Florent Laville

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Florent Laville

| fullname = Florent Laville{{Hugman|11400|accessdate=4 February 2019}}

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|8|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Valence, Drôme, France

| height = 1.85 m{{cite web |url=https://www.lfp.fr/joueur/laville-florent |title=Florent Laville |publisher=Ligue de Football Professionnel |access-date=4 February 2019}}

| currentclub =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1993–2003

| years2 = 2003

| years3 = 2003–2005

| years4 = 2004

| years5 = 2005–2007

| clubs1 = Lyon

| clubs2 = → Bolton Wanderers (loan)

| clubs3 = Bolton Wanderers

| clubs4 = → Coventry City (loan)

| clubs5 = Bastia

| caps1 = 204

| caps2 = 10

| caps3 = 5

| caps4 = 6

| caps5 = 37

| goals1 = 2

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 1

| totalcaps = 262

| totalgoals = 3

}}

Florent Laville (born 7 August 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

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{{cite news|title=Bolton snap up French duo|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/2715341.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 February 2003|access-date=24 August 2011}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2960621.stm|title=Bolton dent Arsenal hopes |publisher=BBC |date=26 April 2003 |access-date=29 April 2013}} He later signed permanently for Bolton, but a serious leg injury suffered several games into the 2003–04 season, against Middlesbrough,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3194205.stm |title=Bolton seal first win |publisher=BBC |date=13 September 2003 |access-date=29 April 2013}} 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.

International career

Laville represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Honours

Lyon

Ligue 1: 2001–02, 2002–03
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1997{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D728/match%3D54204/index.html|title=Lyon 3-2 Montpellier (Aggregate: 4 - 2)|publisher=UEFA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040801002918/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D728/match%3D54204/index.html|access-date=11 October 2020|archive-date=1 August 2004}}
Trophée des Champions: 2002