Florent Balmont

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Florent Balmont
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Balmont with Lille in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-02-02) 2 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–2002 Lyon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Lyon 11 (1)
2003–2004Toulouse (loan) 34 (0)
2004–2008 Nice 139 (4)
2008–2016 Lille 253 (7)
2016–2020 Dijon 75 (1)
Total512(13)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Limonest (staff)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florent Balmont (born 2 February 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Career

Balmont began his career at Olympique Lyonnais in the 2002–03 Ligue 1 season after coming through the junior ranks. In the 2003–04 season, Balmont was sent out on loan to Toulouse FC making a total of 35 appearances. After returning from loan, Balmont signed with OGC Nice. In his time with Lyon, Balmont won the 2002–03 championship and the 2004 Trophée des Champions, converting his penalty in the latter after the match went to a shoot-out. [1]

Balmont spent four seasons at Nice making 139 appearances before signing with Lille OSC. Balmont won an historic double with the club during the 2010–11 season, making 39 appearances across all competitions as Lille won the Ligue 1 title and the Coupe de France trophy. [2]

In July 2017, Balmont announced he had left Lille to join Dijon FCO, newly promoted to Ligue 1, on a two-year contract. [3] [4] [5]

On 11 May 2019, Balmont made his 500th Ligue 1 appearance in a 2–1 victory over Strasbourg. [6] [7] With the appearance, he moved up to 21st in the all-time Ligue 1 appearances and leads all active players in that category. [8]

Balmont announced his retirement from playing in May 2020 and stated his intention to go into coaching. [9] In July 2020, after his retirement, Balmont began his training as a coach, as he was hired as a U-20 coach and member of the first team staff at Championnat National 3 club FC Limonest Dardilly Saint-Didier. [10] He left the club at the end of the season. [11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyon 2002–03 [12] Ligue 1 90001000100
2004–05 [12] Ligue 12100000021
Total11100100000121
Toulouse (loan) 2003–04 [12] Ligue 13402010370
Nice 2004–05 [12] Ligue 1344201000374
2005–06 [12] Ligue 1370004100411
2006–07 [12] Ligue 1320101000340
2007–08 [12] Ligue 1360212000401
Total1394518100001526
Lille 2008–09 [12] Ligue 1340401100391
2009–10 [12] Ligue 13520010121483
2010–11 [12] Ligue 1270501060390
2011–12 [12] Ligue 13023020501 [lower-alpha 1] 1413
2012–13 [12] Ligue 1342211070443
2013–14 [12] Ligue 1350200000370
2014–15 [12] Ligue 13011030101442
2015–16 [12] Ligue 1280003000310
Total25371711214021132312
Dijon 2016–17 [12] Ligue 12300000230
2017–18 [12] Ligue 12111010231
2018–19 [12] Ligue 120041202 [lower-alpha 2] 0281
2019–20 [12] Ligue 11104010160
Total75191400020902
Dijon II 2018–19 [13] National 3 1010
Career total513133332624023161521
  1. Appearance in 2011 Trophée des Champions
  2. Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation play-offs

Honours

Lyon

Lille

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