Benoît Benvegnu (born January 18, 1985, in
Montauban) is a French football goalkeeper currently playing for
Vannes OC in the French
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...
.
Career
Born in
Montauban, Benvegnu played youth football for Lafrançaise and Castelmaurou before joining
Toulouse FC
Toulouse Football Club is French professional football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the premier division of French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium de Toulouse lo ...
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. 16 teams entered the competit ...
. 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 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...
appearances when
Nicolas Douchez was suspended during a brief spell of January 2007.
References
External links
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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
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