Florent Balmont (born 2 February 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
.jpg) Balmont with Lille in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 February 1980 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Lyon | 11 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | → Toulouse (loan) | 34 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Nice | 139 | (4) |
| 2008–2016 | Lille | 253 | (7) |
| 2016–2020 | Dijon | 75 | (1) |
| Total | 512 | (13) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Limonest (staff) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
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 edit
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2002–03[12] | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| 2004–05[12] | Ligue 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Toulouse (loan) | 2003–04[12] | Ligue 1 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 0 | ||
| Nice | 2004–05[12] | Ligue 1 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 37 | 4 | |
| 2005–06[12] | Ligue 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 41 | 1 | ||
| 2006–07[12] | Ligue 1 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08[12] | Ligue 1 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 40 | 1 | ||
| Total | 139 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 6 | ||
| Lille | 2008–09[12] | Ligue 1 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 39 | 1 | |
| 2009–10[12] | Ligue 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | – | 48 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11[12] | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12[12] | Ligue 1 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 41 | 3 | |
| 2012–13[12] | Ligue 1 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 44 | 3 | ||
| 2013–14[12] | Ligue 1 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15[12] | Ligue 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | – | 44 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16[12] | Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | 253 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 323 | 12 | ||
| Dijon | 2016–17[12] | Ligue 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18[12] | Ligue 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19[12] | Ligue 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20[12] | Ligue 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| Total | 75 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 2 | ||
| Dijon II | 2018–19[13] | National 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 513 | 13 | 33 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 615 | 21 | ||
- ^ Appearance in 2011 Trophée des Champions
- ^ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation play-offs
Honours edit
Lyon
Lille
References edit
- ^ "Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais" (in French). Ligue 1. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Balmont urges Lille to stop selling". ESPN. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Balmont, de Lille à Dijon". So Foot (in French). 8 July 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Florent Balmont est Dijonnais! (in French)". www.dfco.fr. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Florent Balmont player profile". Ligue 1.
- ^ "BALMONT, 500 AU COMPTEUR". lfp.fr.
- ^ "Dijon FCO - RC Strasbourg Alsace ( 2-1 ) - Highlights - (DFCO - RCSA) / 2018-19". Ligue 1 Conforama Official. 11 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jay, Edward (2 May 2020). "Sa retraite, son envie d'entraîner... les confidences de Florent Balmont". RMC Sport (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ FLORENT BALMONT REJOINT LE FCLSD[permanent dead link], fcldsd.fr, 4 July 2020
- ^ L’ancien milieu du DFCO, Florent Balmont, décroche le BEF, bienpublic.com, 31 May 2021
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Florent Balmont » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "F. Balmont". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
External links edit
- Florent Balmont – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Florent Balmont at ESPN FC
- Florent Balmont at Soccerway
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