Jessy Benet (born 24 January 1995) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

Club career

After playing for Montceau during the latter stages of his youth development, Benet made his debut for the club on 20 October 2012, coming on as an 80th minute substitute in a 4–0 loss away to

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. During his first season playing for Montceau in the

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, Benet made 21 league appearances, scoring his first senior goal in a 3–0 home victory against Paris Saint-Germain II on 4 May 2013. The following season, Bénet made 19 league appearances, scoring five times for Montceau, as the club finished 14th. Ahead of the

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season, Benet signed for

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

. In his first season at the club, Benet made eight league appearances for Dijon, starting four times, as well as appearing six times for Dijon's reserves in the

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, scoring three times. In 2015–16, Benet fell further out of favour at Dijon, playing just 98 minutes of football across eight league games; being primarily used in the National 3 for Dijon B. On 30 June 2016, Benet was loaned out to

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side

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, making 35 appearances across all competitions, scoring three times. Despite battling relegation for the majority of the season, during his time at Avranches, Benet was part of the side that reached the quarter-finals of the

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. On 30 August 2018, Benet was once again loaned out, this time to

. Benet made 25 league appearances for Grenoble, scoring three times, as the club won promotion back to

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. In June 2018, Benet signed for Grenoble on a permanent basis on a three-year contract. After finishing ninth in Ligue 2 for two consecutive seasons, Grenoble finished fourth in the 2020–21 season, with Benet contributing nine goals and seven assists in his self proclaimed "best season professionally", qualifying for the promotion play-offs, eventually losing to

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in the second round. On 7 September 2021, following the expiry of his contract with Grenoble, he signed a three-year contract with

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. On 13 January 2023, Benet returned to

International career

In October 2014, Benet made two appearances for France's under-20's in a double header against the Czech Republic, scoring on his second appearance on 9 October 2014, two days after making his debut.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bénet, Jessy 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Le Creusot Footballers from Saône-et-Loire Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers FC Montceau Bourgogne players Dijon FCO players Grenoble Foot 38 players Amiens SC players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players 21st-century French sportsmen