Florent Balmont
{{short description|French footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Florent Balmont
| image = Krasnodar-Lille (8).jpg
| caption = Balmont with Lille in 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|2|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France
| height = 1.67 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1997–2002 | youthclubs1 = Lyon
| years1 = 2002–2004 | clubs1 = Lyon | caps1 = 11 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2003–2004 | clubs2 = → Toulouse (loan) | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2004–2008 | clubs3 = Nice | caps3 = 139 | goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2008–2016 | clubs4 = Lille | caps4 = 253 | goals4 = 7
| years5 = 2016–2020 | clubs5 = Dijon | caps5 = 75 | goals5 = 1
| totalcaps = 512
| totalgoals = 13
| manageryears1 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs1 = Limonest (staff)
}}
Florent Balmont (born 2 February 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Balmont began his career at Olympique Lyonnais in the 2002–03 Ligue 1 season after coming through the junior ranks. In the 2003–04 season, Balmont was sent out on loan to Toulouse FC making a total of 35 appearances. After returning from loan, Balmont signed with OGC Nice. In his time with Lyon, Balmont won the 2002–03 championship and the 2004 Trophée des Champions, converting his penalty in the latter after the match went to a shoot-out.{{cite web|url=https://www.ligue1.com/tropheeChampions/feuille_match/49684|title=Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais|publisher=Ligue 1|access-date=12 August 2019|language=fr}}
Balmont spent four seasons at Nice making 139 appearances before signing with Lille OSC. Balmont won an historic double with the club during the 2010–11 season, making 39 appearances across all competitions as Lille won the Ligue 1 title and the Coupe de France trophy.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/news/story/_/id/1512569/lille-florent-balmont-urged-club-stop-selling-prized-players|title=Balmont urges Lille to stop selling|publisher=ESPN|date=3 August 2013|access-date=12 August 2019}}
In July 2017, Balmont announced he had left Lille to join Dijon FCO, newly promoted to Ligue 1, on a two-year contract.{{cite news|title=Balmont, de Lille à Dijon|url=http://www.sofoot.com/balmont-de-lille-a-dijon-225951.html|access-date=21 August 2017|work=So Foot|date=8 July 2016|language=fr}}{{cite news|url= http://www.dfco.fr/archives/64543/|title= Florent Balmont est Dijonnais! (in French)|work= www.dfco.fr|date= 8 July 2016|access-date= 11 July 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160713082829/http://www.dfco.fr/archives/64543/|archive-date= 13 July 2016|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ligue1.com/joueur/balmont-florent/carriere/|title=Florent Balmont player profile|website=Ligue 1}}
On 11 May 2019, Balmont made his 500th Ligue 1 appearance in a 2–1 victory over Strasbourg.{{cite web|url=https://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/article/balmont-500-au-compteur.htm/|title=BALMONT, 500 AU COMPTEUR|website=lfp.fr}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIZOQ5xYNfQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/TIZOQ5xYNfQ |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Dijon FCO - RC Strasbourg Alsace ( 2-1 ) - Highlights - (DFCO - RCSA) / 2018-19|publisher=Ligue 1 Conforama Official|date=11 May 2019|access-date=12 August 2019}}{{cbignore}} With the appearance, he moved up to 21st in the all-time Ligue 1 appearances and leads all active players in that category.{{cite web|url=http://www.infos-dijon.com/news/sport/football/500-matchs-en-ligue-1-pour-florent-balmont-c-est-une-grosse-fierte-surtout-avec-la-victoire.html|title=500 matchs en Ligue 1 pour Florent Balmont : "C’est une grosse fierté", surtout avec la victoire|publisher=Infos Dijon|date=12 May 2019|access-date=12 August 2019|language=fr}}
Balmont announced his retirement from playing in May 2020 and stated his intention to go into coaching.{{cite web |last1=Jay |first1=Edward |title=Sa retraite, son envie d'entraîner... les confidences de Florent Balmont |url=https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/ligue-1/sa-retraite-son-envie-d-entrainer-les-confidences-de-florent-balmont_AV-202005020204.html |website=RMC Sport |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=fr |date=2 May 2020}} In July 2020, after his retirement, Balmont began his training as a coach, as he was hired as a U-20 coach and member of the first team staff at Championnat National 3 club FC Limonest Dardilly Saint-Didier.[https://fcldsd.fr/mercato/florent-balmont-rejoint-le-fclsd FLORENT BALMONT REJOINT LE FCLSD]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, fcldsd.fr, 4 July 2020 He left the club at the end of the season.[https://www.bienpublic.com/sport/2021/05/31/l-ancien-milieu-du-dfco-florent-balmont-decroche-le-bef L’ancien milieu du DFCO, Florent Balmont, décroche le BEF], bienpublic.com, 31 May 2021
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Lyon
|2002–03{{cite web |title=Florent Balmont » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/florent-balmont/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=23 February 2021}} |9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05
|Ligue 1 |2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Toulouse (loan)
|Ligue 1 |34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 37 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Nice
|Ligue 1 |34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06
|Ligue 1 |37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 41 | 1 | ||
| 2006–07
|Ligue 1 |32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08
|Ligue 1 |36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 40 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!139 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 6 | |
| rowspan="9"|Lille
|Ligue 1 |34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10
|Ligue 1 |35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 48 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11
|Ligue 1 |27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12
|Ligue 1 |30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in 2011 Trophée des Champions}} | 1 | 41 | 3 | |
| 2012–13
|Ligue 1 |34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 44 | 3 | ||
| 2013–14
|Ligue 1 |35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15
|Ligue 1 |30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 44 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16
|Ligue 1 |28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 31 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!253 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 323 | 12 | |
| rowspan="5"|Dijon
|Ligue 1 |23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18
|Ligue 1 |21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19
|Ligue 1 |20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2{{efn|Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation play-offs}} | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20
|Ligue 1 |11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 16 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!75||1||9||1||4||0||0||0||2||0||90||2 | ||||||||||||
| Dijon II
|2018–19{{cite web |title=F. Balmont |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/florent-balmont/1271/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=23 February 2021}} |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!513 | 13 | 33 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 615 | 21 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{LFP|balmont-florent}}
- {{ESPN FC|84974}}
- {{Soccerway|florent-balmont/1271}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Balmont, Florent}}
Category:People from Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon
Category:Footballers from Lyon Metropolis
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Olympique Lyonnais players
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in football
Category:Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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