Olivier Jacques Verdon (born 5 October 1995) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad. Born in France, he represents

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at international level. He has become known for repeated instances of domestic violence, attempted murder, and aggression against partners.

Club career

Verdon signed his first professional contract on 27 April 2017 with

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 ...

club

FC Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux ( oc, Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde (de ...

after successful seasons with their B team. He made his professional debut for Bordeaux in a

match against

Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

on 19 November 2017. He came on for

Igor Lewczuk Igor Lewczuk (born 30 May 1985) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Weszło Warsaw. Besides Poland, he has played in France. Career Club In January 2011, he was loaned to Piast Gliwice. In June 2011, he was loaned ...

in the 80th minute of the 1–1 home draw. On 11 June 2019, after a year with

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

side

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard (; commonly referred to as FCSM or simply Sochaux) is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Frenc ...

, Verdon signed a three-year contract with

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 ...

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. On 2 September, however, he was loaned to

KAS Eupen K.A.S. Eupen (short for Königliche Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Eupen, English: ''Royal General Sports Association Eupen'', simply referred to as Eupen) is a Belgian professional association football club located in Eupen, Liège (province), Provi ...

of the

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. On 4 September 2020, Verdon was loaned to Bulgarian club PFC Ludogorets Razgrad for the season.

International career

Verdon was born in France and is Beninese by his mother. He debuted for the

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on 24 March 2017, in a 1–0 friendly loss to

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

Career statistics

International

Honours

Club

Ludogorets Razgrad *

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

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, 2021–22,

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Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Verdon, Olivier 1995 births Living people Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine French sportspeople of Beninese descent Beninese people of French descent Beninese men's footballers French men's footballers Men's association football defenders Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Angoulême Charente FC players Deportivo Alavés players Belgian Pro League players K.A.S. Eupen players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Benin men's international footballers 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Beninese expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Sportspeople from Clamart Black French sportspeople