Florent Balmont

Florent Balmont (born 2 February 1980) is a French former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Dijon FCO.

Florent Balmont
Personal information
Full name Florent Balmont
Date of birth (1980-02-02) 2 February 1980
Place of birth Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dijon
Number 15
Youth career
1997–2002 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Lyon 11 (1)
2003–2004 → Toulouse (loan) 35 (0)
2004–2008 Nice 139 (4)
2008–2016 Lille 253 (7)
2016– Dijon 70 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:06, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Career

Balmont began his career at Olympique Lyonnais in the 2002/2003 Ligue 1 season after coming through the junior ranks. In the 2003/2004 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 4 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 OSC 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, Balmot moved up to 21st in the all-time Ligue 1 appearances and leads all active players in that category.[8]

Honours

Lyon

Lille

References
  1. "Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais" (in French). Ligue 1. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. "Balmont urges Lille to stop selling". ESPN. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. "Balmont, de Lille à Dijon". So Foot (in French). 8 July 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  4. "Florent Balmont est Dijonnais! (in French)". www.dfco.fr. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  5. "Florent Balmont player profile". Ligue 1.
  6. "BALMONT, 500 AU COMPTEUR". lfp.fr.
  7. "Dijon FCO - RC Strasbourg Alsace ( 2-1 ) - Highlights - (DFCO - RCSA) / 2018-19". Ligue 1 Conforama Official. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. "500 matchs en Ligue 1 pour Florent Balmont : «C'est une grosse fierté», surtout avec la victoire" (in French). Infos Dijon. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.


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