Dimitri Lavalée

Dimitri Dominique Lavalée (born 13 January 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz.^[1]

Dimitri Lavalée

Lavalée in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Dimitri Dominique Lavalée
Date of birth	(1997-01-13) 13 January 1997 (age 28)
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
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)
2022–2024	Mechelen	24	(0)
2023–2024	→ Sturm Graz (loan)	22	(2)
2024–	Sturm Graz	31	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 August 2025

Career

Lavalée'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

As of match played 1 August 2025^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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
Sturm Graz	2024–25	Austrian Bundesliga	30	1	4	0	7[d]	0	41	1
	2025–26	Austrian Bundesliga	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		31	1	5	0	7	0	43	1
Career total			158	3	20	0	16	0	194	3

1. Includes Belgian Cup, KNVB Cup, Austrian Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Four appearances in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Sturm Graz

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2023–24^[11]
• Austrian Cup: 2023–24^[11]