Laurent Abergel (born 1 February 1993) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Career

Abergel, born to

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parents, is a youth exponent from

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. On 25 June 2013, he signed a three-year deal with Marseille. In July 2013, he was promoted to the first team. He made his professional debut for Marseille on 5 January 2014 in a

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game against

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entering the field after 105 minutes as a substitute for Kassim Abdallah. He was loaned out to

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side AC Ajaccio for the 2014–15 season. On 31 July 2015, Abergel signed a two-year contract with Ajaccio. On 8 July 2017, after the expiration of his contract with Ajaccio, Abergel signed with Nancy on a three-year contract. In July 2019, Abergel joined Ligue 2 club

on a three-year contract.

Career statistics

Honours

Lorient *

: 2019–20, 2024–25 Individual * UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2024–25

References

External links

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FC Lorient Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (;), commonly referred to as FC Lorient (), is a French professional association football club based in Lorient, Brittany. The club was founded in 1926 and currently competes in Ligue 2, having been relegated f ...

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Living people 1993 births Footballers from Marseille Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers Olympique de Marseille players AC Ajaccio players AS Nancy Lorraine players FC Lorient players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players 21st-century French Jews French people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Jewish French sportspeople Jewish footballers 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub