Florent Balmont

At 167 cm, Balmont is the kind of footballer I instinctively root for: a compact, hard-working midfielder who outlasted flashier names through grit and football intelligence. A Frenchman from near Lyon, he carved out a long career as a tireless ball-winner, the unglamorous engine every good team needs. There is something admirable about a small player who survives in the middle of the park on reading the game rather than physique, and I suspect that same awareness now serves him well as a coach. The fact that he runs his own social account suggests a player who never lost touch with the fans.

Name (English)

Florent Balmont

Name (Japanese)

フローラン・バルモン

Reading

ふろーらん・ばるもん

Born

February 2, 1980 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Origin

Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France

Height

167 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/BalmontFlo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.