Pierre Magnon (born 9 May 1996) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for club
Avranches
Avranches (; nrf, Avraunches) is a commune in the Manche department, and the region of Normandy, northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of the department. The inhabitants are called ''Avranchinais''.
History
By the end of the Roman period ...
.
Club career
Magnon's father died when Pierre was 12, he joined the Bréquigny boarding school and football team at age 14, and he joined
Brest
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Places
*Brest, Belarus
** Brest Region
** Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
*Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
*Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
**Arrondissement of Brest
** Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Bre ...
at the age of 17. He signed his first professional contract in June 2016. Magnon made his professional debut for Brest in a
Ligue 2
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1–1 tie with
US Orléans
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on 30 March 2018.
Magnon joined
US Avranches
L’Union Sportive Avranches Mont Saint Michel is a French football club based in Avranches, in the department of Manche, and founded in 1897. Since 2014 it plays in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football.
The club has be ...
in the summer of 2019.
References
External links
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L'Equipe Profile
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1996 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Saint-Malo
Footballers from Ille-et-Vilaine
French men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Stade Brestois 29 players
US Avranches players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National players
Championnat National 3 players