Mathieu Peybernes

Mathieu Philippe Peybernes (born 21 October 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Championnat National club Sochaux. He was a France youth international having earned caps with the under-18 and under-19 teams.

Mathieu Peybernes

Personal information
Full name	Mathieu Philippe Peybernes[1]
Date of birth	(1990-10-21) 21 October 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth	Toulouse, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Sochaux
Number	14
Youth career
1996–2006	Colomiers
2002–2004	INF Castelmaurou
2006–2010	Sochaux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Sochaux	75	(1)
2014–2017	Bastia	74	(0)
2017–2019	Lorient	18	(0)
2017–2018	→ Göztepe (loan)	9	(0)
2018	→ Eupen (loan)	5	(0)
2018–2019	→ Sporting Gijón (loan)	26	(1)
2019–2021	Almería	4	(0)
2019–2020	→ Lugo (loan)	30	(1)
2021	→ Zaragoza (loan)	14	(1)
2021–2022	Málaga	34	(2)
2022–2024	Apollon Limassol	49	(0)
2024–	Sochaux	27	(2)
International career‡
2007–2008	France U18	2	(0)
2008–2009	France U19	5	(0)
2011	France U21	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2011

Career

Peybernes was born in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne.^[1] He made his professional debut on 2 May 2010 in a league match against Rennes.^[2][3]

In summer 2014, Peybernes left his first professional club Sochaux for SC Bastia, signing a three-year contract.^[4] With this club he will play a total of 34 games all competition included and especially playing during the Final of the Coupe de la Ligue against Paris-Saint-Germain lost by 0–4.^[5]

During the next winter market he joined FC Lorient. After the club was relegated to Ligue 2, he was moved to Turkish club of Göztepe SK on loan. In January, however, his loan was terminated and he moved to KAS Eupen also in a temporary deal.

On 2 August 2018, Peybernes moved to Spain after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Segunda División side Sporting de Gijón.^[6] On 24 July of the following year, he signed a permanent three-year contract with fellow league team UD Almería,^[7] but was loaned to CD Lugo for the season on 2 September, along with teammate Yanis Rahmani.^[8]

Peybernes returned to the Rojiblancos for the 2020–21 campaign, but moved out on loan to Real Zaragoza on 15 January 2021, after being rarely used.^[9] He terminated his contract with Almería on 31 July,^[10] and signed a two-year deal with fellow second division side Málaga CF on 2 August.^[11] He rescinded his contract one year later.^[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 May 2024^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sochaux	2009–10	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2010–11		8	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
	2011–12		26	1	1	0	1	0	1[a]	0	—		29	1
	2012–13		25	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		26	0
	2013–14		15	0	2	0	2	0	—		—		19	0
	Total		75	1	4	0	3	0	1	0	—		83	1
Bastia	2014–15	Ligue 1	30	0	2	0	2	0	—		—		34	0
	2015–16		25	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		27	0
	2016–17		19	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		21	0
	Total		74	0	4	0	4	0	—		—		82	0
Lorient	2016–17	Ligue 1	20	0	—		—		—		—		20	0
Göztepe (loan)	2017–18	Süper Lig	9	0	0	0	—		—		—		9	0
Eupen (loan)	2017–18	First Division A	10	0	—		—		—		—		10	0
Sporting Gijón (loan)	2018–19	Segunda División	26	1	3	0	—		—		—		29	1
Lugo (loan)	2019–20		30	1	0	0	—		—		—		30	1
Almería	2020–21		4	0	2	0	—		—		—		6	0
Zaragoza (loan)	2020–21		14	1	—		—		—		—		14	1
Málaga	2021–22		34	2	2	0	—		—		—		36	2
Apollon Limassol	2022–23	Cypriot First Division	21	0	1	0	—		6	0	1	0	29	0
	2023–24		27	0	1	0	—		—		—		28	0
	Total		48	0	2	0	—		6	0	1	0	57	0
Career total			344	6	17	0	7	0	7	0	1	0	376	6

1. Appearance in the Europa League