Sébastien Grax

Sébastien Grax (born 23 June 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Sébastien Grax
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-23) 23 June 1984
Place of birth Le Creusot, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2007 Monaco 8 (0)
2004–2006 → Troyes (loan) 66 (25)
2006–2007 → Sochaux (loan) 13 (5)
2007–2008 Sochaux 12 (1)
2008–2010 Saint-Étienne 12 (0)
2009–2010 → Guingamp (loan) 24 (3)
2011–2014 Troyes 48 (10)
Total 183 (44)
National team
2004–2005 France U-21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Grax started his career at Monaco in 2001 where he played 4 games in 3 years. He was then loaned out to Troyes AC in 2004 where he contributed 16 goals in 35 matches to the club's promotion to Ligue 1.[1] In Ligue, he scored 9 goals for the club.[1] His most famous goal came against Lille OSC in 2005 when Troyes were newly promoted and Lille were in the UEFA Champions League.

Grax spent 1.5 seasons at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, scoring 6 goals in 25 league appearances.[1] While at Sochaux he played as they won the 2007 Coupe de France Final.[2]

In June 2008, Grax joined Saint-Étienne.[1]

Grax had a trial with Championship side Crystal Palace in August 2010 followed by another with Preston North End in December.[3][4][5]

References
  1. Bairner, Robin (30 June 2008). "Saint-Étienne Move To Sign Grax". Goal. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. "Sochaux the defending champions". ligue1.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. "Palace take duo on trial". Sky Sports. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. "Trialist Aspas impresses Preston boss Darren Ferguson". BBC Sport. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. "Trialists to return". Lancashire Evening Post. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2017.


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