Stéphane Biakolo (born 8 March 1982) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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Career

In 2000, at the age of 18, Biakolo joined

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side Inter from

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club Montpellier without having made a first team appearance for the latter. A year later, he joined

Sporting Charleroi Royal Charleroi Sporting Club, often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell a ...

of Belgium on a season-long loan. He then returned to France playing in the

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, 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 Ligu ...

for

Chamois Niortais Chamois Niortais Football Club (often referred to as ''Les Chamois'', Chamois Niortais, or simply Niort) is a French association football club based in the commune of Niort, in the Deux-Sèvres department of western France. It was founded in 1 ...

and

Le Havre AC Le Havre Athletic Club (; commonly referred to as Le Havre) is a French association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The club was founded as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, making Le Havre AC the oldest professional French fo ...

. Following stints in the third tier with

Angers SCO Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO or simply Angers (), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the first ...

and

Stade Lavallois Stade Lavallois Mayenne Football Club (), also referred to as Stade Laval or simply Laval, is a French association football club based in Laval in western France. The club was formed on 17 July 1902 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second ...

he returned to youth club US Albi in 2008. After leaving

FC Martigues Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club which plays in the Championnat National, the third level of football in France. The club plays at the Stade Francis Turcan, which ha ...

, Biakolo went on play for Réunion clubs

US Possession Union Sportive de La Possession, was a football club from La Possession, Réunion Island, which merged 2008 with AJS Possession to form AS Possession. The club in the French football structure * French Cup : 1 appearance :: 1993/94 won tie: 199 ...

JS Saint-Pierroise Jeunesse Sportive Saint-Pierroise or JSSP is a French football club from Saint-Pierre, Réunion. Its most notable player is Roger Milla, from the Cameroon national football team. Achievements *Réunion Premier League: 21 ::1956, 1957, 1959, 196 ...

, and RC Saint-Benoît. Having spent the 2017 season at

SS Saint-Louisienne Association Sportive Saint-Louisienne, commonly known as AS Saint-Louisienne, or simply as ASSL, is a football club from Saint-Louis, Réunion Island. The club plays their home matches at Stade Théophile Hoarau, which has a maximum capacity o ...

, he left the club.

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* * 1982 births Living people People from Échirolles Sportspeople from Isère French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent French footballers Cameroonian footballers Footballers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Association football forwards Belgian Pro League players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Montpellier HSC players Inter Milan players R. Charleroi S.C. players Chamois Niortais F.C. players Le Havre AC players Angers SCO players Stade Lavallois players FC Martigues players US Albi players French expatriate footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium {{Cameroon-footy-forward-stub