Benoît Benvegnu (born January 18, 1985) is a French football goalkeeper currently playing for

Vannes OC Vannes Olympique Club (; commonly referred to as simply Vannes) is a professional French football club based in Vannes. The club was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of ''Véloce vannetais'' founded in 1911 and ''FC Vannes'' known before ...

in the French

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

Career

Born in

Montauban Montauban (, ; ) is a commune in the southern French department of Tarn-et-Garonne. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, and the sixth most populated of Oc ...

, Benvegnu played youth football for Lafrançaise and Castelmaurou before joining

Toulouse FC Toulouse Football Club () is a French professional association football, football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division of Football in France, French football. Toulouse plays it ...

in 1999. He represented France at all youth levels, and helped the team to a runner's up finish at the

2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the first edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship after changing the name of the competition. Denmark hosted the championship, during 27 April – 10 May. Players born on or after 1 Ja ...

. Benvegnu joined Toulouse's senior side, but never was the club's first-choice goalkeeper. He made his only

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

appearances when Nicolas Douchez was suspended during a brief spell of January 2007.

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* 1985 births Living people French men's footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Toulouse FC players Amiens SC players Men's association football goalkeepers Vannes OC players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub