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Florent Laville (born 7 August 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Florent Laville[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1973[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Valence, Drôme,[1] France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2003 | Lyon | 204 | (2) |
| 2003 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Coventry City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Bastia | 37 | (1) |
| Total | 262 | (3) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Valence, Drôme, Laville spent the first ten years of his career with Olympique Lyonnais, and helped them win the Ligue 1 title in 2002 and 2003 as well as the Trophée des Champions in 2002. Laville signed with Premier League club Bolton Wanderers in 2003[3] and instantly slotted into the first team, forming a successful defensive partnership with Guðni Bergsson, despite a sending off in a memorable game against Arsenal.[4] He later signed permanently for Bolton, but a serious leg injury suffered several games into the 2003–04 season, against Middlesbrough,[5] put him out of action for over a year and effectively ended his top-level playing career as he struggled to regain fitness.
After leaving Bolton at the end of the 2004–05 season, Laville eventually returned to fitness and briefly played for Coventry City before returning to France, reuniting with former Bolton teammate, Pierre-Yves André at SC Bastia. His contract expired at the end of the 2006–07 season and he subsequently retired.
Laville represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Lyon
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