Arnold Temanfo (born 3 June 1993) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for Annecy.

Career

Temanfo is a youth product of the academies of Red Star F.C., Antony Sport,

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and

Paris FC Paris Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional football club based in Paris, that competes in the Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Paris FC play their home matches at the Stade C ...

. He began his senior career in amateur clubs in France with

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in 2012. He moved to

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in 2015, and followed that up with stints with

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and Lusitanos Saint-Maur, before moving to Belgium with Liège in 2020. In the summer of 2020, he moved to

Sète Sète (; oc, Seta, ), also historically spelt ''Cette'' (official until 1928) and ''Sette'', is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sétois'' (male) and ''Sétoises ...

. On 27 June 2021, he transferred to the

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side Annecy. He helped Annecy come in second place in the 2021–22 Championnat National season and earned promotion into the

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. He made his professional debut with Annecy in a 2–1 Ligue 2 loss to

Niort Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres. The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the ...

on 30 July 2022, scoring his sides only goal in the 63rd minute.

Personal life

Born in France, Temanfo is of Cameroonian descent.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Temanfo, Arnold 1993 births Living people Footballers from Paris French footballers French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent ES La Rochelle players US Lusitanos Saint-Maur players RFC Liège players FC Sète 34 players FC Annecy players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Belgian National Division 1 players Association football fullbacks French expatriate footballers French expatriates in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium French expatriates in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain