Florent Mollet (born 19 November 1991) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

. He made his professional debut for

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

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in 2012, and three years later joined fellow league team

Créteil Créteil () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, dep ...

. In his only season for the latter, he scored 11 goals, but the team suffered relegation and he moved on to

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. Two years later, after his club was again relegated, he moved to

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

. In summer 2022, Mollet signed for

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

before moving to Nantes only half a year later.

Career

Dijon

Born in

Fontaine-lès-Dijon Fontaine-lès-Dijon () is a Communes of France, commune in the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department in eastern France. It is known for the Couvent et Basilique Saint-Bernard, a collection of buildings on the site of the birthplace of Sai ...

Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or () is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.

, Mollet began his career at local team

. His first senior call-up was as an unused substitute on 20 May 2012, as his team concluded the

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with a 5–0 loss at

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

. He made his first appearance on 27 July, as the subsequent campaign began with a 1–0 win over

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

at the

Stade Gaston Gérard Stade Gaston-Gérard is a multi-use stadium in Dijon, France. It is used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Dijon FCO. The stadium is able to hold 15,459 people. A stadium renovation began in 2016, intende ...

. As a substitute, he scored in a

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on 7 August, as Dijon won at

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in the first round of the

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. On 11 January 2013, he scored his first goal, opening a 3–0 home win over

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. Mollet totalled four goals in 36 games in his first season, but did not scored in 39 league games for the rest of his time at the club. However, he scored seven goals in four games of the 2014–15

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, including hat-tricks in consecutive away wins at

Vichy Vichy (, ; ) is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789. Known f ...

(9–0) and 3 Rivières (6–1). On 4 January 2015, in the last 64 of the competition away to

team

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, he scored the extra-time winner in a 3–2 victory.

Creteil

On 17 June 2015, Mollet and fellow midfielder Guillaume Loriot joined fellow Ligue 2 team

. He made his debut on 31 July, starting as they began the season with a 1–0 win at fellow

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team

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. He scored a career-best 11 goals in 36 games for ''Les Béliers'' who were nonetheless relegated.

Metz

On 27 June 2016, Mollet was the seventh player signed by

ahead of their return to Ligue 1, signing a three-year deal with the club from

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. He made his top-flight debut on 13 August, starting and playing 70 minutes of a 3–2 home win over

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

before being substituted for

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, having a 100% pass completion rate. On 14 December, he scored his first goal for the club to open a 1–1 home draw against

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in the last 16 of the

, as his team advanced 11–10 on penalties. Having not scored at all in his first season at the Stade Saint-Symphorien, Mollet recorded his first top flight goal on 9 December 2017, opening a 1–1 home draw with

. He added six more over the campaign, including two in a 6–3 loss at

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on 2 February 2018, as his team were relegated in last place.

Montpellier

On 11 July 2018, Mollet signed with Ligue 1 side

. He scored on his debut on 18 August away to

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, opening a 2–1 win. On 6 October, he was sent off in the first half of a 1–1 draw at

for sarcastically applauding the referee for booking him for a foul. Having achieved six goals in his first season, his initial three-year contract was extended by an undisclosed length. In 2019–20, Mollet scored home and away against Dijon, taking four points from his hometown club. On 29 August 2020, he was sent off on

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review just before half time in a 2–1 loss at

, for a boot to Faitout Maouassa's head. On 7 April 2021, Mollet scored the only goal of a win at fourth-tier

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to put Montpellier into the Coupe de France quarter-finals for the first time in nine years. He was sent off again on 16 May in a goalless draw at home to Brest, for a 39th-minute foul on Steve Mounie.

Schalke 04

On 8 June 2022, Mollet agreed to join

, newly promoted to the

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, signing a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Montpellier was a reported €700,000, with an additional €800,000 in potential bonuses. He made his debut as a 58th-minute substitute for Alex Král on 31 July in a 5–0 win away to fourth-tier

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in the first round of the

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, and scored his first goal on 23 October by coming on and equalising in a 2–1 loss at

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Nantes

On 17 January 2023, Mollet signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with

. On 22 January 2023 he made his debut with canaries in a penalties away win against ES Thaon in

. Seven days later, Mollet made his debut in

as a substitute of Ludovic Blas against

Clermont Foot Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: ''Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe''; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot) is a French professional football club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It competes in Ligue 2. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and ...

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