Édouard Duplan (born 13 May 1983) is a French former professional

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who played as a winger. During his career, he played for

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Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

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, and

RKVV Westlandia RKVV Westlandia is a football club from Naaldwijk, Netherlands. In the 2023–24 season, the Sunday male first squad Westlandia is competing in the Vierde Divisie (fifth tier). The Saturday first squad plays in the Eerste Klasse after promoting i ...

in the Netherlands after starting his career in his native France with Choisy Le Roi, ES Viry-Châtillon, and

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Club career

Born in

Athis-Mons Athis-Mons () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Athégiens''. A small part of Orly International Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Athis-Mon ...

Essonne Essonne () is a department in the southern part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659, across 194 communes.Choisy-le-Roi Choisy-le-Roi () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. History The current Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1988. Geography Choisy-le-Roi is located southeast from the center of ...

before gaining recognition at

. During his early amateur years, he studied

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at Lycée Marcel Pagnol Athis-Mons. In 2006, he moved to Dutch club

, where he quickly became a fan favourite, leading to a transfer to

in 2007. Unfortunately, a serious injury in his debut match cut short his first season. In the summer of 2010, Duplan joined

. Following the 2011–12 season, he won the

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Trophy, awarded by Utrecht's supporters who voted him the club's best player of the season. Duplan retired from football in 2020 while playing for amateur club Westlandia. After retiring, he began studying to become a

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maker.

References

External links

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Voetbal International profile

Dutch fansite: www.duplan.nl
1983 births Living people People from Athis-Mons Footballers from Essonne Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers Ligue 2 players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Derde Divisie players AS Choisy-le-Roi players ES Viry-Châtillon players Clermont Foot players RBC Roosendaal players Sparta Rotterdam players FC Utrecht players ADO Den Haag players RKVV Westlandia players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands French expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub