Raphaël Varane

Raphaël Xavier Varane (fr; born 25 April 1993) is a French former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back.

Raphaël Varane

Varane playing for France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Raphaël Xavier Varane[1]
Date of birth	(1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth	Lille, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
2000–2002	Hellemmes
2002–2010	Lens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Lens II	9	(0)
2010–2011	Lens	23	(2)
2011–2021	Real Madrid	236	(8)
2021–2024	Manchester United	68	(2)
2024	Como	0	(0)
Total		337	(12)
International career
2010	France U18	2	(1)
2012	France U20	1	(0)
2011–2012	France U21	13	(3)
2013–2022	France	93	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 November 2023^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lens	2010–11	Ligue 1	23	2	1	0	0	0	—		—		24	2
Real Madrid	2011–12	La Liga	9	1	2	1	—		4[c]	0	0	0	15	2
	2012–13	La Liga	15	0	7	2	—		11[c]	0	0	0	33	2
	2013–14	La Liga	14	0	2	0	—		7[c]	0	0	0	23	0
	2014–15	La Liga	27	0	4	2	—		12[c]	0	3[d]	0	46	2
	2015–16	La Liga	26	0	0	0	—		7[c]	0	—		33	0
	2016–17	La Liga	23	1	3	1	—		10[c]	2	3[e]	0	39	4
	2017–18	La Liga	27	0	1	0	—		11[c]	0	5[f]	0	44	0
	2018–19	La Liga	32	2	4	0	—		4[c]	0	3[e]	0	43	2
	2019–20	La Liga	32	2	1	1	—		8[c]	0	2[g]	0	43	3
	2020–21	La Liga	31	2	0	0	—		9[c]	0	1[g]	0	41	2
	Total		236	8	24	7	—		83	2	17	0	360	17
Manchester United	2021–22	Premier League	22	1	2	0	0	0	5[c]	0	—		29	1
	2022–23	Premier League	24	0	3	0	2	0	5[h]	0	—		34	0
	2023–24	Premier League	8	1	0	0	1	0	3[c]	0	—		12	1
	Total		54	2	5	0	3	0	13	0	—		75	2
Career total			313	12	30	7	3	0	96	2	17	0	459	21

1. Includes Coupe de France, Copa del Rey, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. One appearance in Supercopa de España, two in FIFA Club World Cup
5. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two in FIFA Club World Cup
6. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two in FIFA Club World Cup, two in Supercopa de España
7. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
8. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 18 December 2022^[5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	2013	4	0
	2014	13	1
	2015	10	1
	2016	8	0
	2017	5	0
	2018	14	1
	2019	10	2
	2020	7	0
	2021	12	0
	2022	10	0
Total		93	5

As of match played 18 December 2022

France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Varane goal^[5]

List of international goals scored by Raphaël Varane

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 November 2014	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France	17	Sweden	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	26 March 2015	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	18	Brazil	1–0	1–3	Friendly
3	6 July 2018	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	47	Uruguay	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup
4	22 March 2019	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova	55	Moldova	2–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
5	14 November 2019	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	63	Moldova	1–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Honours

Varane after winning the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid

Real Madrid^[6]

• La Liga: 2011–12,^[7] 2016–17,^[8] 2019–20^[9]
• Copa del Rey: 2013–14^[10]
• Supercopa de España: 2012, 2017, 2019–20^[11]
• UEFA Champions League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• UEFA Super Cup: 2014, 2016, 2017^[12]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018

Manchester United

• EFL Cup: 2022–23^[13]
• FA Cup: runner-up: 2022–23^[14]

France

• FIFA World Cup: 2018;^[15] runner-up: 2022^[16]
• UEFA Nations League: 2020–21^[17]

Individual

• FIFA FIFPro World11: 2018^[18]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2018^[19]
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2017–18^[20]
• FIFA World Cup Fantasy Team: 2018^[21]
• FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2018^[22]
• IFFHS Men's World Team: 2018^[23]

Orders

• Knight of the Legion of Honour: 2018^[24]