# Mathieu Debuchy

> French footballer (born 1985)

**Wikidata**: [Q1908](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1908)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu_Debuchy)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mathieu-debuchy

## Summary

Mathieu Debuchy was born on July 28, 1985, in Fretin.[1]He is an association football player and an association football coach.[2]

## Summary
Mathieu Debuchy is a French association football player, born in 1985, whose professional activity as recorded began in 2003. He is documented in international knowledge bases under the Wikipedia title "Mathieu Debuchy" and the Wikidata description "French footballer (born 1985)."

## Biography
- Born: 1985 (exact date and place not provided in source)
- Nationality: France
- Education: (not specified in source material)
- Known for: Being a French association football player active from 2003
- Employer(s): (not specified in source material)
- Field(s): Association football (player); association football coach (related classification)
- Human classification: Human (member of Homo sapiens)

## Contributions
- Commenced professional/work period in association football in 2003 (work_period_start: 2003-00-00T00:00:00Z).
- Is the subject of a Wikipedia article under the title "Mathieu Debuchy".
- Is identified in Wikidata with the description "French footballer (born 1985)".
- Has a presence across multilingual Wikimedia and linked data platforms, indicated by a sitelink_count of 52 in the provided structured properties.
- Is associated in the provided data with the concepts "association football player" and "association football coach" (these are provided as related entity types).

## FAQs
Q: Who is Mathieu Debuchy?
A: He is a French association football player, born in 1985, recorded in public knowledge bases as a professional beginning in 2003.

Q: When did Mathieu Debuchy start his professional activity?
A: The provided record lists a work period start of 2003.

Q: What is Mathieu Debuchy's nationality?
A: He is French.

Q: Does Mathieu Debuchy appear in Wikipedia and Wikidata?
A: Yes. His Wikipedia title is "Mathieu Debuchy" and his Wikidata description is "French footballer (born 1985)."

Q: Is Mathieu Debuchy also associated with coaching?
A: The supplied related entities include "association football coach," indicating a relation to coaching as a classification, but no specific coaching roles or dates are provided.

Q: How widely linked is Mathieu Debuchy's knowledge-base entry?
A: The structured properties show a sitelink_count of 52 for his entry in the provided dataset.

Q: Where and when was Mathieu Debuchy born (city, exact date)?
A: Only the birth year 1985 is available in the source; no city or exact date of birth is provided.

## Why They Matter
- Mathieu Debuchy is part of the cohort of professional French association football players whose careers began in the early 2000s; his documented presence in major knowledge repositories (Wikipedia and Wikidata) ensures that his playing career is recorded and discoverable by researchers, fans, and automated systems.
- The entry's sitelink_count (52) reflects cross-language and cross-resource linkage within Wikimedia/linked-data ecosystems; that level of linkage supports visibility and integration of his career data into statistical, historical, and biographical aggregates about French football.
- By being represented under both "association football player" and (as a related concept) "association football coach," his biographical record contributes to datasets that track role transitions and the broader lifecycle of football professionals in France and internationally.

## Notable For
- Being a French footballer born in 1985.
- Having a documented professional/work period start in 2003.
- Having a Wikipedia article under the title "Mathieu Debuchy."
- Being described in Wikidata as "French footballer (born 1985)."
- A sitelink_count of 52 in the provided structured properties, indicating multi-resource linkage.
- Classification connections to both "association football player" and "association football coach" in the provided related entities.

## Body

### Identity and Classifications
- Name as recorded: Mathieu Debuchy (wikipedia_title: Mathieu Debuchy).
- Wikidata description: "French footballer (born 1985)."
- Human status: Classified as a human (member of Homo sapiens) in the provided related items.
- Primary occupational classification in the dataset: association football player. A related occupational classification included in the provided material is association football coach, indicating the dataset associates him with both playing and coaching roles as concepts.

### Biographical facts
- Birth year: 1985. The source does not provide a specific birth date or place of birth.
- Nationality: France. The source explicitly identifies him as French and links him to the country France.

### Career timeline (as available in source)
- Work period start: The structured properties list a work_period_start of 2003-00-00T00:00:00Z, indicating the beginning of his recorded professional or active period in the dataset is 2003.
- Beyond the start year, the source does not supply club names, positions on the field, match statistics, transfers, caps, goals, coaching appointments, or retirement dates.

### Presence in reference systems and metadata
- Wikipedia: Entry titled "Mathieu Debuchy" (wikipedia_title provided).
- Wikidata: Described as "French footballer (born 1985)" (wikidata_description provided).
- Sitelinks and visibility: The provided structured properties list a sitelink_count of 52 for his entry. Related entities in the source (used for contextual linkage) also include sitelink counts: association football player (sitelink_count: 65), association football coach (sitelink_count: 35), human (sitelink_count: 273), and France (sitelink_count: 409). These counts reflect the linkage and representation of these concepts across Wikimedia projects as provided in the source material.

### Relationship to France (country metadata included in source)
- National affiliation: Mathieu Debuchy is French.
- The provided data also includes structured metadata about France as a country, listing historical inception qualifiers in the source: 0843-08-00 with qualifier "West Francia"; 0481 with qualifier "Francia"; and 1804-05-18 with qualifier "First French Empire." These are attributes of the France entity included in the supplied material.

### Limitations and gaps in available source data
- The source material does not specify clubs played for, playing position, number of appearances, goals, international caps, coaching appointments, awards, or honors.
- Personal data such as exact birth date, place of birth, education, and employer history are not present in the provided facts.
- No publications, patents, founded companies, or specific projects are recorded in the supplied information.

### Summary of documented metadata (explicitly from source)
- sitelink_count (entry): 52
- work_period_start: 2003-00-00T00:00:00Z
- wikipedia_title: Mathieu Debuchy
- wikidata_description: French footballer (born 1985)
- Related entity types included in the source: association football player; association football coach; human; France (with historical inception qualifiers).
- The dataset links to broader entity sitelink counts for context: association football player (65), association football coach (35), human (273), France (409).

### Concluding notes
- All statements above are based solely on the provided source material. No clubs, match records, coaching posts, awards, or personal life details are asserted because they were not included in the source.

## References

1. [Source](http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/28358063)
2. [Mathieu Debuchy joins Saint-Etienne](https://www.arsenal.com/news/mathieu-debuchy-joins-saint-etienne)
3. ESPN FC
4. Transfermarkt
5. BDFutbol
6. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013