Benoît Tardieu Verdenet (born 21 January 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French club Saint-Georges.USGA Football - Effectif Born in France, he is a former Benin international.
Club career Tardieu began to play football at youth age for Montferrand in 1997 and signed with AS Nancy in 1999. In 2001 he left Nancy and joined AJ Auxerre where he played at youth level for three years.
Tardieu began his professional career with Auxerre in the reserve squad. In summer 2006, after one year with the reserve team, he signed with Clermont.Benoît Tardieu et Romain Lalabouali arrivent on clermontfoot.com He played only two games in two years for Clermont and in July 2008 left the club. Tardieu signed with US Albi for the 2008–09 seasonTransfert : Benoit Tardieu quitte Clermont on www.marechaladenon.skyrock.com and was released in summer 2009.Bénin: Onze National - Benoît Tardieu, Yoann Djidonou et Maxime Agueh, toujours sans club In July 2009, after his release by Clermont, he signed for Beaumont.Actualité - USGA Football In June 2011 he signed for US Saint-Georges.
International career Tardieu played for the Benin U20 national team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.
He made his debut for the senior national team on 4 June 2005 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match against CameroonMatch Report: Benin vs. Cameroon on www.fifa.com and his second call up was on 12 March 2008.Bénin: Benoît Tardieu pour remplacer Aguêh on www.fr.allafrica.com
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