Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christopher Jullien[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 March 1993||
Place of birth | Lagny-sur-Marne, France | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2][3] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Montpellier | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2006 | Torcy | ||
2006–2011 | Auxerre | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Auxerre | 25 | (2) |
2013–2016 | SC Freiburg | 1 | (0) |
2013–2016 | SC Freiburg II | 49 | (5) |
2015–2016 | → Dijon (loan) | 34 | (9) |
2016–2019 | Toulouse | 99 | (7) |
2019–2022 | Celtic | 37 | (5) |
2022– | Montpellier | 42 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2013 |
Christopher Jullien (born 22 March 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Montpellier. He is a former France youth international, having represented his country at under-20 level.
After failing to earn selection into the prestigious Clairefontaine academy, Jullien joined another local Parisian club, Torcy, the same club that produced France national team's Paul Pogba.[4] He then left in 2006 for Auxerre.
After a year spent playing with the club's reserve team, former coach Jean-Guy Wallemme started playing him during the 2012–13 campaign in the second division. He made his club debut on 24 August 2012, when Auxerre won 2–1 against Laval.[citation needed] Jullien scored his first professional goal a week later, in a League Cup match against Dijon.[citation needed]
Jullien signed his first professional contract with SC Freiburg on a free transfer, after Auxerre failed to do so in the summer of 2013.[5][6] During his first season in Freiburg, although he only appeared for the second team, he played in the fourth tier, the Regionalliga.[citation needed]
In late June 2015, Jullien was loaned to Dijon in Ligue 2.[7]
On 1 July 2016, Jullien signed a four-year contract for Ligue 1 side Toulouse.[8]
On 28 June 2019, Jullien signed a four-year contract for Celtic. He signed for a fee rumored to be in the region of £7 million, which would make him Celtic's second most expensive signing (after fellow Frenchman Odsonne Édouard, who signed for £9 million the previous summer).[9]
In the following game against Romanians CFR Cluj, Jullien was left on the bench as Celtic crashed out losing 4–3 on the night and 5–4 on aggregate in a Champions League Qualifying 3rd round 2nd leg tie.[10] He scored his first goal for Celtic in a UEFA Europa League qualifying tie against AIK on 29 August 2019.[11] He suffered a head injury in a game in September 2019.[12]
Jullien won his first domestic trophy, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Rangers in the 2019 Scottish League Cup Final on 8 December at Hampden Park.[13]
On 23 August 2022, Jullien signed with Ligue 1 side Montpellier on a three-year contract.[14] Celtic received a transfer fee of €1 million.[15]
Jullien was a member of France U20 team that won France's first ever FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Turkey.
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Auxerre | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||
SC Freiburg | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Dijon (loan) | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 9 | ||
Toulouse | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 38 | 5 | ||
2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 1 | 36 | 3 | ||
2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 109 | 9 | |||
Celtic | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12[b] | 2 | — | 47 | 7 | |
2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 2 | — | 14 | 3 | ||
2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 37 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | — | 62 | 10 | |||
Montpellier | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
Career total | 229 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 268 | 31 |
Celtic
France U20