Charly Dutournier (born 15 May 1994) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. He began his career in the youth team at hometown club

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before joining

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 ...

in 2011.

Playing career

Dutournier started his career with Bordeaux, but did not make an appearance for either the first team or the reserves and was released by the club in the summer of 2011. He subsequently joined Ligue 2 outfit Tours, where he spent the majority of the 2011–12 campaign in the reserve team before making his professional debut on 11 February 2012, coming on as a late substitute for

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in the 0–1 defeat away at Istres. Tours manager

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handed Dutournier his first senior start on 3 August 2012 in the opening home match of the 2012–13 season and he scored the equalising goal in the 2–2 draw with

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after goals from

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and Mustapha Durak had given the visitors the lead. In the summer of 2014, Dutournier left Tours and joined

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. After a good season with the club, during which he scored thirteen goals, he signed a two-year deal with

Dijon FCO Dijon Football Côte d'Or (; literally "Dijon Football Gold Coast"), commonly referred to as Dijon FCO or simply as Dijon, is a French football club based in Dijon. The club was founded in 1998 as a result of a merger between two local clubs in ...

and was immediately loaned out to US Boulogne for the 2015–16 season. The loan was terminated in November, having not given Dutournier the required game time. He was loaned to US Concarneau for the 2016–17 season, with much more success, leading to coach

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declaring a wish to secure his services again. Dutournier was loaned to

US Avranches L’Union Sportive Avranches Mont Saint Michel is a French football club based in Avranches, in the department of Manche, and founded in 1897. Since 2014 it plays in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football. The club has been ...

for the 2017–18 season, the last of his Dijon contract. In October 2018, Dutournier rejoined Stade Bordelais. In June 2019 he signed for Villefranche, but after making only one appearance he moved to

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in January 2020. On 27 January 2022, Dutournier moved to

in Championnat National 2.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Charly Dutournier profile
at Foot-National.com * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dutournier, Charly 1994 births Living people Footballers from Bordeaux French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Tours FC players Stade Bordelais (football) players Dijon FCO players US Boulogne players US Concarneau players US Avranches players FC Villefranche Beaujolais players Stade Briochin players Angoulême Charente FC players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players