Yohan Betsch (born 16 February 1987) is a French professional

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as of 2020 who plays as a midfielder. He started his career with

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, but did not make a first-team appearance for the club before leaving to join

Créteil Créteil () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, dep ...

in 2008. After spending two seasons with Créteil, Betsch signed for

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. He returned to Metz at the start of the 2011–12 season, but left to join Laval the following summer.

Career

Betsch started his career in the reserve team at Metz and made a total of 54 appearances in the

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between 2006 and 2008, scoring twice. He joined

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club

in the summer of 2008 and made his debut in the goalless draw at home to

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on 2 August. He went on to play in all 38 National matches for Créteil during the 2008–09 season, and scored his first goal for the club in the 1–1 draw with

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on 24 April 2010. In total, he made 67 league appearances during his two-year spell at the

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. On 2 July 2010, Betsch signed for recently relegated National outfit

. However, eight days later he ruptured ligaments in his left knee during a pre-season friendly match against German club

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, an injury which required an operation and ruled him out for around six months. Betsch eventually made his Strasbourg debut on 25 February 2011, playing the first half of the 1–1 draw away at Gap before being substituted for

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. He went on to play a total of 10 matches during the remainder of the 2010–11 season, two of them as a substitute, as the team finished fourth in the National. Despite their fourth-placed finish, Strasbourg were demoted to the

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for the 2011–12 season due to financial irregularities. Many players subsequently left the club, including Betsch, who returned to his first club, Metz, on 7 June 2011. He played his first senior match for the club on 26 August 2011, almost five years after making his debut for the reserves, coming on as a late replacement for Mahamane Traoré in the 1–1 draw away at Sedan. He then spent more than two months out of the first-team, although he did make three appearances for the B team during that period. Betsch was recalled to the senior team and handed his first start for Metz on 5 November 2011 as the team secured a 1–0 victory away at

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. The match marked the beginning of eight consecutive starts for Betsch, which continued into January 2012. On 18 January 2012, he scored his first Ligue 2 goal for Metz, netting the equaliser three minutes into

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in the 1–1 draw away to

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. Following Metz's relegation to the Championnat National at the end of the 2011–12 season, Betsch joined Ligue 2 side Laval on 19 June 2012.

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External links

Yohan Betsch profile
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