574:, Niort were widely expected to return to Ligue 2 after one season in the National. However, the team found it difficult to score goals and win matches. Despite appearing in almost every match, Gonzalez did not score a goal for the team until 3 April 2009, when he scored in the 3–0 win against FC Sète. Niort slipped further towards the bottom of the table, although Gonzalez did get on the scoresheet in the 2–0 away win against
433:, who was suspended for the game. Gonzalez did not make another league appearance for the club during the 1995–96 season as they won Ligue 1 and were crowned champions of France. He spent the whole of the following campaign in the reserves, scoring 9 goals in 21 matches. Gonzalez returned to the first-team towards the end of the 1997–98 season, and scored his first senior goal for Auxerre in the 2–1 win away at
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on 2 November. Gonzalez scored only once between
November 2007 and May 2008 as Niort struggled in the league, occupying a relegation place for some part of the season. He netted his first goal in over eight months when he scored the third in a 3–0 win against Dijon on 2 May 2008. He was on the
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September 2012 he revealed that he would almost certainly retire at the end of the season. On 11 February 2013, Gonzalez announced his immediate retirement from professional football, stating that his interest in playing had waned and that the game had lost its pleasure for him.
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602:. Gonzalez achieved four goals in five league matches between 13 March and 10 April 2010. He then scored in the 4–0 win over Pau on 8 May 2010, which confirmed that Niort would be crowned winners of the CFA Group C and gain promotion back to the Championnat National.
342:, joining the club's youth setup at the age of 14. He made his senior debut in 1996, but failed to break into the first-team during the early stages of his career. Whilst with Auxerre, he represented France at under-19 level and was part of the team that won the 1996
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on 11 November. However, following the winter break, he began to be used more as a substitute, coming on in the last 15 minutes of matches, and he failed to score during the second half of the season as Niort finished as
Championnat National runners-up behind
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Gonzalez retained his place in the Niort first-team for the start of the 2007–08 season. He scored the only goal of the match in the 1–0 win against
Montpellier on 24 August 2007. However, he suffered two broken ribs in the match and had to be replaced by
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on 6 August 2010. He remained an integral part of the Niort team, playing a total of 37 league and cup matches during the 2010–11 campaign. He scored three goals during the final month of the campaign, including two in consecutive matches against
586:(CFA) for the first time since 1970. Despite the relegation, he signed a new contract with Niort to keep him at the club until the summer of 2011. In the first match of the 2009–10 season, Gonzalez scored twice in the 3–0 win against
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on the penultimate matchday, as the team secured an 11th-place finish. Gonzalez carried his form into the 2011–12 season, scoring nine goals in the opening 18 games of the campaign, including two in the 3–0 win against
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to rotate the squad, even when players were carrying injuries. After making only one more appearance for the club between 1998 and 2000, Gonzalez was put on the list of players available to be loaned to
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expressed an interest in
Gonzalez, and he joined the team on a season-long loan for the 2000–01 campaign. He impressed the manager in pre-season, scoring the winning goal in a 2–1
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Upon his return, Gonzalez again found himself on the fringes of the first-team, making 12 appearances throughout the campaign, mostly as a substitute. Auxerre qualified for the
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in the 68th minute while the match was still goalless. The team appeared to have done enough, but
Boulogne scored in the third minute of injury time to relegate Niort to the
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on 29 July 2000, and played in all of the team's opening 17 matches of the campaign. After three matches out of the team, he returned as a substitute for the 2–0 loss to
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during the first half of the campaign, making only three starts. He struggled to secure a place in the team thanks to the emergence of new signings such as
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Auxerre until the summer of 2005, scoring four goals in a total of 56 matches for the club. Gonzalez signed for
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scoresheet again in the following match, opening the scoring in the 2–0 victory over
Ajaccio. Niort entered the final match of the season against
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381:, CĂ´te-d'Or, on 24 August 1977. He played junior football with local team Marsannay-la-CĂ´te until 1992, when he joined the youth setup at
480:. Gonzalez went on to score twice in 34 league games for Beauvais before returning to Auxerre for the beginning of the 2001–02 season.
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for the following season, and Gonzalez played four matches in the competition, including a substitute appearance against
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and started each of the club's first 13 games of the season. He scored his first Niort goal in the 2–2 draw against
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on 29 November 2000. He started the following match, and scored his first goal for the club in the 1–1 draw with
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the previous season. Gonzalez made his competitive debut for the side on 28 July 2006 in the 1–1 draw with
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requiring a win or a draw to avoid relegation. Gonzalez was booked in the game and replaced by
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Gonzalez left Guingamp in 2006 after just one season, and he was signed on a free transfer by
330:(born 24 August 1977) is a French football coach and former player who is assistant coach for
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Cross, John (3 October 2002). "Team that's forgotten how to lose".
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on 7 March 1998. He also made one brief appearance in the
977:(in French). France Football. 29 May 2009. Archived from
1002:"CFA: Niort en National, le point sur tous les groupes"
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debut on 27 January 1996 in the 1–0 victory against
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926:"Matches played by Arnaud Gonzalez in 2006–07"
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772:Maviel, Nicolas (28 June 2000).
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520:Philippe Hinschberger
485:UEFA Champions League
377:Gonzalez was born in
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832:(in French). Paris.
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474:FC Gueugnon
427:Le Havre AC
407:Yoann Bigné
359:EA Guingamp
77:Position(s)
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705:References
638:Greg Houla
528:AC Ajaccio
509:FC Lorient
383:AJ Auxerre
340:AJ Auxerre
309:France U21
291:France U19
273:France U18
255:France U17
237:France U16
46:1977-08-24
869:. London.
722:Football
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497:FC Istres
435:SC Bastia
304:1996–1997
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250:1993–1994
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192:2006–2013
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154:2000–2001
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625:Besançon
616:Beauvais
592:Balma SC
478:AS Nancy
462:friendly
456:manager
443:Guy Roux
439:UEFA Cup
179:Guingamp
160:Beauvais
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677:2009–10
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649:Honours
532:SM Caen
505:FC Sète
489:Arsenal
448:Ligue 2
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332:Ligue 2
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82:Striker
600:Pau FC
162:(loan)
69:Height
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910:9 May
887:9 May
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607:Rodez
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