Jérémy Louis Perbet (born 12 December 1984) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward. He is currently unemployed after most recently playing for RCS Braine in the Belgian Division 3.

Career Clermont and Moulins Perbet was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire. He finished his youth graduation with his hometown's Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne, joining Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot in the summer of 2003. On 2 August 2003, he made his professional debut, playing the last ten minutes in a 0–0 home draw against FC Rouen; his first professional goal came on 27 September, netting the game's only in a home success over FC Gueugnon. Perbet finished his first season with 26 league appearances and 4 goals.

In the 2004–05 season, Clermont finished 18th, only one point above relegation, and despite the club reaching the quarter-finals in both Coupe de la Ligue and Coupe de France, Perbet's contribution was limited, only finding the net five times in 32 matches, rarely being a starter.

In August 2005, after appearing two times for Clermont during the season, Perbet joined Championnat National side AS Moulins. He found a goalscoring touch during his one-season spell at the Auvergne side, scoring 23 goals in only 31 appearances, and finishing the season as a top scorer alongside Jawad El Hajri of US Boulogne. Despite Perbet's contribution, Moulins finished the season 19th and was relegated.

Strasbourg and loans On 30 May 2006, Perbet joined RC Strasbourg in a three-year deal.Strasbourg: Perbet signe trois ans (Strasbourg: Perbet signs for three years); Foot National, 30 May 2006 He made his debut in a pre-season friendly against Bayern Munich, netting the last of a 2–0 success.RCS — Bayern 2–0; Racing Stub, 15 July 2006 However, he was sparingly used during the campaign (seven games, one goal), and was assigned to the reserves in the fourth division.

On 5 January 2007, Perbet moved to Charleroi on loan until the end of the season.Perbet découvre Charleroi (Perbet finds Charleroi); La Libre, 5 January 2007 After helping the Belgian side finish 5th by scoring six goals in 13 matches, he returned to his parent club, freshly promoted to Ligue 1. On 14 July, Perbet joined Angers SCO, also in a temporary deal.Perbet en prêt à Angers (Perbet on loan to Angers); Eurosport, 14 July 2007 After only appearing 11 times and without scoring, he returned to Strasbourg. In January 2008, due to Perbet's limited playing time, he was linked with a move to Austrian Bundesliga team Rapid Wien; however, nothing came of it.

Belgium On 8 July 2008, Perbet moved to Belgian Pro League side Tubize.Transfert - Strasbourg se sépare de Jérémy Perbet qui rejoint Tubize (Transfers – Jérémy Perbet leaves Strasbourg and joins Tubize); ESPN FC, 8 July 2008 In his first season he scored 13 goals in 31 appearances, but could not prevent his side's relegation; in his second, Perbet maintained his goalscoring touch, netting 11 goals in 16 matches.

On 7 January 2010, Perbet moved back to the top level, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal with Lokeren for a rumored €350,000 fee.Jérémy Perbet rejoint le Sporting de Lokeren (Jérémy Perbet joins Sporting Lokeren) ; FootGoal, 7 January 2010 He appeared ten times in 2009–10, scoring against Mechelen on 17 April. In late July, Perbet suffered a knee injury which left him sidelined for some of the 2010–11 season.

On 5 January 2011, Perbet joined Mons on loan until the end of the season.Jérémy Perbet en prêt à Mons (Jérémy Perbet on loan to Mons); Walfoot, 5 January 2011 He was a key offensive unit during the promotion campaign, scoring 14 goals in 14 matches. On 3 August, he signed a three-year permanent deal with Mons,Jérémy Perbet signe à Mons pour 3 ans (Jérémy Perbet signs with Mons for three years); DH Net, 3 August 2011 netting a career-best 28 goals (22 in the league, including a hat-trick against Sint-Truiden on 13 August) during the season.

Villarreal On 25 January 2013, Perbet moved teams and countries again, joining Villarreal CF on loan until the end of the season.El delantero francés Jérémy Perbet jugará cedido en el Villarreal (French forward Jérémy Perbet will play for Villarreal on loan) ; Villarreal's official website, 25 January 2013 He made his debut on 9 February, starting and scoring twice in a 3–0 home win over SD Ponferradina.Perbet protagonista en la goleada del Villarreal (Perbet protagonist in Villarreal's routing); Marca, 9 February 2013 He finished the season with 11 goals in 18 matches, as the Amarillos returned to La Liga at first attempt.

On 7 July, Villarreal exercised the buyout option and signed Perbet until 2016,Jonathan Pereira y Perbet ya son del Villarreal CF (Jonathan Pereira and Perbet already are Villarreal CF players) ; Villarreal's official website, 7 July 2013 for a rumoured €1.4 million fee.Villarreal, Perbet se queda a título definitivo (Villarreal, Perbet bought outright) ; esFutbol, 11 June 2013 He made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 24 August, playing the entire second half in a 2–1 home success over Real Valladolid;Cani hands Villarreal victory ; ESPN FC, 24 August 2013 his first top flight goal came seven days later, the first of a 3–0 win at CA Osasuna.Villarreal crush Osasuna ; ESPN FC, 31 August 2013

Istanbul Başakşehir On 8 July 2014, Perbet signed a three-year deal with İstanbul Başakşehir, freshly promoted to Süper Lig.Acuerdo de traspaso por Jérémy Perbet (Agreement of transfer for Jérémy Perbet) ; Villarreal's official website, 8 July 2014 Perbet firma tres temporadas con el Istanbul Basaksehir (Perbet signs for three seasons with Istanbul Basaksehir); Diario AS, 8 July 2014

RFC Liège Perbet joined RFC Liège on a two-year contract in 2021.

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