Daniel Maurice Dutuel (born 10 December 1967) is a French former professional

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who played as an

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. Over the course of 11 seasons, he amassed

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totals of 296 games and 37 goals. He also played three years in Spain.

Football career

Born in

Bort-les-Orgues Bort-les-Orgues (; ) is a communes of France, commune in the south-central French Departments of France, department of Corrèze. Geography Bort-les-Orgues is situated on the Dordogne (river), Dordogne. The southern boundary of the commune ...

Corrèze Corrèze (; ) is a département in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, on the bo ...

, Dutuel was a product of the famous

Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...

youth system, which also included

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and Pascal Vahirua, all under the tutelage of legendary

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. He made his first-team – and

– debut on 16 July 1985 in a 0–0 away draw against Laval (aged not yet 18), and was already an undisputed starter by the time the side reached the semi-finals of the

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in 1992–93. After a spell at

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, Dutuel moved to

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

, which he helped to the 1996 edition of the UEFA Cup final, where he scored the club's only goal in an eventual 1–5 aggregate loss to

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. Whilst at Bordeaux, he won the

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. Dutuel then moved to Spain where, safe for the 1996–97 season with

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, he was highly unsuccessful. He also represented

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in that country (still in

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), and closed out his career two years later after stints with

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(Switzerland) and

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References

External links

AJ Auxerre stats

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dutuel, Daniel 1967 births Living people Footballers from Corrèze French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ligue 1 players AJ Auxerre players Olympique de Marseille players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Racing Club de France Football players La Liga players RC Celta de Vigo players Real Valladolid players AC Bellinzona players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 20th-century French sportsmen