Cédric Mickael Avinel (born 11 September 1986) is a professional

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who most recently played as a

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for club

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...

. Born in metropolitan France, he plays for the Guadeloupe national team.

Club career

Créteil and Watford

Born in Paris, Avinel began his career at Créteil. He joined Watford in January 2007, signing an eighteen-month contract. He made his debut on 5 May 2007 against Reading at the Madejski Stadium. He was replaced at half-time by Adrian Mariappa. He went on to make two League Cup appearances for Watford in the 2007–08 season.

Loan to Stafford Rangers

On 14 September 2007, Avinel joined

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

on a month-long loan, making eight appearances.

Gueugnon, Cannes, and Clermont

Avinel signed with

Gueugnon Gueugnon () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population Economy The primary industry in the town is a stainless-steel factory run by Aperam. A huge part of Gueugnon ...

in January 2009. He played 40 league matches and scored one goal for the club before leaving in the summer of 2010. On 18 May 2010, Avinel joined Championnat National side Cannes. He made his debut for the club in the 3–0 win over

Bayonne Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine re ...

on 7 August 2010. On 26 May 2011, Avinel signed a three-year contract with

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side Clermont.

International career

Avinel made his debut for

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

on 4 December 2008, in a 2–1 loss to Cuba in the

Caribbean Championship The Caribbean Cup was the championship tournament for national association football teams that are members of the Caribbean Football Union. The first competition, established by Shell and run by former England Cricket fast bowler Fred Rumsey, wa ...

preliminary round.

Honors

Guadeloupe * Caribbean Cup bronze medal:

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Avinel, Cedric 1986 births Living people French people of Guadeloupean descent Black French sportspeople Guadeloupean men's footballers French men's footballers Footballers from Paris Men's association football central defenders Guadeloupe men's international footballers 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players Premier League players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Watford F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players FC Gueugnon players AS Cannes players Clermont Foot players AC Ajaccio players Guadeloupean expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in England Guadeloupean expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England