- Cédric Bardon
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Cédric Bardon 
Personal information Date of birth 15 October 1976 Place of birth Lyon, France Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Playing position Midfielder / Second Striker Club information Current club retired Youth career 1986-1991 Lyon Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1992-1998 Lyon 82 (12) 1998-2001 Rennes 64 (12) 2001-2005 Guingamp 70 (12) 2005 Le Havre 5 (0) 2005-2007 Levski Sofia 99 (30) 2008 Bnei Yehuda 17 (3) 2008-2009 Anorthosis Famagusta 22 (7) 2009-2010 Levski Sofia 37 (6) 2010-2011 Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël 20 (1) National team‡ 
France U217 (4) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 16, 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 16, 2010Cédric Bardon (born 15 October 1976) is a former French footballer who last played for Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël. He was one of the best players in Bulgarian Levski Sofia.
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Career
In France
He began his career at the local Olympique Lyonnais in 1992-93. He stayed in the team after 1997-98, having proven himself as an established player. Bardon played for Stade Rennais FC between 1998–99 and 2000–01. He also had a trial with English Premier League side Sunderland A.F.C. in August 2000 and played 3 pre-season matches for Sunderland against Fortuna Sittard,[1] ASV Apeldoornse Boys[2] and SC Heerenveen[3] respectively. Bardon then moved to En Avant Guingamp to remain there until January 2004, when he was transferred to Le Havre AC.
PFC Levski Sofia - 1st reign
Bardon was then signed by Bulgarian team PFC Levski Sofia, for which he played in the UEFA Cup 2005-06, notably scoring a goal against AJ Auxerre in Levski's 2-1 loss and being controversially sent off by referee Mike Riley in the first leg against FC Schalke 04 in the quarter finals. With Levski Sofia he reached 1/4 finals of UEFA Cup in 2005-06. Next season, Levski Sofia with Bardon, reached the group-stage of UEFA Champions League, becoming the first Bulgarian team that reached the groups.
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.
On 14 January 2008 he signed for the Israeli team, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. He scored two goals for his debut on January 26, 2008 against F.C. Ashdod and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. went on to win the match 3-2.
Anorthosis Famagusta
After the season 2007/2008 he was transferred to Cypriot champion Anorthosis Famagusta, which paid US$200,000 for him.[4] With Anorthosis, Bardon played in the Champions League, the first time for a Cypriot team. In the group stage, they earned their first point following a 0-0 away draw with Werder Bremen, then got their first win beating Panathinaikos FC 3-1 while Hawar Mulla Mohammed became the first Iraqi player to score in the UEFA Champions League, although they lost to Inter Milan 1-0 at San Siro, they drew 3-3 in GSP Stadium. In their 5th Champions League game, Anorthosis had a chance to make it to the knock-out stage if they would have won against Werder Bremen. Anorthosis went up 2-0, but in the second half Diego made the score 2-1, and minutes before the match ended, Hugo Almeida managed to equalise for Bremen, and the match finished 2-2. Anorthosis still had a chance to get into the knock-out stage in the final match against Panathinaikos if they won. However in the last game they lost 1-0 away to Panathinaikos. Inter (who had already qualified for the next stage) lost 1-0 to Bremen, meaning that Anorthosis finished fourth - missing out on a consolation UEFA Cup place.
PFC Levski Sofia - 2nd reign
On 2 July 2009, it was announced that Cédric would return to Levski Sofia in a week. He arrived in Bulgaria the next day, to join PFC Levski Sofia for a second time. In the airport, Bardon was wearing Levski Sofia's kit. A few hours later, Bardon signed a 2-year contract with the Blues.
Bardon started his second spell at Levski on 15 July 2009 in the 2nd Qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, where Levski beat UE Sant Julià of Andorra. The result of the match was a 4-0 home win for Levski.
In the next round, Levski Sofia faced FK Baku. The blues eliminated the team from Azerbaijan 2:0 (on aggregate). In the play-off round Levski was eliminated by Debreceni VSC with 4:1 (on aggregate). However, Levski qualified for the UEFA Europa League.
In the 2009/2010 season, despite a couple of bad games and results, Levski qualified for the UEFA Europa League after finishing 3rd in the final ranking.
On 4 June 2010, it was decided that Bardon was to be released from PFC Levski Sofia.[5]
Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël
After Bardon was officially released from Levski, on 10 June 2010 he signed a one-year contract with French 3rd division club Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël.[6]
Club career statistics
This statistic includes domestic league, domestic cup and European tournaments.
Season Team Country Division Apps Goals 10-11 Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël France3 20 1 09-10 PFC Levski Sofia 
Bulgaria1 37 6 08-09 Anorthosis Famagusta 
Cyprus1 22 7 07-08 Bnei Yehuda 
Israel1 17 3 07-08 PFC Levski Sofia Bulgaria1 17 4 06-07 PFC Levski Sofia Bulgaria1 40 11 05-06 PFC Levski Sofia Bulgaria1 32 8 04-05 Le Havre France2 15 2 04-05 Guingamp France2 3 0 03-04 Guingamp France1 7 0 02-03 Guingamp France1 34 4 01-02 Guingamp France1 29 8 00–01 Rennes France1 6 0 99–00 Rennes France1 27 4 98–99 Rennes France1 31 8 97–98 Lyon France1 27 4 96–97 Lyon France1 27 6 95–96 Lyon France1 22 1 94–95 Lyon France1 12 2 92–93 Lyon France1 1 0 Last update: May 16, 2010 (Mistakes are possible)
Honours
- Champion of Bulgaria: 2006, 2007
- Bulgarian Cup Winner: 2007
- Bulgarian Super Cup Winner: 2005, 2007, 2009
External links
- Bardon at Levski's official website
- Official player website from LEVSKI2000
- L'Equipe profile for Cédric Bardon
- Yahoo! Sport UK profile for Cédric Bardon
- from the Israeli sports channel website
References
- ^ 1sunderland.com (8 August 2000). "Fortuna Sittard 3 Sunderland 2 (Friendly)". http://www.1sunderland.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=460:fortuna-sittard-3-sunderland-2-friendly&catid=24:first-team-20001-season&Itemid=37. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ 1sunderland.com (10 August 2000). "ASV Apeldoornse Boys 0 Sunderland 9 (Friendly)". http://www.1sunderland.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=461:asv-apeldoornse-boys-0-sunderland-9-friendly&catid=24:first-team-20001-season&Itemid=37. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ 1sunderland.com (12 August 2000). "SC Heerenveen 4 Sunderland 1 (Friendly)". http://www.1sunderland.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=462:sc-heerenveen-4-sunderland-1-friendly&catid=24:first-team-20001-season&Itemid=37. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ "Cédric Bardon signs with Cypriot champion (hebrew)". http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=40260&lang=HE.
- ^ "Bardon is released from Levski". http://football.sportal.bg/news.php?news=241859.
- ^ "Cédric Bardon s'engage avec l'Etoile FC". http://www.efc-frejus-saintraphael.com/index.php/national/37-news/444-cedric-bardon-sengage-avec-letoile-fc.
Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Lyon
- French footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- EA Guingamp players
- Le Havre AC players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- Bulgarian A Professional Football Group players
- Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players
- French expatriates in Israel
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Anorthosis Famagusta players
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- French expatriate footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
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