Florent Balmont


Florent Balmont is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Dijon FCO.

Career

Balmont began his career at Olympique Lyonnais in the 2002/2003 Ligue 1 season after coming through the junior ranks. In the 2003/2004 season, Balmont was sent out on loan to Toulouse FC making a total of 35 appearances. After returning from loan, Balmont signed with OGC Nice. In his time with Lyon, Balmont won the 2002–03 championship and the 2004 Trophée des Champions, converting his penalty in the latter after the match went to a shoot-out.
Balmont spent 4 seasons at Nice making 139 appearances before signing with Lille OSC. Balmont won an historic double with the club during the 2010–11 season, making 39 appearances across all competitions as Lille won the Ligue 1 title and the Coupe de France trophy.
In July 2017, Balmont announced he had left Lille OSC to join Dijon FCO, newly promoted to Ligue 1, on a two-year contract.
On 11 May 2019, Balmont made his 500th Ligue 1 appearance in a 2–1 victory over Strasbourg. With the appearance, Balmot moved up to 21st in the all-time Ligue 1 appearances and leads all active players in that category.

Honours

Lyon
Lille