Daniel Gbaguidi (born 14 January 1988) is a Beninese former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in Benin, he represented France at youth level before playing for the Benin national team.

Club career

Gbaguidi began his career 2001 with

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and joined Montferrand in 2002. He played only one season with the club before moving to Clermont in 2003. In May 2005 he left Clermont and signed with

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 ...

. On 1 July 2008, he left Marseille and joined to

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club Cassis Carnoux. After only six months with Cassis Carnoux he signed with Saint-Priest in January 2009. Since then, Gbaguidi has played for many different clubs:

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...

, Villefranche, FC Bleid,

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Iraklis Psachna Iraklis Psachna Football Club is a Greek football club, based in Psachna, Euboea. History In 2009–10, Psachna earned promotion to the third tier of Greek football, Football League 2, for the first time in club history, as champions of Delta Et ...

, Istres, both Villefranche and Saint-Priest again,

Vaulx-en-Velin Vaulx-en-Velin () is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is located to its northeast, on the river Rhône. History The rivers, including th ...

, and

Mâcon Mâcon (), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as M� ...

International career

He played his debut game for

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

on 1 June 2008 against

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.Match Report: Angola - Benin 3:0 (0:0)
on fifa.com] Gbaguidi is also former youth player from France national football team, France he presented from 2003 to 2008 the U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-21.

References

External links

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Profile on foot-national.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gbaguidi, Daniel Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Cotonou Beninese men's footballers Men's association football forwards Benin men's international footballers People with acquired French citizenship French men's footballers French sportspeople of Beninese descent Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Régional 1 players Super League Greece 2 players RC Vichy players AS Montferrand Football players Clermont Foot players Olympique de Marseille players SO Cassis Carnoux players AS Saint-Priest players FC Mulhouse players FC Villefranche Beaujolais players BX Brussels players R.E. Virton players Iraklis Psachna F.C. players FC Istres players FC Vaulx-en-Velin players UF Mâconnais players Beninese expatriate men's footballers Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Black French sportspeople