Claudio Benoît Beauvue (born 16 April 1988) is a Guadeloupean professional
footballer
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Boulogne
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Troyes
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from
Nantes
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' academy in 2006. He made his professional debut on 24 August 2007 against
Bastia
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in the 2007–08 Ligue 2 season. He signed his first professional contract with the club in the summer of 2008.
Chateauroux
On 23 March 2011, Beauvue was loaned (with an option to make deal permanent) for the 2011–12 Ligue 2 season to Châteauroux. He made his first start against Guingamp and scored 10 goals in 37 matches during the
Ligue 2
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campaign, with Châteauroux exercising their option to make the loan deal permanent.
On 19 October 2012, during the 2012–13 season, Beauvue scored a
hat-trick
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On 29 January 2013, Beauvue was loaned – with an option to buy – to
Ligue 1
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side Bastia. He made his first start for the Corsican side against
Evian
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and scored his first and only goal for the side during the 36th matchday of the 2012–13 Ligue 1 season against Montpellier. At the end of the season, Bastia did not opt to purchase Beauvue.
Guingamp
On 30 June 2013, Beauvue signed for Guingamp. During his first season, he lifted the
Coupe de France
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with his team after they beat
Rennes
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2–0 at the
Stade de France
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.
During the next season, Beauvue became a regular starter for the side during its
Ligue 1
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and
UEFA Europa League
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campaign. He scored five goals in the Europa League – one against Fiorentina, one against Dinamo Minsk, two against PAOK and one against
Dynamo Kyiv
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– in a campaign in which Guingamp were able to qualify for the round of 16 of the Europa League for the first team in club history.
Beauvue finished the season with 22 goals in 46 games that season, fifth-most in Ligue 1 behind Alexandre Lacazette, André-Pierre Gignac,
Zlatan Ibrahimović
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Lyon
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on a four-year contract. The transfer fee was estimated at €4.5 million, with €3 million bonus. He played his first match with the side against Paris Saint-Germain, a 2–0 loss in the Trophée des Champions played in
Montreal
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. He scored his first goal with the club in a 1–0 win against former club Guingamp at the Stade du Roudourou. He did not celebrate the goal, however, and opted to spend the night at the Panier des Salades, a bar frequented by Guingamp fans.
Despite his numerous first-team starts, Beauvue failed to fit in with the Lyon style of play, which is more focused on passing and possession. He scored his last goal for the club against another former side, Troyes.
Celta
On 16 January 2016, during the winter transfer window, Beauvue joined Spanish
La Liga
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side
Celta
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on a €5 million transfer fee, along with a €2.5 million bonus. He signed a five-year contract.
Leganés (loan)
On 29 August 2017, Beauvue was loaned to fellow top tier club
Leganés
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, for one season.
Caen (loan)
On 30 August 2018, Beauvue joined
Caen
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Boulogne
In August 2021, Beauvue signed with
Boulogne
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in the
Championnat National
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, the third tier of French football.
International career
Beauvue was born in Guadeloupe and moved to France at a young age. He was called up to the Guadeloupe national team in 2008 and scored his first goal for them in 2016, against
Suriname
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Guadeloupe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Beauvue goal.''
Honours
Guingamp
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Coupe de France
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