC Lens academy. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 17 August 2013 in a 4–1 home win against AJ Auxerre. He came onto the field after 60 minutes for Jean-Philippe Gbamin. He proceeded to make 21 league appearances for Lens in a two-year period, but failed to score for the club.

Stade Rennais

In January 2015, Cavaré agreed to join Rennes at the end of the season. One month later, he suffered a severe ligament injury and was ruled out of action for the rest of the season. In the summer of 2015, he joined up with his new club but continued to suffer from his injury in the early stages of the 2015–16 season.

In July he went on trial to newly promoted Premier League club Huddersfield Town but failed to earn a contract.

Barnsley

On 17 August 2017, Cavaré joined Championship club Barnsley on a two-year deal.^[3] He made his debut against Sunderland on 1 January 2018.^[4] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 loss at Aston Villa on 20 January 2018.^[5] He scored his second Barnsley goal in a 2–2 draw with Scunthorpe United with a curling right-footed strike into the top corner from 25 yards out, completing a 2–0 comeback from Barnsley.

His contract was extended by Barnsley at the end of the 2018–19 season.^[6]

FC Sion

On 17 February 2020, with 4 months left on his contract, Cavaré signed for Swiss side Sion for an undisclosed fee.^[7]

Ümraniyespor

On 14 September 2023, Cavaré joined Turkish side Ümraniyespor.

International career

Cavaré was born in Guadeloupe, but originally represented the France U20s. He debuted for the Guadeloupe football team in a friendly 2–0 loss to French Guiana on 7 June 2018.^[8]

In June 2025, Cavaré was called up for Guadeloupe football team to the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 July 2019^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lens II	2012–13	CFA	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2013–14		17	0	—		—		—		17	0
	Total		23	0	—		—		—		23	0
Lens	2013–14	Ligue 2	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2014–15	Ligue 1	20	0	1	0	1	0	—		22	0
	Total		21	0	1	0	1	0	—		23	0
Rennes II	2015–16	CFA 2	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2016–17	CFA	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
	Total		12	0	—		—		—		12	0
Rennes	2016–17	Ligue 1	2	0	1	0	2	0	—		5	0
Barnsley	2017–18	Championship	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
	2018–19	League One	41	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	44	2
	2019–20	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		50	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	54	3
Career total			108	3	5	0	4	0	0	0	117	3

Honours

Barnsley

• EFL League One runner-up: 2018–19^[11]

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 2018–19 League One^[12]