Benjamin Laurant is a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 football midfielder. He is currently unattached.

Career

Laurant joined Le Havre AC

Le Havre AC

Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association is a French association football club based in Le Havre. The club was founded originally as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, thus making it the oldest association football and rugby club registered in France...

 in July 2005 and played for their b side. He came to prominence in that year's UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup

UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup

The UEFA/CAF Meridian Cup features Under-18 representative sides from Europe and Africa, and is part of the co-operation programme between UEFA and the CAF.-Meridian Project:...

 held in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, where he played alongside the likes of Hatem Ben Arfa

Hatem Ben Arfa

Hatem Ben Arfa is a French association football player who plays for English club Newcastle United in the Premier League. He plays as a winger, preferably on the left side, and an attacking midfielder...

 and Karim Benzema

Karim Benzema

Karim Benzema is a French international footballer who currently plays for Real Madrid in the Spanish La Liga. He primarily plays as a striker whose influence can extend out to the wings and is known for his technical ability, powerful style of play, and vast goal-scoring ability...

. After another spell as a reserve, he was loaned out in the 2008-9 season to Amiens

Amiens

Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...

, where he made 15 appearances without scoring.

It was announced on October 12 that he would be playing for Plymouth Argyle reserves against Exeter City however this did not transpire as he was injured in the warm up and after the game Argyle manager Peter Reid

Peter Reid

Peter Reid is an English football manager, pundit and retired player, who is currently without a club since his departure from Plymouth Argyle.A defensive midfielder in his playing days, Reid enjoyed a long and successful career...

 said “Apparently he’s hurt his thigh muscle, so I won’t be pursuing that one if he’s not fit he’s no good to me”.

On January 13, 2011, Laurant signed a 2 and a half year deal with Kilmarnock FC in Scotland.now he is testing in Belgium for germinal beerschot
After some successful testgames with the B-side of the Belgian club KV Mechelen (2 goals in the match against Cl Brugge), he is currently considered as one of the new signings of the Belgian team.

External links

• http://www.footmercato.net/joueur/Benjamin-Laurant-21233.html
• http://www.amiensfootball.com/liste-des-actualites/page-article/article/benjamin-laurant-attend-son-heure.html
• http://www.hac-foot.com/equipe/benjamin-laurant.html
• http://www.fff.fr/selections/m18ans/213520.shtml