Grégory Béranger

Grégory José Henri Béranger (born 30 August 1981) is a French former footballer who played mainly as a left back.

Grégory Béranger
Personal information
Full name Grégory José Henri Beranger
Date of birth (1981-08-30) 30 August 1981
Place of birth Nice, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Cagnes-sur-Mer
2003–2005 Cannes 62 (0)
2005–2006 Racing Ferrol 39 (0)
2006–2008 Numancia 59 (0)
2008–2010 Espanyol 18 (0)
2009–2010 → Las Palmas (loan) 18 (0)
2010–2011 Tenerife 25 (0)
2011–2013 Elche 31 (2)
Total 252 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Spain, amassing Segunda División totals of 172 matches and two goals in representation of Racing de Ferrol, Numancia, Las Palmas, Tenerife and Elche. In La Liga, he appeared for Espanyol.

Club career

Béranger was born in Nice. After starting out professionally with AS Cannes in the lower leagues he moved to Spain in 2005, playing three seasons in its second division, two of those with CD Numancia. In 2007–08, he was one of the Soria team's most utilised players (37 matches, 3.313 minutes of action)[1] as they returned to La Liga after a three-year absence.[2]

On 16 May 2008, Béranger signed for RCD Espanyol who paid his buyout clause.[3] He made his league debut on 30 August, playing the entire 1–0 home win against Real Valladolid.[4] He also struggled with some injuries[5] and, late into the campaign, was involved in a training incident with teammate Carlos Kameni.[6]

Béranger returned to the Spanish second tier after 21 competitive games at the RCDE Stadium, being loaned to UD Las Palmas.[7] In July 2010, one month shy of his 29th birthday, he was definitely released by Espanyol, resuming his career in the same division with CD Tenerife.[8]

After retiring, Béranger remained in Spain and worked as a youth coach at his last club Elche CF.[9][5]

Honours

Numancia

Elche

References
  1. Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. El Numancia, campeón de Segunda división (Numancia, Second division champions); Marca, 1 June 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. El Espanyol ficha a Beranger, lateral francés que militaba en el Numancia (Espanyol sign Beranger, French fullback who represented Numancia); El Mundo, 16 May 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. Espanyol 1–0 Valladolid; ESPN Soccernet, 30 August 2008
  5. Beranger: "Al Espanyol le debo haber debutado en Primera" (Beranger: "I owe Espanyol for having made my debut in Primera"); Diario AS, 3 April 2015 (in Spanish)
  6. Incidente entre Béranger y Kameni (Incident between Béranger and Kameni) Archived 18 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine; El Espanyol, 16 May 2009 (in Spanish)
  7. Beranger, cedido a Las Palmas (Beranger, loaned to Las Palmas); Sport, 23 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  8. Grégory Beranger ficha por el Tenerife tras disvincularse del Espanyol (Grégory Beranger signs for Tenerife after cutting ties with Espanyol); Marca, 15 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. El club ilicitano cierra el fichaje del lateral izquierdo del Tenerife Beranger (Ilicitano club completes signing of Tenerife left-back Beranger); Diario Información, 18 August 2011 (in Spanish)
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