Bédi Bastien Buval (born 16 June 1986) is a former professional

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who played as a striker. Born in France, he made one appearance for the Martinique national team scoring once.

Club career

Born in Domont,

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, Buval joined

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at the age of 16 from

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, but he never broke through to the first team as a senior, being limited to reserve football and also suffering from recurring knee problems. In November 2006, he returned to his country and signed for

FC Red Star Saint-Ouen Red Star Football Club (), known as Red Star FC or simply Red Star, is a French professional football club founded in Paris in 1897, and is the fourth oldest French football club, after Standard AC of Paris, Le Havre AC and Girondins de Bord ...

in the

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. In July 2007, Buval agreed to a two-year contract with

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club

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, joining after a trial period as a replacement for

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who had left at the end of the previous season. He struggled initially to become a first-team regular and, with Søren Berg and

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(both former Danish internationals) joining the team during the winter break, he received additional competition; eventually, as Berg moved to

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, the Frenchman begun appearing more, and finished the campaign with seven goals in 27 games. Buval signed with

Panthrakikos F.C. Panthrakikos Football Club () is a Greek Association football, football club based in Komotini, Thrace in North Eastern Greece founded in 1963. The club competed in Super League Greece 2008-09, Super League Greece during the 2008–09 season for t ...

in Greece on 30 July 2009. On 13 January of the following year, he moved to fellow

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side

Panionios FC Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek (language), Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Sy ...

, scoring only three goals combined during the season and suffering relegation with the former. In the 2010 summer, Buval changed clubs – and countries – again, joining

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

from

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on a one-year deal. He was released on 3 July 2011. On 16 September 2011, after a successful trial, Buval signed for two years with

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese association football, football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of football in ...

in Portugal. He was awarded the

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's SJPF Player of the Month award for the month of December, after scoring against

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(1–1 away draw) and

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(two goals, 2–1 home success), and finished the season as team top scorer but they were eventually relegated just one year after promoting. On 23 July 2012, Buval joined Göztepe S.K. in Turkey on a three-year contract. On 31 January of the following year, however, he changed teams and countries once again, signing for Denmark's Vejle Boldklub Kolding until the end of the campaign. In the following years, in quick succession, Buval represented Académica de Coimbra, F.C. Paços de Ferreira,

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and

Flamurtari Vlorë Flamurtari Football Club is an Albanian professional football club based in Vlorë, Albania. The club plays in the Kategoria Superiore, which is the first tier of football in the country. Founded in 1923, the club is one of the oldest in Alba ...

, agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract with the latter on 28 January 2015 for a reported

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11,000 per month. He left on 17 October, claiming he was not being paid by the club. In February 2016, Buval joined

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in the German

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International career

Buval chose to represent

Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

internationally. He scored in his debut on 16 November 2014, helping to a 2–0 group stage win over

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for that year's

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Martinique's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Buval goal.''

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