Benoît Tardieu Verdenet (born 21 January 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French club Saint-Georges.[4] Born in France, he is a former Benin international.

Benoît Tardieu
Personal information
Full name Benoît Tardieu Verdenet
Date of birth (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Ussel, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Saint-Georges
Youth career
1997–1999 Montferrand
1999–2001 Nancy
2001–2005 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Auxerre B 0 (0)
2006–2008 Clermont[2] 2 (0)
2008–2009 Albi[3] 27 (0)
2009–2011 Beaumont
2011– Saint-Georges 9 (0)
International career
2005–2008 Benin[1] 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Tardieu began to play football at youth age for Montferrand in 1997 and signed with AS Nancy in 1999. In 2001 he left Nancy and joined AJ Auxerre where he played at youth level for three years.[5]

Tardieu began his professional career with Auxerre in the reserve squad. In summer 2006, after one year with the reserve team, he signed with Clermont.[6] He played only two games in two years for Clermont and in July 2008 left the club. Tardieu signed with US Albi for the 2008–09 season[7] and was released in summer 2009.[8] In July 2009, after his release by Clermont, he signed for Beaumont.[9] In June 2011 he signed for US Saint-Georges.[10]

International career edit

Tardieu played for the Benin U20 national team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.

He made his debut for the senior national team on 4 June 2005 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Cameroon[11] and his second call up was on 12 March 2008.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ Benoît Tardieu at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ L´Equipe Profile
  3. ^ Foot-National Profile
  4. ^ USGA Football - Effectif Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Benoît Tardieu - Footmercato.net". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  6. ^ Benoît Tardieu et Romain Lalabouali arrivent Archived 20 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine on clermontfoot.com
  7. ^ Transfert : Benoit Tardieu quitte Clermont on www.marechaladenon.skyrock.com
  8. ^ Bénin: Onze National - Benoît Tardieu, Yoann Djidonou et Maxime Agueh, toujours sans club
  9. ^ Actualité - USGA Football Archived 13 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ foot-national.com. "Benoît Tardieu joueur de Libre/Etranger". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  11. ^ Match Report: Benin vs. Cameroon Archived 22 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine on www.fifa.com
  12. ^ Bénin: Benoît Tardieu pour remplacer Aguêh on www.fr.allafrica.com