Florent Balmont
![]() Balmont with Lille in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Florent Balmont | ||
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) | 35 | (0) |
2004–2008 | Nice | 139 | (4) |
2008–2016 | Lille | 253 | (7) |
2016–2020 | Dijon | 75 | (1) |
2018 | Dijon II | 1 | (0) |
Total | 514 | (13) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Florent Balmont (born 2 February 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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]
Career statistics[]
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[10] | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
2004–05[10] | 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) | [10] | Ligue 1 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 0 | ||
Nice | [10] | Ligue 1 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 37 | 4 | |
[10] | Ligue 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 41 | 1 | ||
[10] | Ligue 1 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | ||
[10] | 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 | [10] | Ligue 1 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 39 | 1 | |
[10] | Ligue 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | – | 48 | 3 | ||
2010–11[10] | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 39 | 0 | ||
2011–12[10] | Ligue 1 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 41 | 3 | |
2012–13[10] | Ligue 1 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 44 | 3 | ||
2013–14[10] | Ligue 1 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | ||
2014–15[10] | Ligue 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | – | 44 | 2 | ||
2015–16[10] | 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[10] | Ligue 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | ||
2017–18[10] | Ligue 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 1 | |||
2018–19[10] | Ligue 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
2019–20[10] | 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[11] | 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[]
Lyon
- Ligue 1: 2002–03
- Trophée des Champions: 2004
Lille
- Ligue 1: 2010–11
- Coupe de France: 2010–11
References[]
- ^ "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. 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.
- ^ Jump up to: 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[]
- Florent Balmont – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
- Florent Balmont at ESPN FC
- Florent Balmont at Soccerway
- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon
- Association football midfielders
- French footballers
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Toulouse FC players
- OGC Nice players
- Lille OSC players
- Dijon FCO players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- French football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs