Lloyd Palun (born 28 November 1988) is a professional

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who most recently played for Ligue 2 club

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...

. Born in France, he represents

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...

at international level. He plays as a

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or as a

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Club career

Palun joined

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...

after playing with local amateur clubs

Martigues Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A di ...

and Trinité.

International career

Palun holds French and Gabonese nationalities. He elected to represent the Gabon national team at senior international level. He made his debut on 9 February 2011 in a 2–0 victory over

Congo DR The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. In 2012, he played in all four national team matches at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Gabon reached the quarterfinals.

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* * * * * Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Arles Footballers from Bouches-du-Rhône Gabonese men's footballers French men's footballers French sportspeople of Gabonese descent Men's association football midfielders Gabon men's international footballers 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players FC Martigues players OGC Nice players Red Star F.C. players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players En Avant Guingamp players SC Bastia players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players Gabonese expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium {{Gabon-footy-bio-stub