Dimitri Lavalée

Dimitri Lavalée
Lavalée in 2024
Personal information
Full name Dimitri Dominique Lavalée
Date of birth (1997-01-13) 13 January 1997
Place of birth Soumagne, Belgium
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Centre-back[2]
Team information
Current team
 Standard Liège
Number 4
Youth career
2003–2016 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Standard Liège 5 (0)
2018–2019 → MVV Maastricht (loan) 31 (0)
2020–2022 Mainz 05 0 (0)
2020–2021 Mainz 05 II 4 (0)
2021–2022 → Sint-Truiden (loan) 41 (1)
2022–2024 Mechelen 24 (0)
2023–2024 → Sturm Graz (loan) 22 (2)
2024–2026 Sturm Graz 44 (1)
2026– Standard Liège 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026

Dimitri Dominique Lavalée (born 13 January 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège.[1]

Career

Lavalée's career began with Standard Liège, a team he spent his youth career with.[1][3] He was named on the substitutes bench thirteen times during the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons but went unused on all occasions.[1] On 12 August 2018, Lavalée joined Dutch Eerste Divisie side MVV Maastricht on loan.[4][5] He subsequently made his professional debut for the club on 24 August versus Telstar.[1] In total, the centre-back featured in thirty-two matches for the Dutch outfit.[1] After returning in June 2019, Lavalée's Standard Liège debut arrived in October during a UEFA Europa League group stage defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt.[6]

On 20 January 2020, Bundesliga side Mainz 05 announced a pre-contract agreement had been reached with Lavalée.[7] He signed a four-year contract, which would commence at the start of 2020–21.[7] After not appearing competitively at first-team level, though he did make the bench four times and appeared in four matches for the reserves in the Regionalliga Südwest, Lavalée departed on loan back to Belgian football with Sint-Truiden on 18 January 2021.[8] On 10 April 2022, Dimitri is elected Mister STVV. A prize well deserved. He got it thanks to the Fifa bros from Twitter.

On 20 June 2022, Lavalée signed a four-year contract with Mechelen.[9] On 1 September 2023, he was loaned by Sturm Graz in Austria, with an option to buy.[10]

On 24 June 2026, Lavalée returned to Standard Liège on a two-season deal.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 November 2025[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Standard Liège 2016–17 Belgian Pro League 00000000
2017–18 0000—00
2018–19 00000000
2019–20 50201[b]080
Total 50201080
MVV Maastricht (loan) 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 31010—320
Mainz 05 2020–21 Bundesliga 0000—00
Mainz 05 II 2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest 4000—40
Sint-Truiden 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 11020—130
2021–22 30110—311
Total 4113000441
Mechelen 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 21040—250
2023–24 3010—40
Total 24050—290
Sturm Graz (loan) 2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 222408[c]0342
Sturm Graz 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 301407[d]0411
2025–26 Austrian Bundesliga 140306[e]0230
Total 44170130641
Career total 17132202202153
  1. ↑ Includes Belgian Cup, KNVB Cup, Austrian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Four appearances in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Sturm Graz

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dimitri Lavalée at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Dimitri Lavalée at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Lavalée, l'espoir du Standard qui monte". DH. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dimitri Lavalee op uitleenbasis naar Maastricht". Standard Liège. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "MVV huurt met Lavalée wederom verdediger van Standard Luik". FC Update. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Dimitri Lavalée: une première prestation avec mention". L'Avenir. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Lavalée erster Sommer-Neuzugang". Mainz 05. 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Ditmitri Lavalée is a Canary". Sint-Truiden. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Dimitri Lavalée nieuwste transfer KVM" (in Dutch). Mechelen. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "BELGISCHER INNENVERTEIDIGER FÜR DIE SCHWOAZN" [BELGIAN CENTRAL DEFENDER FOR SCHWOAZN] (in German). Sturm Graz. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Dimitri Lavalée revient chez les Rouches" [Dimitri Lavalée returns to Standard Liège] (in French). Standard Liège. 24 June 2026. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Eine Historische Saison". SK Sturm (in German). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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