{{Short description|French footballer (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Garland Gbelle | fullname = | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|12|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Montbéliard]], France | height = 1.79 m | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = [[US Concarneau|Concarneau]] | clubnumber = 10 | years1 = 2012–2015 | clubs1 = [[Dinan-Léhon FC|Dinan-Léhon]] | caps1 = 74 | goals1 = 9 | years2 = 2015–2016 | clubs2 = [[Luçon FC|Luçon]] | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = [[Les Herbiers VF|Les Herbiers]] | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = [[SO Cholet|Cholet]] | caps4 = 25 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2018–2019 | clubs5 = [[Paris FC|Paris FC B]] | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2019–2020 | clubs6 = [[SO Cholet|Cholet]] | caps6 = 23 | goals6 = 3 | years7 = 2020–2021 | clubs7 = [[SC Lyon]] | caps7 = 31 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2021–2024 | clubs8 = [[US Quevilly-Rouen|Quevilly-Rouen]] | caps8 = 104 | goals8 = 11 | years9 = 2024–2025 | clubs9 = [[Nea Salamis Famagusta FC|Nea Salamina]] | caps9 = 25 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = 2025– | clubs10 = [[US Concarneau|Concarneau]] | caps10 = 11 | goals10 = 0 | club-update = 3 December 2025 }}
'''Garland Gbelle''' (born 16 December 1992) is a French professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder (association football)|midfielder]] for {{French football updater|Concarneau}} club [[US Concarneau|Concarneau]].
==Personal life== Garland Gbelle was born in [[Montbéliard]] in eastern France and has [[French nationality law|French nationality]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/garland-gbelle-21781/ | title=Garland GBELLE - }}</ref> He is of Ivorian descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesviolets.com/actu/garland-gbelle-le-rookie-de-qrm-qui-cartonne-en-ligue-2,59962.html|title=Garland Gbellé, le rookie de QRM qui cartonne en Ligue 2|website=LesViolets.Com}}</ref>
==Career== Gbelle trained with ''Cercle Paul-Bert Bréqugny-Rennes'' and started his senior career with [[Dinan-Léhon FC]] at the fifth level of French football in 2012. Noticed as part of the team which progressed to the last 64 of the [[2014–15 Coupe de France]], he was signed by [[Championnat National]] side [[Luçon FC]] in the summer of 2015. When the club went bankrupt in the summer of 2016, he signed for [[Les Herbiers VF|Les Herbiers]] at the same level. In the summer of 2017 he moved to a third National club, [[SO Cholet|Cholet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footamateur.fr/national-1-garland-gbelle-herbiers-sengage-so-cholet/|title=National 1. Garland Gbelle (Les Herbiers) engages with SO Cholet|publisher=footamateur.fr|language=fr|date=12 June 2017}}</ref>
On 18 June 2018, Gbelle signed his first professional contract with [[Paris FC]] in [[Ligue 2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://actu.fr/bretagne/dinan_22050/un-ancien-joueur-dinan-lehon-signe-pro-paris-f-c_17411443.html|title=Un ancien joueur de Dinan-Léhon signe pro au Paris F.C.|publisher=actu.fr|language=fr|date=21 June 2018}}</ref> Gbelle made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 0–0 (4–3) [[Coupe de la Ligue]] penalty shootout win over [[AC Ajaccio]] on 14 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/08/14/france/coupe-de-la-ligue/paris-football-club-98/athletic-club-ajaccien/2839584/|title=Paris vs. Ajaccio - 14 août 2018 - Soccerway|website=Soccerway}}</ref> In June 2019, he left the club, having not made a single appearance in the league, re-signing for Cholet on a two-year deal, with an optional extension of one year should the club win promotion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maligue2.fr/2019/06/12/officiel-garland-gbelle-quitte-le-paris-fc/|title=Officiel : Garland Gbelle quitte le Paris FC|language=fr|date=12 June 2019}}</ref>
After Cholet failed to challenge for promotion during the [[2019–20 Championnat National|2019–20 season]], Gbelle left to seek promotion with [[Lyon La Duchère|SC Lyon]] in June 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footamateur.fr/so-cholet-un-nouveau-cadre-quitte-le-club/|title=National. Garland Gbelle quitte Cholet pour le SC Lyon|publisher=footamateur.fr|language=fr|date=7 June 2020}}</ref> SC Lyon would go on to finish last in the Championnat National in the [[2020–21 Championnat National|2020–21 season]], being the only team to suffer relegation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=La FFF fait monter Sedan en National et relègue le SC Lyon|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/La-fff-fait-monter-sedan-en-national-et-relegue-le-sc-lyon/1270259|access-date=2021-07-15|website=L'Équipe|language=fr}}</ref>
On 9 June 2021, Gbelle signed for recently-promoted Ligue 2 side [[US Quevilly-Rouen|Quevilly-Rouen]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 June 2021|title=Garland Gbelle rejoint QRM !|trans-title=Garland Gbelle joins QRM!|url=https://www.qrm.fr/m-3421-garland-gbelle-rejoint-qrm-.html|access-date=15 July 2021|publisher=[[US Quevilly-Rouen]]|language=fr|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190929/https://www.qrm.fr/m-3421-garland-gbelle-rejoint-qrm-.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He eventually became the club's captain.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sougey |first=Frédéric |date=2024-07-13 |title=Mercato. Direction Chypre pour le capitaine de QRM |url=https://footamateur.ouest-france.fr/mercato-direction-chypre-pour-le-capitaine-de-qrm/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Foot Amateur |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
On 13 July 2024, Gbelle signed for [[Cypriot First Division]] club [[Nea Salamis Famagusta FC|Nea Salamis Famagusta]].<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|263438}} * {{LFP|gbelle-garland-1}}
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