Landry Bonnefoi (born 20 September 1983) is a retired French professional

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who played as a

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. He is currently contracted as the goalkeeping coach of Luxembourgish team Union Titus Petange.

Career

Born in

Villeparisis Villeparisis () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris from the centre. Inhabitants of Villeparisis are called ''Villeparisiens''. ...

, Bonnefoi was signed by Italian side Juventus from

AS Cannes Association Sportive de Cannes Football (; commonly referred to as AS Cannes or simply Cannes) is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently plays in the Championnat National 3, t ...

in 2001. Bonnefoi then spent two seasons initially playing for the Juventus youth team, although he was later promoted to the first team as the club's reserve goalkeeper behind

Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi Buffon (; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian professional footballer who captains and plays as a goalkeeper for the club Parma. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He is one of the few recorded pl ...

and

Antonio Chimenti Antonio Chimenti (born 30 June 1970) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and current goalkeeping coach of SPAL. Club career S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio Chimenti began his career in the youth academy of S.S ...

, but did not make a single official appearance for the club. During the 2003–04 season, he was loaned to Messina, but only played one game for the Sicilian side. He was brought back to the club in 2004. In 2006, wanting more appearances and feeling home sick, he was loaned to Ligue 2 team

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand ...

, the team having an option to buy him permanently at the end of the season. In 2007, he moved to

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

; he later played for

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

between 2009 and 2012. Following his club's relegation to the third division, Bonnefoi, on 31 July 2012 signed for the Corsican club

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of French f ...

. Having been released by Strasbourg at the end of the 2016–17 season, he was re-signed on a one-year contract in July 2017 for the 2017-18 season. For the season 2018–19 Bonnefoi signed for

F91 Dudelange F91 Dudelange (; lb, F91 Diddeleng, italic=no, ) is a Luxembourger professional football club based in Dudelange which plays in the Luxembourg National Division. It was formed in 1991 as a merger between three teams in the town: Alliance Dud ...

in Luxembourg, and appeared in

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. At the end of 2018-19 season, Bonnefoi retired from professional football. Since March 2020, he has worked as goalkeeping coach of Luxembourgish team Union Titus Petange.

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* * * 1983 births Living people People from Villeparisis Footballers from Seine-et-Marne Men's association football goalkeepers French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers AS Cannes players Juventus FC players ACR Messina players FC Metz players Dijon FCO players Amiens SC players SC Bastia players LB Châteauroux players RC Strasbourg Alsace players F91 Dudelange players Serie A players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy France men's youth international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub