Grégory Carmona

Grégory Carmona
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-01-17) 17 January 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Montpellier, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Castelnau Le Crès
1993–1999 Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Montpellier 10 (0)
2001–2004 ASOA Valence 89 (18)
2004–2005 Gueugnon 32 (3)
2005–2006 Sète 27 (2)
2006–2007 Tours 29 (1)
2007–2008 Boulogne 23 (1)
2009–2010 Béziers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Grégory Carmona (born 17 January 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Carmona is the son of a former Montpellier player, Norbert Carmona, who made two appearances for the club in the 1977–78 season.[1] A quick attacking midfielder,[1] Carmona joined the Montpellier youth academy in 1993 from Castelnau Le Crès, where he had played alongside future professional players such as Sébastien Gimenez, Romain Rambier and Grégory Vignal.[2] In 1997 he was part of the team reaching the final in the Coupe Gambardella which was eventually lost to Lyon. He made his professional debut for the first team on 25 March 2000 against Auxerre, in which he came on as a 88th-minute substitute for Rui Pataca in a 2–0 win.[3] He played three league games during the season which saw the club suffer relegation to Ligue 2.[4] He signed his first professional contract after the season, but after only making seven league appearances in the following season, he was released by the club.[5]

Carmona joined ASOA Valence in 2001, competing in Championnat National. He contributed greatly to the club's third place in the league which secured promotion to Ligue 2, making 37 appearances and finishing as the club's top goalscorer with ten goals.[5]

After failing to gain a contract following a trial with Lorient,[6] and later Racing Besançon,[7] he finally signed a one-year contract with Gueugnon.[8] He played for several clubs the following years including Sète, Tours and Boulogne.[9][10][11]

After being released in 2008, he kept in contact with Sète for a return.[12] However, the move did not come to fruition due to the club's dire financial situation.[13] In January 2009, Carmona joined Béziers in Régional 1. He had some late success with the club, scoring a decisive goal against Tarbes Pyrénées in 2010 which ensured promotion to the national divisions.[14] Carmona retired from football at the end of the 2009–10 season, which had ended in a second consecutive promotion, this time to the fourth-tier Championnat de France Amateur.[15]

Honours

Béziers

References

  1. ^ a b "Anciens jouers | MHSC Foot". Montpellier HSC (in French). Archived from the original on 4 May 2014.
  2. ^ Billac, Ludovic; Le Brech, Philippe; Troch, Denis (2000). Quid Foot Le guide du football 2000-2001 (in French). Saint-Germain en Laye: DT Sport International. p. 140. ISBN 2911354184.
  3. ^ "Montpellier / AJ Auxerre – (2 / 0) – J29 – 1999-2000 – Ligue 1". Ligue 1 (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Carmona". Montpellier HSC (in French). Archived from the original on 3 November 1999.
  5. ^ a b "GREGORY CARMONA". pailladins.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Lorient : Sghaier devrait signer". Football 365 (in French). 20 July 2004. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  7. ^ "BRC: Carmona, Chavériat et Aubanel dans le viseur". Foot National (in French). 28 July 2004. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020.
  8. ^ Puiravau, Nicolas (2 August 2004). "Gueugnon : Grégory Carmona (Valence) signe pour un an". Football 365 (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  9. ^ De Los Bueis, Olivier (31 May 2005). "Gueugnon : Carmona signe à Sète" (in French). Football 365. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012.
  10. ^ "Tours FC : arrivée de Grégory Carmona". Foot National (in French). 27 July 2006.[dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Carmona, de Tours à Boulogne". L'Équipe (in French). 23 July 2007. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  12. ^ Chochois, Alexandre (23 June 2008). "Tout sur la reprise de l'USBCO : compte-rendu et interview audio!". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2012.[dead link‍]
  13. ^ Bec, Émilie (18 February 2009). "de la L1 à la DHE, Grégory Carmona livre ses impressions" (PDF). Midi Libre (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Le TPF reste second le meilleur ?". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 17 May 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  15. ^ a b "AS Béziers : Championnat de CFA 2". Onze34 (in French). 29 May 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010.