Clément Beaud (born 7 December 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Beaud began playing football with

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in Cameroon. He went to Europe, where he would play in Poland and Lithuania before moving to Portugal for much of his career. After a brief spell in the

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with

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, he has spent most of his time in the second and third levels of Portuguese football, including stints with Moreirense and

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. Now play in Grupo Desportivo Vitória de sernache. Beaud played for the gold medal-winning Cameroon squad at the

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in Sydney.

Honours

Cameroon U23 * Olympic gold medal:

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* * * 1980 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers 21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Tonnerre Yaoundé players Widzew Łódź players FK Vėtra players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Moreirense F.C. players Académico de Viseu F.C. players CD Operário players C.D. Cinfães players S.C. Lamego players G.D. Vitória de Sernache players Ekstraklasa players A Lyga players Liga Portugal 2 players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Cameroon Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal {{Cameroon-footy-midfielder-stub