Gwenaël Renaud

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Gwenaël Renaud
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-10-04) 4 October 1983 (age 41)[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+[lower-alpha 1] (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]

Career

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.[4]

Personal life

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.[5]

Notes

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

References

  1. "Gwenaël Renaud". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Saint-Gaudens. Gwénaël Renaud, le Commingeois de Balma". La Dépêche du Midi (in français). 18 September 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  3. Gwenaël Renaud at WorldFootball.net
  4. Aibar, Jorge (13 December 2013). "Gwenaël Renaud (Saint-Alban) : "Il faut se lâcher"". La Dépêche du Midi (in français). Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. "Maire de Payssous (31)". Mon-maire.fr (in français). Retrieved 30 July 2023.