Walsall player 143. Florent Cuvelier

Florent Cuvelier (born 12 September 1992) is a Belgian football player who plays as a midfielder for League One side Walsall, having signed for the current season (2016-17)
Cuvelier began his career with Mouscron before joining the Academy of English side Portsmouth. Due to Portsmouth financial demise Cuvelier signed for Stoke City in the summer of 2010. At Stoke he has spent time out on loan at Walsall and Peterborough United. He joined Sheffield United in September 2013 for an undisclosed fee. He joined Port Vale on loan in January 2014.
Cuvelier started playing football for his local side Mouscron before moving to England to play for Portsmouth’s youth team. He spent just a year on the south coast before joining Stoke City in July 2010. He rejected contract offers from Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham. Cuvelier spent the 2010–11 season with the academybefore becoming a regular with the reserves.
On 27 January 2012 Cuvelier joined League One side Walsall on a month long loan. He made his professional debut four days later against Notts County He scored his first professional goal against Oldham Athletic in a 2–1 defeat at Boundary Park. After impressing “Saddlers” manager Dean Smith, Cuvelier extended his loan until the end of the 2011–12 season. He was nominated for the League One Player of the Month award for his performances in March 2012. He returned to Stoke after playing 18 matches for Walsall, scoring four goals. He signed a new two-year contract with Stoke in May 2012.
Cuvelier returned to Walsall on a six-month loan in July 2012. He scored against his old club Portsmouth on 15 September 2012 in a 2–1 win. In total he played 17 times in his second spell at the Bescot Stadium, scoring three goals. On 27 March 2013, Cuvelier joined Championship side Peterborough United on loan until the end of the 2012–13 season  He played once for Peterborough before returning to Stoke where he appeared on the bench for the first time against Southampton in the final match of the 2012–13 season.
On 2 September 2013, Cuvelier joined League One side Sheffield United on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He started six games at the start of the 2013–14 campaign under manager David Weir but lost his first team place after Nigel Clough took charge in October; Clough stated that Cuvelier was available to go out on loan during the January transfer window. On 16 January 2014, he joined league rivals Port Vale on loan until the end of the season. Manager Micky Adams stated that “He’s had very little football at Sheffield United so if there is one worry it is that maybe he might need four or five games to get himself up to full speed. Really we can’t afford four or five games, we need him to hit the floor running if he possibly can. He made his debut at Vale Park three days later, but was forced to leave the pitch on a stretcher on 36 minutes after picking up a knee injury. He was later ruled out for the rest of the season after it was found that he had torn his anterior cruciate ligament.

Personal information
Full name	Florent Cuvelier
Date of birth	12 September 1992 (age 23)
Place of birth	Anderlecht, Belgium
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Walsall
Youth career
1998–2000	Excelsior Biévène
2000–2002	La Louvière
2002–2008	Mouscron
2008–2010	Portsmouth
2010–2011	Stoke City
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Stoke City	0	(0)
2012	Walsall (loan)	18	(4)
2012	Walsall (loan)	19	(2)
2013	Peterborough United (loan)	1	(0)
2013–2016	Sheffield United	19	(0)
2014	Port Vale (loan)	1	(0)
2015	Burton Albion (loan)	1	(1)
2016–	Walsall	0	(0)
National team
2008	Belgium U16	4	(0)
2008–2009	Belgium U17	12	(0)
2009–2010	Belgium U18	10	(0)
2010–2011	Belgium U19	18	(2)
2010–2012	Belgium U20	3	(0)
2012	Belgium U21	1	(0)