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Landry Bonnefoi
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Bonnefoi with Châteauroux in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-09-20) 20 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Villeparisis, Seine-et-Marne, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1993 ES Saint-Pathus Oissery
1993–1997 ES Saint-Soupplets
1997–2000 Cannes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Cannes 0 (0)
2001–2007 Juventus 0 (0)
2003–2004 Messina (loan) 1 (0)
2006–2007 Metz (loan) 1 (0)
2007–2009 Dijon 24 (0)
2009–2012 Amiens 106 (0)
2012–2013 Bastia 8 (0)
2013–2016 Châteauroux 72 (0)
2016–2017 Strasbourg 2 (0)
2017–2018 Strasbourg 4 (0)
2018–2019 Dudelange 0 (0)
International career
2004 France U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Landry Bonnefoi is a former professional football player from France. He was born on September 20, 1983. Landry played as a goalkeeper, which is the player who protects the goal. After he stopped playing, he became a coach. Today, he works as a goalkeeping coach for a team called Union Titus Petange in Luxembourg.

Playing Career Highlights

Landry Bonnefoi was born in Villeparisis, France. He started his football journey in youth teams. He played for ES Saint-Pathus Oissery and ES Saint-Soupplets. Later, he joined the youth team of AS Cannes.

Early Career and Juventus

In 2001, a big Italian club named Juventus signed Landry from AS Cannes. He spent two seasons playing for the Juventus youth team. He was later promoted to the main team. He was a reserve goalkeeper, meaning he was a backup for famous players like Gianluigi Buffon. However, he did not play in any official games for Juventus.

Loan Spells and French Clubs

During the 2003–04 season, Landry was loaned to Messina. A loan means a player temporarily moves to another team. He played only one game for Messina. In 2004, he returned to Juventus.

In 2006, Landry wanted to play more games. He also missed being close to home. So, he was loaned to Ligue 2 team Metz. Ligue 2 is a professional football league in France. Metz had the option to buy him permanently.

In 2007, Landry moved to Dijon. He played for them until 2009. After that, he joined Amiens and played there from 2009 to 2012.

Later Career and Retirement

In 2012, Landry's club was moved down to a lower division. On July 31, 2012, he signed with Bastia, a club from Corsica.

After the 2016–17 season, Strasbourg released him. But in July 2017, they signed him again for another year.

For the 2018–19 season, Landry Bonnefoi signed with F91 Dudelange in Luxembourg. He even played in the UEFA Europa League, which is a big European football competition.

At the end of the 2018–19 season, Landry Bonnefoi decided to stop playing professional football. He retired from the game.

Becoming a Coach

Since March 2020, Landry Bonnefoi has been working as a goalkeeping coach. He coaches for the Luxembourgish team Union Titus Petange.

External links

  • Landry Bonnefoi at the French Football Federation Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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