Bedi Buval

Bedi Buval
Personal information
Full nameBedi Bastien Buval
Date of birth16 June 1986
Place of birthDomont, France
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Flamurtari
Number12
Youth career
Nancy
2002–2006Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006Bolton Wanderers0(0)
2006–2007Red Star SO12(1)
2007–2009Randers57(15)
2009–2010Panthrakikos17(3)
2010Panionios9(0)
2010–2011Lechia Gdańsk23(2)
2011–2012Feirense20(8)
2012Göztepe13(0)
2013Vejle Kolding10(2)
2013Académica7(0)
2014Paços Ferreira11(0)
2014Olhanense13(1)
2015–Flamurtari9(2)
National team‡
2014–Martinique1(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2014

Bedi Bastien Buval (born 16 June 1986) is a footballer who plays for Albanian club Flamurtari Vlorë as a striker.

Club career

Born in Domont, Val-d'Oise, Buval joined Bolton Wanderers at the age of 16 from AS Nancy, but he never broke through to the first team as a senior, being limited to reserve football[1][2] and also suffering from recurring knee problems. In November 2006, he returned to his country and signed for FC Red Star Saint-Ouen in the Championnat National.

In July 2007, Buval agreed to a two-year contract with Danish Superliga club Randers FC, joining after a trial period as a replacement for Djiby Fall who had left at the end of the previous season. He struggled initially to become a first-team regular and, with Søren Berg and Marc Nygaard (both former Danish internationals) joining the team during the winter break, he received additional competition; eventually, as Berg moved to right midfielder, the Frenchman begun appearing more, and finished the campaign with seven goals in 27 games.

Buval signed with Panthrakikos F.C. in Greece on 30 July 2009. On 13 January of the following year, he moved to fellow Superleague side Panionios FC, scoring only three goals combined during the season and suffering relegation with the former.

In the 2010 summer Buval changed clubs – and countries – again, joining Lechia Gdańsk from Poland on a one-year deal.[3] He was released on 3 July 2011.[4]

On 16 September 2011, after a successful trial, Buval signed for two years with C.D. Feirense in Portugal.[5] He was awarded the league's SJPF Player of the Month award for the month of December, after scoring against Vitória de Setúbal (1–1 away draw) and U.D. Leiria (two goals, 2–1 home success), and finished the season as club top scorer but the team was eventually relegated just one year after promoting.

On 23 July 2012 Buval joined Göztepe S.K. in Turkey, on a three-year contract.[6] On 31 January of the following year, however, he changed teams and countries once again, signing for Denmark's Vejle Boldklub Kolding until the end of the campaign.[7]

In the following years, in quick succession, Buval represented Académica de Coimbra, F.C. Paços de Ferreira, S.C. Olhanense and Flamurtari Vlorë, signing a two 1/2-year contract with the latter on 28 January 2015 for a reported €11,000 per month.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Rushen United 0–10 Bolton". BBC Sport. 9 July 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Watford 0–3 Bolton". BBC Sport. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Lechia Gdańsk pozyskała napastnika; Sport.onet (Polish)
  4. ↑ Bédi Buval rozstał się z Lechią; 90 Minut, 3 July 2011 (Polish)
  5. ↑ Bédi Buval e Jandson assinam por dois anos (Bédi Buval and Jandson sign for two years); A Bola, 16 September 2011 (Portuguese)
  6. ↑ Fransız Golcü Göztepemiz’de; Göztepe official website, 23 July 2012 (Turkish)
  7. ↑ Bedi Buval til VBK (Bedi Buval to VBK); Vejle Kolding's official website, 31 January 2013 (Danish)
  8. ↑ "Godet flamurtari, merr një francez" [Flamurtari strikes, gets one French] (in Albanian). Panorama. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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