Background
Souprayen was born in Saint-Benoît, Réunion, but grew in the city of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Souprayen was born in Saint-Benoît, Réunion, but grew in the city of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region.
He is a former France youth international having earned caps with the under-18, under-19, under-20, and under-21 teams. Souprayen played with the under-20 team at the 2009 Mediterranean Games. He plays as a centre back capable of playing on the left side of defense, as well.
He began his football career with CASCOL Oullins in the commune of Oullins.
He later joined the youth academy of Stade Rennais. On 17 July 2008, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal through 2011.
He was officially promoted to the senior team for the 2008-2009 season and was assigned the number 4 shirt by manager Guy Lacombe. Though on the first team, Souprayen only saw playing time with the club"s Championnat de France amateur team appearing in 31 matches, starting 30 of them, helping the side finish 1st among professional clubs in their group, thus qualifying for the playoffs, where they lost to Lyon in the semi-finals.
After playing with the reserves for the first four matches of the 2009-2010 season, Rennes decided it would be best to send the player on loan to Ligue 2 club Dijon Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the entire season.
Following the season, on 15 May, Rennes manager Frédéric Antonetti confirmed that Souprayen would return to the team and that he would be heavily relied upon for the 2010-2011 season. On 21 July, Rennes rewarded the player with a two-year contract extension tying him to the club until 2013. After featuring in only 16 league matches in the 2010-2011 season, in June 2011, Souprayen signed a four-year contract with newly promoted first division club Dijon.
The defender had previously spent the 2009-2010 season on loan at the club
Souprayen has played with both the under-18 team and the under-19 team playing with the squad that fail to qualify for the 2008 Union of European Football Associations European Under-19 Football Championship. On 26 May 2009, he was named to the under-20 squad to play in the 2009 Mediterranean Games.
He participated in two of the team"s four matches as France finished in 4th-place position.