Nicolas Savinaud (born 20 November 1975) is a French former professional

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who spent most of his career at

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, a ...

. Mostly deployed as a defender, he also played in other positions.

Career

Born in

Fontenay-le-Comte Fontenay-le-Comte (; Poitevin: ''Funtenaes'' or ''Fintenè'') is a commune and subprefecture in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region of Western France. In 2018, it had a population of 13,302, while its functional area had a popu ...

Vendée Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.

, Savinaud began his career in 1991 in the youth teams of FC Nantes. In the 1995–96 season he was promoted to the first team. He played in the victorious

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and

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campaigns and contributed 25 appearances as his side won the

2000–01 French Division 1 The 2000–01 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 63rd since its establishment. FC Nantes won the French Association Football League for the eighth time with 68 points. Participating teams * Auxerre * Bastia * Bordeaux * Guingamp ...

. He also won the

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and

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, scoring in the 2001 edition. In June 2007, with his contract running out, Savinaud moved to

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guinga ...

as a

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, where he played until 14 January 2009 when he moved to

Vannes OC Vannes Olympique Club (; commonly referred to as simply Vannes) is a French football club based in Vannes. The club was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of ''Véloce vannetais'' founded in 1911 and ''FC Vannes'' known before 1991 as ''UCK ...

. On 9 August 2009, he left Vannes OC and signed for

USJA Carquefou USJA Carquefou is a French football team currently playing in Championnat National based in Carquefou, Loire-Atlantique. History The club was founded in 1942 as merger of two local clubs, ''Union Sportive de Carquefou'' and ''Jeanne d'Arc de C ...

Style of play

Savinaud was well known for his ability to play in any position on the field, and was called the "homme à tout faire".

Career statistics

Honours

Nantes *

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: 2001 *

: 1999, 2000 *

: 1999, 2001 *

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runners-up: 2004

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* * 1975 births Living people People from Fontenay-le-Comte Sportspeople from Vendée French men's footballers Footballers from Pays de la Loire Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players FC Nantes players En Avant Guingamp players Vannes OC players USJA Carquefou players {{france-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub