Gwenaël Renaud

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Gwenaël Renaud
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-10-04) 4 October 1983 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Vénissieux, France
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1997 US Saint-Gaudens[2]
1997–2001 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Lyon B
2003–2004 Valence 18 (0)
2004–2012 Balma 164+[a] (2+)
2012–2014 Saint-Alban Aucamville 37 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gwenaël Renaud (born 4 October 1983) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played at the professional level in Ligue 2 for Valence.[3][4]

Career[edit]

Born in Vénissieux, Renaud grew up in Payssous in the department of Haute-Garonne.[2] In 1997, he left local club US Saint-Gaudens to join Lyon's youth academy. Renaud went on to sign a professional contract with Valence in 2003, playing in Ligue 2, before joining fourth-tier Balma in 2004.[2] He joined Saint-Alban Aucamville in 2012, where he would finish his career in 2014.[3][5]

Personal life[edit]

Gwenaël's father Jacques was at a time the president of US Saint-Gaudens, where Gwenaël played in his youth.[2] In 2020, at the age of 70, Jacques was elected mayor of Payssous until 2026.[6]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Statistics from the 2004–05 to the 2007–08 season are incomplete.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gwenaël Renaud". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Saint-Gaudens. Gwénaël Renaud, le Commingeois de Balma". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 18 September 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b Gwenaël Renaud at FootballDatabase.eu
  4. ^ Gwenaël Renaud at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ Aibar, Jorge (13 December 2013). "Gwenaël Renaud (Saint-Alban) : «Il faut se lâcher»". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Maire de Payssous (31)". Mon-maire.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 July 2023.