Full name Laurent Viaud Years Team Height 1.75 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Laurent Viaud | |
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Date of birth (1969-10-08) 8 October 1969 (age 46) | ||
Laurent Viaud et les heures sombres du SCO Angers
Laurent Viaud (born 8 October 1969 in Nantes) is a French retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Football career
After starting out professionally with Angers SCO in the second division, Viaud moved to AS Monaco FC, making his Ligue 1 debut on 23 July 1993 in a 0–1 away loss against FC Nantes. Gradually imposing himself in the starting XI, he contributed with 24 matches in the 1996–97 season as the club won the national title after nine years.
At almost 30, in January 1999, Viaud moved abroad, playing one 1/2 seasons with lowly Extremadura CF, one in each major division. He then returned to France with second level's Stade Lavallois, then went back to Spain, appearing for another modest side, Albacete Balompié, again in La Liga and the second level.
After one season with amateurs Olympique Saumur FC, Viaud retired from the game, eventually becoming a scout for Premier League club Liverpool.
