Bertrand Piton

Bertrand Piton ( born August 19, 1970 in Besançon) is a French former football player.

Career

Piton began playing football in Baume -les -Dames, and then moved to the youth department of the professional clubs FC Sochaux. In Sochaux, he debuted during the season 1989/90 in the first division and was awarded at the end of the second division FC Martigues. In Martigues he became a regular player and returned back in 1991 with corresponding ambitions Sochaux. The leaders opted for a new loan and Piton ran for a year on the second division Red Star Paris, before finally returning to his club.

Subsequently, he was able to establish at Sochaux in the French highest league. After the descent 1995, he remained faithful to his club and retained the loyalty when he repeatedly failed in the sequence at the resurgence. As the coach but not further put on Piton, this 1997 opted for a change to league rivals Chamois Niort.

On the side of Pascal Braud he took at Niort as before in Sochaux a stock position in central defense a. By 1999 committed Fabien Safanjon he lost the role though one, but was still used regularly and remained loyal to the club. In the meantime occupied, the player with Niort never could accomplish the promotion to the top French league, the Office of the team captain, although he still stood in the competition to Safanjon. In 2004, he decided at age 33 after 84 Erstligapartien with four goals and 309 second-division games with five goals for ending his career.

Then he continued his work in football as player-coach of a unterklassigen Association and devoted himself after the triathlon. Piton, who had remained in the region around Niort, was founded in 2005 as the coordinator of the sports division of the General Council of the department of Deux -Sèvres.