Guillaume Plessis (born 16 January 1985) is a former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Plessis started his career with

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. In January 2005, he joined

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club Everton on a six-month deal but failed to make a first team appearance. He has also played for

Clermont Foot Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: ''Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe''; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot) is a French professional football club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It competes in Ligue 2. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and ...

and

Martigues Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A ...

International career

Plessis was part of the France U17 squad for the

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Personal life

Plessis's younger brother

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was also a professional footballer.

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* * French men's footballers Men's footballers from Réunion RC Lens players Everton F.C. players Clermont Foot players US Boulogne players FC Martigues players Ligue 2 players 1985 births Living people France men's youth international footballers AS Béziers Hérault (football) players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century French sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in England {{France-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub