Yoann Djidonou (born 17 May 1986) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugb ...

who plays as a

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for

Championnat National 2 The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of the French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligu ...

club Romorantin. Born in France, he is a former Benin international.

Club career

Born in

Domont Domont () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department and Île-de-France region of France. It is twinned with the Leicestershire village of Shepshed. Domont station has rail connections to Persan, Luzarches, Sarcelles and Paris. Population Tw ...

, France, Djidonou has played club football for Racing Paris,

Entente SSG The Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien is a French association football team based in the suburb of Saint-Gratien in Paris. The team was founded in 1989 and play in the Championnat National 3, the country's fifth tier of competition. Recent history ...

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Libourne Libourne (; oc, label= Gascon, Liborna ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Ém ...

, Racing Paris and

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...

. In June 2013, he signed for

side Romorantin.

International career

Djidonou made his international debut 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 nort ...

in 2007, and represented them at the

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internat ...

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and

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. He has also represented them in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

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* 1986 births Living people People from Domont Footballers from Val-d'Oise French sportspeople of Beninese descent Citizens of Benin through descent Association football goalkeepers Beninese footballers French footballers Benin international footballers 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Racing Club de France Football players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Red Star F.C. players FC Libourne players FC Mulhouse players Entente SSG players SO Romorantin players Black French sportspeople {{Benin-footy-bio-stub