Bryan Bergougnoux (; born 12 January 1983) is a French professional

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manager and former player who is the head coach of

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club Thonon Evian. As a player, he was a

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Club career

Born in

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 ...

, Bergougnoux began his career at his hometown club

, where he was formed since a young age. His debut for the club came in a 2–0 defeat to

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on 28 July 2001. After 36 games for Lyon, in which he scored four goals, he was sold to

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

in 2005 for

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3.5 million, on a four-year deal. In August 2009, after his Toulouse contract had expired, he signed a three-year contract with

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

of the Italian

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. On 26 January 2012, he officially became a player of the Cyprus club

AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; ''Athlitikos Sillogos Omonias Lefkosias'', ''ASOL''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia ("Harmony"; also trans ...

, with that club having the rights to transfer him to Nicosia from June. In September 2012, Bergougnoux joined

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...

on a one-year contract with an option for two further seasons. In July 2017, he agreed a contract extension until summer 2019 with the club. In August 2018, Bergougnoux took up a dual role as player and coach at lower league side Thonon Evian.

International career

Bergougnoux was a member of the France U21, for which he played 21 games and scored 10 goals.

Honours

Player

Lyon *

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: 2003–04, 2004–05 *

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Omonia *

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: 2011–12

Manager

Thonon Evian *

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: 2021–22

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergougnoux, Bryan 1983 births Footballers from Lyon Living people Men's association football forwards French footballers France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers Olympique Lyonnais players Toulouse FC players AC Omonia players U.S. Lecce players LB Châteauroux players Tours FC players Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Serie B players Cypriot First Division players Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Cyprus French football managers Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC managers Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC non-playing staff Championnat National 3 managers