Cédric Bardon

In France

Bardon began his career at the local Lyon in 1992–93. He stayed in the team after 1997–98, having proven himself as an established player. Bardon played for Rennes between 1998–99 and 2000–01. He also had a trial with Premier League side Sunderland in August 2000 and played three pre-season matches for Sunderland against Fortuna Sittard, ASV Apeldoornse Boys and SC Heerenveen respectively. Bardon then moved to Guingamp to remain there until January 2004, when he was transferred to Le Havre.

Levski Sofia – first spell

Bardon was then signed by Bulgarian team Levski Sofia, after a scramble of interesting events. First, he arrived late in the transfer period and having not played for his former club in the previous months, being out of shape. Levski set up a friendly match against the team of Sliven only to have Bardon tried out. Many powerful figures for Levski came to the friendly, most notably Nasko Sirakov and then-owner Todor Batkov. Later it would become clear that they came to watch for Bardon's performance and decide whether to sign him on the spot. Bardon was decided upon after the first half of the match and was offered a contract with Levski. With the team, he played in the UEFA Cup 2005-06, notably scoring a goal against Auxerre in Levski's 2–1 loss and being controversially sent off by referee Mike Riley in the first leg against Schalke 04 in the quarter-finals. With Levski Sofia he reached 1/4 finals of UEFA Cup in 2005–06. Next season,…

Lyon

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1997 Levski Sofia

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group: 2005–06, 2006–07 Bulgarian Cup: 2006–07 Bulgarian Super Cup: 2005, 2007, 2009