David Grondin


David Roland Clément Grondin is a French former footballer. Grondin, who played as a left back, featured for Arsenal as well as several French and Belgian clubs.

Career

Grondin, featuring as a winger, played in 1994 for Saint-Étienne in his youth career. He then left the Greens to join Arsenal in 1998 for £500,000. While at the Gunners, Grondin was in 1999 loaned back out to Saint Etienne. He also joined on loan AS Cannes in 2000 as well as that of K. S. K. Beveren of the Belgian First Division A a season later. In all Grondin made, at and away from Highbury, four appearances. He played one league match for Arsenal when starting in a 0-0 draw against Liverpool in January 1999.
He then after leaving Beveren linked up with Dunfermline Athletic in a short term move that was later made permanent. At Dunfermline Grondin scored once against that of Rangers in the Scottish Cup. Whilst at Dunfermline he also played in the 2004 Scottish Cup Final, where he won a Runners Up Medal. In 2004, he moved on towards Ligue 2 club Stade Brestois. On 6 August 2009, Mons signed the French left back from KV Mechelen. Grondin then stayed at Mons for the following season. He then made the switch to
Brussels F. C. where he brought his footballing career to its finality.