Anthony Briançon (born 28 November 1994) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defensive midfielder
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for club
Pau.
Career
Briançon is a youth exponent from
Nîmes
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. He made his
Ligue 2
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debut at 16 May 2014 against
Créteil
Créteil () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, dep ...
, replacing
Pierre Bouby after 54 minutes in a 1–1 away draw.
On 22 June 2022, Briançon signed for newly-relegated Ligue 2 side
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
on a three-year contract.
Career Statistics
Club
Honours
Individual
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UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year:
2023–24
References
1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Avignon
French men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Nîmes Olympique players
AS Saint-Étienne players
Pau FC players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National 3 players
21st-century French sportsmen
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