Florent Balmont (born 2 February 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career Balmont began his career at Lyon in the 2002–03 Ligue 1 season after coming through the junior ranks. In the 2003–04 season, Balmont was sent out on loan to Toulouse making a total of 35 appearances. After returning from loan, Balmont signed with Nice. In his time with Lyon, Balmont won the 2002–03 championship and the 2004 Trophée des Champions, converting his penalty in the latter after the match went to a shoot-out.
Balmont spent four seasons at Nice making 139 appearances before signing with Lille. Balmont won an historic double with the club during the 2010–11 season, making 39 appearances across all competitions as Lille won the Ligue 1 title and the Coupe de France trophy.
In July 2017, Balmont announced he had left Lille to join Dijon, newly promoted to Ligue 1, on a two-year contract.
On 11 May 2019, Balmont made his 500th Ligue 1 appearance in a 2–1 victory over Strasbourg. With the appearance, he moved up to 21st in the all-time Ligue 1 appearances and leads all active players in that category.
Balmont announced his retirement from playing in May 2020 and stated his intention to go into coaching. In July 2020, after his retirement, Balmont began his training as a coach, as he was hired as a U-20 coach and member of the first team staff at Championnat National 3 club FC Limonest Dardilly Saint-Didier.FLORENT BALMONT REJOINT LE FCLSD, fcldsd.fr, 4 July 2020 He left the club at the end of the season.L’ancien milieu du DFCO, Florent Balmont, décroche le BEF, bienpublic.com, 31 May 2021
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLyon2002–03Ligue 190001000–1002004–05Ligue 121000000–21Total11100100000121Toulouse (loan)2003–04Ligue 13402010––370Nice2004–05Ligue 1344201000–3742005–06Ligue 1370004100–4112006–07Ligue 1320101000–3402007–08Ligue 1360212000–401Total1394518100001526Lille2008–09Ligue 1340401100–3912009–10Ligue 13520010121–4832010–11Ligue 1270501060–3902011–12Ligue 1302302050114132012–13Ligue 1342211070–4432013–14Ligue 1350200000–3702014–15Ligue 13011030101–4422015–16Ligue 1280003000–310Total25371711214021132312Dijon2016–17Ligue 12300000––2302017–18Ligue 12111010––2312018–19Ligue 12004120–202812019–20Ligue 11104010––160Total75191400020902Dijon II2018–19National 310––––10Career total513133332624023161521
Honours Lyon Ligue 1: 2002–03 Trophée des Champions: 2004
Lille Ligue 1: 2010–11 Coupe de France: 2010–11
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