Najib Gandi (born 23 June 1994) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Gandi came through the youth system at

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. He signed his first professional contract with the club in December 2012. He went on to make five

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appearances for the club in the 2017–18 season. He quit football for a year after the death of his father and grandfather, leaving Nantes at the end of the 2017–18 season. In June 2019 he signed a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year, with Lyon-Duchère. In the summer of 2020, he gave up his professional status, took up a job in fashion and, once

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was over, signed for

side

Aubagne Aubagne (, ''Aubanha'' in Occitan language, Occitan according to the classic norm or ''Aubagno'' according to the Mistralian norm) is a Commune in France, commune in the southern French Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In ...

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* * * 1994 births Living people Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French sportspeople of Tunisian descent FC Nantes players Lyon La Duchère players Aubagne FC players Hyères FC players Ligue 1 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players {{France-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub