Pierre Cornud (born 12 December 1996) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

club

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightl ...

Club career

Born in

Avignon Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ...

, Cornud was a

Montpellier HSC Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (; ), commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC, is a French professional association football, football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie. The original club was ...

youth graduate, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2014–15 season, suffering relegation from the

Championnat de France Amateur The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue 2 ...

. In 2016 he moved to

Dijon FCO Dijon Football Côte d'Or (; ), commonly referred to as Dijon FCO or simply as Dijon, is a French Football in France, football club based in Dijon. The club was founded in 1998 as a result of a merger between two local clubs in the city, and co ...

, appearing almost exclusively with the B-side; his only match for the main squad occurred on 27 July 2016, in a friendly against

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. On 11 August 2017, Cornud signed a three-year contract with

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

, after impressing in a trial basis; he was initially assigned to the B-team in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. On 6 July of the following year, he was loaned to

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

side

Real Balompédica Linense Real Balompédica Linense is a Spanish football team based in La Línea de la Concepción, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1912 it plays in , holding home matches at Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción with a ...

as a part of

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's transfer. On 30 August 2019, Cornud moved to another

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Real Oviedo Vetusta Real Oviedo Vetusta is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1929 as ''Unión Sportiva Ovetense'', it is the reserve team of Real Oviedo, and currently plays in , holding home games at '' El R ...

on loan for the 2019–20 campaign. The following 29 January, he left the club and moved to fellow third tier team

UD Ibiza Unión Deportiva Ibiza is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in the town of Ibiza (town), Ibiza, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 2015, it pla ...

, also in a temporary deal. On 14 August 2020, Cornud agreed to a permanent deal with

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a historical List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Sabadell ( Catalonia) Founded in 1903, its first men's team plays in the . Its first CE Sabadell (women), women's tea ...

, newly promoted to

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. He made his professional debut on 19 September, starting in a 2–1 away loss against

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish foot ...

. On 2 July 2021, after Sabadell's

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, Cornud signed a two-year contract with

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

also in the second tier.

Honours

Maccabi Haifa *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornud, Pierre 1996 births Living people Footballers from Vaucluse Sportspeople from Avignon French men's footballers Men's association football defenders Montpellier HSC players Dijon FCO players RCD Mallorca B players RCD Mallorca players Real Balompédica Linense footballers Real Oviedo Vetusta players UD Ibiza players CE Sabadell FC footballers Real Oviedo players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players AS Saint-Étienne players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Israeli Premier League players Ligue 1 players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Israel French expatriate sportspeople in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Israel 21st-century French sportsmen