Daniel Gbaguidi (born 14 January 1988) is a Beninese former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker
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. Born in Benin, he represented France at youth level before playing for the
Benin national team.
Club career
Gbaguidi began his career 2001 with
Vichy
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and joined
Montferrand in 2002. He played only one season with the club before moving to
Clermont in 2003. In May 2005 he left Clermont and signed with
Marseille
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. On 1 July 2008, he left Marseille and joined to
Championnat National
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club
Cassis Carnoux. After only six months with Cassis Carnoux he signed with
Saint-Priest in January 2009.
Since then, Gbaguidi has played for many different clubs:
Mulhouse
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,
Villefranche,
FC Bleid,
Virton
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,
Iraklis Psachna
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History
In 2009–10, Psachna earned promotion to the third tier of Greek football, Football League 2, for the first time in club history, as champions of Delta Et ...
,
Istres, both Villefranche and Saint-Priest again,
Vaulx-en-Velin
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History
The rivers, including th ...
, and
Mâcon
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.
International career
He played his debut game for
Benin
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on 1 June 2008 against
Angola
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Match Report: Angola - Benin 3:0 (0:0)
on fifa.com] Gbaguidi is also former youth player from France national football team, France he presented from 2003 to 2008 the U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-21.
References
External links
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Profile on foot-national.com
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Living people
1988 births
Sportspeople from Cotonou
Beninese men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Benin men's international footballers
People with acquired French citizenship
French men's footballers
French sportspeople of Beninese descent
Championnat National players
Championnat National 2 players
Championnat National 3 players
Régional 1 players
Super League Greece 2 players
RC Vichy players
AS Montferrand Football players
Clermont Foot players
Olympique de Marseille players
SO Cassis Carnoux players
AS Saint-Priest players
FC Mulhouse players
FC Villefranche Beaujolais players
BX Brussels players
R.E. Virton players
Iraklis Psachna F.C. players
FC Istres players
FC Vaulx-en-Velin players
UF Mâconnais players
Beninese expatriate men's footballers
Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Black French sportspeople