Cyril Chapuis (born 21 March 1979) is a French former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Chapuis started his professional career at

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and then moved to

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for

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. In January 2002, he signed a five-year contract with

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, playing one and a half season with Marseille before being loaned on three occasions to

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(playing just once in the league, against Bolton in November 2003),

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and

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. He was released in summer 2005. After being without a club for one year, he joined

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. In November 2012, after three years without playing a single game, Chapuis joined

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team Bourg-Péronnas.

International career

He was called up to the French Under 21s and was part of the squad of ''Les Bleuets'' that lost to Czech U-21 in the final of the

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