| Jean-Philippe Javary | |
| Fullname: | Jean-Philippe Javary |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Montpellier, France |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Montpellier |
| Years1: | 1995–1998 |
| Years2: | 1998–2000 |
| Years3: | 1999–2000 |
| Years4: | 2000 |
| Years5: | 2000–2001 |
| Years6: | 2001 |
| Years7: | 2001 |
| Years8: | 2001–2002 |
| Years9: | 2002–2003 |
| Years10: | 2003 |
| Years12: | 2005 |
| Clubs3: | → Valence (loan) |
| Clubs10: | → Walsall (loan) |
| Clubs14: | Avirons |
| Caps1: | 9 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Caps3: | 4 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Caps4: | 12 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Caps5: | 6 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Caps8: | 7 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Caps9: | 13 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Caps10: | 0 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Caps12: | 13 |
| Goals12: | 1 |
Jean-Philippe Javary (born 10 January 1978) is a retired French professional footballer. He played in his homeland, where he started at hometown team Montpellier, as well as numerous clubs in England and Scotland. He was a midfielder.
Born in Montpellier, France,[1] Javary started his career with his hometown club Montpellier HSC as a junior, where he played nine Ligue 1 games during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons.[2] He was offered a five-year contract at Spanish La Liga side FC Barcelona, although the offer was later withdrawn,[3] [4] and instead joined another Spanish Barcelona-based club RCD Espanyol in June 1998.[4] He returned to France for a period on loan with Ligue 2 club ASOA Valence in the 1999–2000 season, where he played four games.[2]
In January 2000, he joined Scottish Division One side Raith Rovers. He played 11 games with Raith during the latter half of the 2000–01 season.[1] After one more game at the start of the following season,[1] he was signed in August by English Division Two side Brentford for £150,000 by manager–chairman Ron Noades.[3] He played only six games with Brentford, and another four with Plymouth Argyle in English Division Three at the end of the same season.[1]
Javary moved back to Scotland and played a game on trial with Division One side Partick Thistle in October 2001,[5] before he returned to Raith Rovers the following month. He played another seven games with Raith,[1] before he moved back to England, with Sheffield United in Division One on non-contract terms in March 2002, and was given a two-year contract by manager Neil Warnock the following month.[6] He was given a one-month loan spell at Walsall in January 2003, but was suffering from tonsilitis and never played a game.[1] [7] In July 2003, Javary was one of four senior players to be told he could leave the club by Neil Warnock,[8] before he was released from his contract in September 2003; Javary decided to return to France.[9] He played 14 games with Sheffield United, all but one in the league, and scored one goal against Watford.[1] [10]
After a spell with AS Excelsior in the French Réunion Islands, he returned to Scotland in January 2005 with Hamilton Academical again in Division One.[11] [12] He was released by Hamilton during the 2005 summer,[13] after he had played 13 league matches, during which time he scored one goal against Falkirk.[1] [14] After his release he moved back to Réunion, again with Excelsior,[11] and later moved on to FC Avirons.
In 2008, Javary moved to Australia to find an A-League team to continue his career.[15]
Javary has also played for the French national sides from under 16 to under 19 level. He captained his country's European Youth Championship side in 1995.[3] [4]