{{short description|French professional footballer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Benjamin Corgnet | image = Benjamin Corgnet.jpg | image_size = | caption = Benjamin Corgnet at Saint-Étienne training in 2013 | fullname = Benjamin Corgnet | height = 1.80m | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|4|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Thionville, France | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 1998–2004 | youthclubs1 = Saint-Genis Laval | youthyears2 = 2004–2009 | youthclubs2 = Millery-Vourles | years1 = 2009–2010 | clubs1 = Monts d'Or Azergues | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2010–2012 | clubs2 = Dijon | caps2 = 72 | goals2 = 12 | years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3 = Lorient | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2013–2017 | clubs4 = Saint-Étienne | caps4 = 78 | goals4 = 9 | years5 = 2016–2017 | clubs5 = Saint-Étienne B | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 5 | years6 = 2017–2020 | clubs6 = Strasbourg | caps6 = 41 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2018–2019 | clubs7 = Strasbourg B | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2021–2022 | clubs8 = Bourg-en-Bresse | caps8 = 33 | goals8 = 6 | totalcaps = 286 | totalgoals = 43 | club-update = }}
'''Benjamin Corgnet''' (born 6 April 1987) is a French former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
==Career== Corgnet had the opportunity to join the youth academy of Lyon aged 11, but his parents preferred that he concentrated on his studies. Instead he trained with Olympique Saint-Genis-Laval and from the age of 18 to 22 with US Millery Vourles. He joined fifth division side Monts d'Or Azergues in 2009, before being contacted by Dijon coach Patrice Carteron. He joined Dijon in the summer of 2010 after completing his education.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/benjamin-corgnet-pris-le-temps-detudier-272733 |title=Benjamin Corgnet a pris le temps d'étudier |access-date=2 February 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215192813/https://www.ouest-france.fr/benjamin-corgnet-pris-le-temps-detudier-272733 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
Corgnet made his professional debut with Dijon in a Coupe de la Ligue tie against Amiens on 30 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/07/30/france/coupe-de-la-ligue/dijon-football-cote-dor/amiens-sporting-club-football/963693/|title=Dijon vs. Amiens SC 1-2|publisher=Soccerway|date=30 July 2010}}</ref> He made his league debut a week later, in the first round of Ligue 2 games against Angers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/08/06/france/ligue-2/dijon-football-cote-dor/angers-sporting-club-de-louest/936731/|title=Dijon vs. Angers SCO 0-0|publisher=Soccerway|date=6 August 2010}}</ref> His first professional goal came on 17 September 2010, in the 5–1 Ligue 2 win over Evian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/09/17/france/ligue-2/dijon-football-cote-dor/football-croix-de-savoie-74/936793/|title= Dijon vs. Evian TG 5-1|publisher=Soccerway|date=17 September 2010}}</ref>
Corgnet joined Lorient from Dijon on 4 September 2012 in a €6 million deal.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.crunchsports.com/category/Soccer/Chelsea-FC-and-Liverpool-FC-target-Benjamin-Corgnet-joins-Lorient-201209050002/ | publisher = CrunchSports.com | title = Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC target Benjamin Corgnet joins Lorient | date = 5 September 2012 | access-date = 5 September 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170808115039/http://www.crunchsports.com/category/soccer/chelsea-fc-and-liverpool-fc-target-benjamin-corgnet-joins-lorient-201209050002/ | archive-date = 8 August 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
In July 2013, he joined Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/dma_une_-FC-Lorient-Benjamin-Corgnet-file-a-Saint-etienne_44096-2210830-fils_filDMA.Htm | publisher = Ouest-France | title = Benjamin Corgnet file a Saint Etienne |language = French |date = 10 July 2013 | accessdate = 24 July 2013}}</ref>
After four seasons with Saint-Étienne, Corgnet signed a three-year contract with Strasbourg in July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/milieu-offensif-benjamin-corgnet-signe-contrat-trois-ans-racing-1291801.html|title=Le milieu offensif Benjamin Corgnet a signé un contrat de trois ans avec le Racing|publisher=francetvinfo.fr|language=fr|date=4 July 2017}}</ref>
Without a club since being released by Strasbourg in the summer of 2020, Corgnet signed for Championnat National side Bourg-Péronnas in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alsasports.fr/football/benjamin-corgnet-signe-a-bourg-en-bresse/24867/|title=Benjamin Corgnet signe à Bourg-en-Bresse !|publisher=Alsa'sports|language=fr|date=4 January 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{LFP|id=corgnet-benjamin}} * {{Lequipe|36513}} * {{Soccerway|benjamin-corgnet/138713}} {{2010–11 Ligue 2 UNFP Team of the Year}}
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