Jean-Pascal Fontaine (born 11 September 1989) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Fontaine was born in

Saint-Louis, Réunion Saint-Louis (; ) is the fifth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located on the southwest part of the island of Réunion, adjacent to Saint-Pierre. Geography Climate Saint-Louis has a tropical savanna clima ...

. In July 2002, he joined

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from

JS Saint-Pierroise Jeunesse Sportive Saint-Pierroise (JSSP) is a French football club from Saint-Pierre, Réunion. Its most notable players are Roger Milla, from the Cameroon national football team and Jean Pierre Papin, from the France national football team. A ...

. He played his first game for Le Havre against

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on 20 August 2007. Fontaine left

after 20 years at the club at the end of the 2021–22 season.

Honours

Le Havre *

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

: 2007–08

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* * * * 1989 births Living people Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers France men's under-21 international footballers Men's footballers from Réunion Le Havre AC players JS Saint-Pierroise players AS Beauvais Oise players Ligue 2 players 21st-century French sportsmen {{Réunion-footy-bio-stub