Yohann Lasimant (born 4 September 1989) is a French professional

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who plays as a winger and

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for Championnat National 3 club Besançon Football.

Club career

Rennes and Sedan

Born in

Besançon Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzer ...

, Lasimant began his career at local club SC Clémenceau. In 2002, he moved to the biggest club in the city,

Besançon RC Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerl ...

. He gained the attention of Rennes scouts during his time here and joined the Bretagne club's training center in 2006. He joined the club's under-18 side in 2007 and helped the club win the under-18 league championship. During the same season, he was selected to France's under-18 side. The following season, he was a part of the youth side that won the

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. At the start of the 2008–09 season, Lasimant played mainly in the reserves. He received his first call up to the senior squad by manager

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on 14 February 2009 in a league match against Nancy appearing on the bench in a 1–1 draw. After appearing on the bench several times for the rest of the season, he finally made his debut on the final match day of the season in a 0–4 defeat to

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appearing as a substitute in the 72nd minute. He joined second division club Sedan on loan for the entire 2009–10 season, in order to receive some playing time. In his competitive debut with Sedan, he scored the club's second goal in their 2–0 win over Caen in the Coupe de la Ligue.

Grenoble and Larissa

On 23 July 2010, Lasimant signed a two-year contract with Ligue 2 club

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. In February 2012 he joined Greek second division club Larissa and signed a contract until the end of the season.

Leyton Orient

In July 2013, Lasimant impressed

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manager

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with two goals in their 7–0 friendly victory over

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. After going on trial a week later with

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, Lasimant signed a one-year contract with Orient on 16 July. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 defeat at

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. His second goal was a dramatic last minute winner against Gillingham. At the end of the season he was released by Orient along with four other players.

Besançon

After one year in Bulgaria, one year with Jura Sud, one year again with Concarneau and six months alone with an injury, he returned to his youth club in his hometown:

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in February 2019. In 2020, he signed for the other club in the town, Besançon Football.

International career

Lasimant has earned caps with the France under-19 team. On 25 May 2009, he was selected to the under-20 squad that participated in the

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. Lasimant appeared in three matches scoring one goal in a 1–0 victory over

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Career statistics

Honours

Rennes U18 *

: 2007–08

References

External links

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