Jean-François Grimaldi (born 14 July 1988) is a French professional

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who plays for Gallia Club Lucciana in the

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Club career

Born in Bastia, Grimaldi started his career with his hometown club SC Bastia, at the time a

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club. In 2009, he was called up by

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and made his debut in a 2–0 loss to

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. He left the club at the end of the season, joining fourth-division club Sporting Toulon Var. Only a year after, he returned to Bastia, this time with

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. In three years, Grimaldi helped his new club gain promotion from the fourth tier to the second level of French football. When

merged with

Borgo FC Borgo Football Club was a French football club based in Borgo on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1918 and in 2017 merged with CA Bastia to form FC Bastia-Borgo, renamed FC Borgo in 2022. The club last played in the Championn ...

in 2017, Grimaldi remained at the newly formed club,

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International career

In January 2008 he was called up for a training camp with the

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under-21

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team for a 4-day camp. Grimaldi, born in

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, is eligible to the unofficial Corsica national team and played his first game in 2009, against

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in a 1-1 draw in

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* * 1988 births Living people Footballers from Bastia French men's footballers French men's futsal players Corsica men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players SC Bastia players SC Toulon players CA Bastia players FC Borgo players {{france-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub