Benjamin Corgnet (born 6 April 1987) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Corgnet had the opportunity to join the

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Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

aged 11, but his parents preferred that he concentrated on his studies. Instead he trained with Olympique Saint-Genis-Laval and from the age of 18 to 22 with US Millery Vourles. He joined fifth division side Monts d'Or Azergues in 2009, before being contacted by

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

coach

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. He joined Dijon in the summer of 2010 after completing his education. Corgnet made his professional debut with Dijon in a

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tie against

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on 30 July 2010. He made his league debut a week later, in the first round of

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games against

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. His first professional goal came on 17 September 2010, in the 5–1 Ligue 2 win over

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. Corgnet joined Lorient from Dijon on 4 September 2012 in a €6 million deal. In July 2013, he joined

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

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. After four seasons with Saint-Étienne, Corgnet signed a three-year contract with

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

in July 2017. Without a club since being released by Strasbourg in the summer of 2020, Corgnet signed for

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side Bourg-Péronnas in January 2021.

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