Nicolas Penneteau (born 20 February 1981) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Penneteau was born in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

. By March 2014, he had made over 400

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 ...

appearances in a career with

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...

and

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...

. He joined Corsican football team Bastia to play with them in the Corsica Cup 2010. He made 159 consecutive Ligue 1 appearances for Valenciennes from 2010 to 2014. In August 2014, Penneteau left France for the first time, signing a two-year contract with

Sporting Charleroi Royal Charleroi Sporting Club, often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at th ...

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* * 1981 births Living people Footballers from Marseille French men's footballers Corsica men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers France men's under-21 international footballers France men's youth international footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players SC Bastia players Valenciennes FC players Royal Charleroi S.C. players Stade de Reims players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub