Guillaume Walter Brenner (born 10 February 1986) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in France, he represented

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at international level.

Personal life

Brenner was born in

Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...

, France. He holds both French and Togolese nationalities.

Club career

He began his career with

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and joined the academy of

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, a ...

one year later, playing there in the youth teams for four years. Additionally, he played one game for the reserve team and signed in July 2005 with

CS Louhans-Cuiseaux Louhans-Cuiseaux Football Club is a football club located in Louhans, France. History The club was founded in 1970 as ''Club Sportif Louhans Cuiseaux 71'' after the merger of ''Club Sportif Louhannais'' (founded in 1916) and ''Club de Cuiseaux'' ...

. Brenner played 11 games for Louhans-Cuiseaux in the

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. He signed a contract in January 2008 with Polish

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club

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. After one year in Poland, Brenner went back to France in December 2008 and signed for

Olympique Noisy-le-Sec Olympique Noisy-le-Sec Banlieue 93 is a French association football team founded in 1943. They are based in Noisy-le-Sec, France and are currently playing in Regional 1, Paris Île-de-France, the sixth tier in the French football league system, ...

in the

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. He left the club after a half year, in summer 2009, to join Cypriot club

Alki Larnaca Alki Larnaca ( el, ΑΛΚΗ Λάρνακας, ''ALKI Larnakas'') was a Cypriot football club based in the town of Larnaca. The club was founded in 1948 and it was dissolved on the 6th of May of 2014 due to financial issues. The club's colours wer ...

of the

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International career

He debuted for the Togo national team in 2006 and has eight international caps.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brenner, Guillaume 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Beauvais Footballers from Oise French sportspeople of Togolese descent Togolese men's footballers French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Nantes players Louhans-Cuiseaux FC players Czarni Żagań players Olympique Noisy-le-Sec players Alki Larnaca FC players Championnat National players II liga players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Togo men's international footballers Togolese expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Poland French expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus