Nicolas Bonis (born 31 August 1981) is a French retired

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who played as a

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. Besides France, he has also played in Spain.Interview with Nicolas Bonis
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Football career

Born in

Wissembourg Wissembourg (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is situated on the li ...

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...

, Bonis started out professionally at

RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...

, but could never impose himself in the first team during three

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

seasons. In the 2005 summer he moved abroad, joining Spanish club

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF, Primera ...

which had just suffered relegation to the third division. After solid performances for the Galician side, albeit without promotion, Bonis signed for

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the ...

in the second level on a two-year deal, but appeared sparingly (17 matches out of 42) in his first season, which ended also in relegation.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonis, Nicolas 1981 births Living people People from Wissembourg Footballers from Bas-Rhin French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Ligue 1 players FCSR Haguenau players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Pontevedra CF footballers Deportivo Alavés players AD Ceuta footballers CD Atlético Baleares footballers French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Spain