Léo Schwechlen (born 5 June 1989) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender.
Career
Born in
Montbéliard, Schwechlen spent his early career with
Promo Besançon,
Racing Besançon
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Histo ...
,
Monaco
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,
Tours
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and
Anorthosis Famagusta and
Göztepe.
Schwechlen quit Göztepe on 8 June 2018.
Schwechlen joined
BB Erzurumspor
Erzurumspor Futbol Kulübü, is a Turkish professional football club located in Erzurum who plays in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Turkish football.
Founded in 2005, the colours of club are blue and white. The club started to play football co ...
on 27 June 2018. On 12 August 2018, Schwechlen scored the first ever Süper Lig goal in the club's history, against
Konyaspor at
Konya Büyükşehir Stadium
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, in which they lost 2–3.
He played every minute of every league match during the
2018–19 season.
In August 2019 he returned to
Göztepe. On 18 June 2020, Göztepe announced that Schwechlen terminated his contract because of unpaid wages.
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Montbéliard
Footballers from Doubs
French men's footballers
Racing Besançon players
AS Monaco FC players
Tours FC players
Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
Göztepe S.K. footballers
Erzurumspor F.K. footballers
Denizlispor footballers
Ligue 2 players
Cypriot First Division players
TFF First League players
Süper Lig players
Men's association football defenders
French expatriate men's footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
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