Léo Schwechlen (born 5 June 1989) is a French professional

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who plays as a defender for

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Career

Born in

Montbéliard Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department. History Montbéliard is ...

, Schwechlen spent his early career with Promo Besançon, Racing Besançon,

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and

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and Göztepe. Schwechlen quit Göztepe on 8 June 2018. Schwechlen joined BB Erzurumspor on 27 June 2018. On 12 August 2018, Schwechlen scored the first ever Süper Lig goal in the club's history, against

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at Konya Büyükşehir Stadium, in which they lost 2–3. He played every minute of every league match during the 2018–19 season. In August 2019 he returned to Göztepe. On 18 June 2020, Göztepe announced that Schwechlen terminated his contract because of unpaid wages.

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1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Montbéliard Footballers from Doubs French men's footballers Racing Besançon players AS Monaco FC players Tours FC players Anorthosis Famagusta FC players Göztepe S.K. footballers Erzurumspor F.K. footballers Denizlispor footballers Ligue 2 players Cypriot First Division players TFF 1. Lig players Süper Lig players Men's association football defenders French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-defender-1980s-stub