Elliot Grandin

Elliot Grandin (born 17 October 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championnat National 3 club Cannet Rocheville.

Grandin can also play as a central attacking midfielder.

He notably played in the Premier League for Blackpool and previously in France for Caen, Marseille, Nice and Grenoble.

He also played for CSKA Sofia, Astra Giurgiu, Ermis Aradippou, Fréjus Saint-Raphaël, JS Saint-Pierroise, as well as stints back in England with Crystal Palace, Shrewsbury Town and Grimsby Town.

Grandin has played for France at under-21 level.

Grandin began his career at his hometown club, Caen and signed his professional contract at the club.

He made his debut for the first team in the 2004–05 season, making just one substitute appearance, on 28 May 2005 in a 3–2 defeat to Istres as Caen were relegated from Ligue 1 to Ligue 2.

This turns out to be his only appearance of the season.

In opening game of the 2005–06 season, Grandin started the season well when he scored his first goal for Caen, in a 3–2 loss against Créteil.

Grandin scored his second goal of the season, in a 5–0 win against Valenciennes in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue on 22 September 2005.

He once again scored against them for the second time this season, losing 2–1 on 15 September 2006.

A month later on 10 February 2006, Grandin scored his third goal of the season, in a 1–0 win against Sète.

The club finished fourth in Ligue 2, missing out on promotion to Ligue 1 on goal difference.

With his playing time at SM Caen increased, he made a total of nineteen league appearances, scoring three goals (twenty–two appearances and scoring four times in all competitions).

In the 2006–07 season, Grandin scored his first goal of the season, in a 1–0 win against Créteil-Lusitanos on 7 November 2006.

He then scored his second goal of the season, in a 3–2 win against Dijon on 22 December 2006.

Two weeks later on 7 January 2007, Grandin scored his third goal of the season, in a 2–1 loss against Valenciennes in the first round of the Coupe de France.

As he became a first team regular at the club, Grandin was part of the Caen squad that finished as runners-up and won promotion to Ligue 1 after beating Libourne 2–1 in the last game of the season.

At the start of the 2007–08 season, Grandin continued to be in the first team for the side despite finding his playing time, coming from the substitute bench.

He then scored his first goal of the season, as well as, setting up one of the goals, in a 5–0 win against Bordeaux on 24 November 2007.

Grandin also scored two more goals, coming from Coupe de la Ligue matches against Toulouse and Lyon.

His performance attracted interest from Marseille.

By the time he departed from Caen, Grandin made a total of 55 league appearances for the club and scoring six goals.

At the end of the 2007–08 season, Grandin made eight league appearances, most of them as a substitute.

On 28 January 2008, midway through the 2007–08 season, Grandin joined Marseille for €400,000.

However upon leaving Caen, he was criticised by manager Franck Dumas.

In his first match for the club against Monaco in the last 16 of the Coupe de France, he made an assist for the second goal scored by Mathieu Valbuena, in a 3–1 win.

Grandin's debut for Marseille came on 9 February 2008 against Nice and started the match, playing 89 minutes before being substituted, in a 2–0 win.

On 17 May 2008, the last day of the season against Strasbourg, he came on as a substitute after an injury to striker Mamadou Niang, and sent his pass set up to Nasri to score as Marseille won 4–3 and so qualified for the preliminary round of the Champions League.

In the 2008–09 season, Grandin was in the starting line-up in the first game of the season at Rennes, scoring Marseille's fourth goal in stoppage time, in a 4–4 draw.

On 13 August 2008, he made his European debut in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, in a single-goal victory at Norwegian side Brann.

Four days later on 17 August 2008, Grandin scored his second goal for the club, in a 4–0 win against Auxerre.

In the return leg against Brann, he helped Marseille win 2–1 to advance to the next round of the UEFA Cup tournament.

However, Grandin then fell out of favour into the plans of Eric Gerets and lack of playing time in Marseille.

As a result, he was linked a move away from the club in the January transfer window, with clubs, such as, Grenoble, Le Havre and Strasbourg were interested in signing him.

By the time Grandin departed from Marseille, he made a further eight appearances, scoring twice.

Grandin joined fellow Ligue 1 side Grenoble on loan for five months on 30 January 2009.

He made his debut on 7 February 2009, starting the whole game, in a goalless home draw with Valenciennes.

Grandin became a first team regular for the club, rotating in playing either midfield and striker positions.

He made a total of eight appearances before returning to Marseille at the end of the season.