Cyril Chapuis

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{{short description|French footballer (born 1979)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cyril Chapuis

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|3|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lyon, France

| height = 1.81 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1996–1998

| youthclubs1 = Niort

| years1 = 1998–2000 | clubs1 = Niort | caps1 = 23 | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = Rennes | caps2 = 44 | goals2 = 13

| years3 = 2002–2005 | clubs3 = Marseille | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2003 | clubs4 = → Leeds United (loan) | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2004 | clubs5 = → Strasbourg (loan) | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2004–2005 | clubs6 = → Ajaccio (loan) | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2006–2007 | clubs7 = Grenoble | caps7 = 28 | goals7 = 5

| years8 = 2007–2009 | clubs8 = Metz | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2012–2014 | clubs9 = Bourg-Péronnas | caps9 = 29 | goals9 = 4

| totalcaps = 208 | totalgoals = 35

| nationalyears1 = 2000–2002

| nationalteam1 = France U-21

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{medal|Country|{{fb|FRA}}}}

{{Medal|Comp|UEFA European Under-21 Championship|}}

{{Medal|Runner-up|2002 Switzerland|}}

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Cyril Chapuis (born 21 March 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Chapuis started his professional career at Niort in Ligue 2 and then moved to Ligue 1 for Rennes.

In January 2002, he signed a five-year contract with Olympique de Marseille,{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=fra/news/newsid=14257.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226035349/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=fra/news/newsid=14257.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 December 2014 |title=Chapuis heads to Marseille|publisher=uefa.com|date=2 January 2002|accessdate=1 November 2014}} playing one and a half season with Marseille before being loaned on three occasions to Leeds United (playing just once in the league, against Bolton in November 2003{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3273227.stm|title=Leeds slump continues|publisher=BBC|date=22 November 2003 |accessdate=21 August 2009}}), Strasbourg and Ajaccio. He was released in summer 2005.

After being without a club for one year, he joined Grenoble in Ligue 2.

In November 2012, after three years without playing a single game, Chapuis joined National team Bourg-Péronnas.{{cite web|url=http://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2012/11/01/un-renfort-de-poids-pour-bourg-peronnas |language=French |title= Chapuis, un renfort de poids pour Bourg-Péronnas |publisher=ledauphine.com|date=1 November 2012|accessdate=1 November 2014}}

International career

He was called up to the French Under 21s and was part of the squad of Les Bleuets that lost to Czech U-21 in the final of the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

References

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