Benoît Tardieu Verdenet (born 21 January 1986) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for French club Saint-Georges. Born in France, he is a former Benin international.

Club career

Tardieu began to play football at youth age for Montferrand in 1997 and signed with

AS Nancy Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (), known as AS Nancy Lorraine, and more commonly as Nancy, is a French football club founded in 1967 and based in Nancy, Grand Est. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Marcel Picot located in Tomb ...

in 1999. In 2001 he left Nancy and joined

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or by the abbreviation AJA, is a French professional association football, football club based in the Communes of France, commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club plays in L ...

where he played at youth level for three years. Tardieu began his professional career with Auxerre in the reserve squad. In summer 2006, after one year with the reserve team, he signed with Clermont. He played only two games in two years for Clermont and in July 2008 left the club. Tardieu signed with

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for the 2008–09 season and was released in summer 2009. In July 2009, after his release by Clermont, he signed for Beaumont. In June 2011 he signed for

US Saint-Georges US Saint-Georges () is a French football club based in Saint-Georges-de-Mons (Puy-de-Dôme). It was founded in 1923. They play at the Stade de Grelières, which has a capacity of 3,200. The colours of the club are red and blue. For the 2006/200 ...

International career

Tardieu played for the Benin U20 national team at the

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in the Netherlands. He made his debut for the senior national team on 4 June 2005 in the

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match against

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and his second call up was on 12 March 2008.Bénin: Benoît Tardieu pour remplacer Aguêh
on www.fr.allafrica.com

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tardieu, Benoit 1986 births Living people People from Ussel Footballers from Corrèze French sportspeople of Beninese descent Black French sportspeople Beninese men's footballers 21st-century Beninese sportsmen French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Benin men's international footballers AS Montferrand Football players AS Nancy Lorraine players AJ Auxerre players Clermont Foot players US Albi players US Saint-Georges players Beninese expatriates in France 21st-century French sportsmen