Lloyd Palun (born 28 November 1988) is a professional

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who most recently played for

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 ...

club

Bastia Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...

. Born in France, he represents

Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...

at international level. He plays as a

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or as a

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Club career

Palun joined

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million 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 ...

and Trinité.

International career

Palun holds French and Gabonese nationalities. He elected to represent the Gabon national team at senior international level. He made his debut on 9 February 2011 in a 2–0 victory over Congo DR. In 2012, he played in all four national team matches at the

2012 Africa Cup of Nations The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (C ...

. Gabon reached the quarterfinals.

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* * * * Living people 1988 births Footballers from Arles Gabonese men's footballers French men's footballers French sportspeople of Gabonese descent Men's association football midfielders Gabon men's international footballers 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players FC Martigues players OGC Nice players Red Star FC players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players En Avant Guingamp players SC Bastia players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players Gabonese expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium 21st-century French sportsmen {{Gabon-footy-bio-stub