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As the team operated in the Championnat National, thus lacking professional status, the player would also work briefly as a waste collector and bartender. Finished that season with his best individual effort at the time, with 12 goals.
As the team operated in the Championnat National, thus lacking professional status, the player would also work briefly as a waste collector and bartender. Finished that season with his best individual effort at the time, with 12 goals.
A late bloomer, he played for seven clubs, mostly in the country"s second and third divisions. At the age of 30, he reached the French national team for his sole cap. Born in Angers, Savidan"s first year of professional football was spent with Angers SCO, his hometown team
He attracted attention from LB Châteauroux and was transferred after two seasons: out of 20 games he only managed to score three goals as a substitute and, at the end of the year, was sold to Air Corps Ajaccio.
Savidan would spend also only one year at his new club, before returning to former side Angers. Foreign the 2002-2003 season he was bought by AS Beauvais, and failed to score a single goal over the entire course of the campaign, moving to AS Angoulême subsequently.
At age 26, Savidan signed with Valenciennes Football Club also in the third level Mainly due to his impressive scoring rate, the club went straight into Ligue 1 in just two seasons.
During the latter campaign, the side was crowned league winners, and he finished joint-top scorer at 16.
In his first game in the first level, at AJ Auxerre on 5 August 2006 (aged 28), Savidan netted in a 1–1 draw. Settled in Valenciennes, Savidan opened a restaurant called K9 (K for wife Karine, and 9 for his shirt number). However, he signed for Master of Science Caen in summer 2008 for a reported fee of €5 million.
Savidan scored fourteen goals in 2008-2009, but Caen was relegated to division two.
Subsequently he arranged a move to AS Monaco Football Club, also in the €5million region. However, a defect in his heart was detected upon his medical, and the 31-year-old ended his career on 4 July 2009 at the advice of the club"s doctors.
In the fall of 2009, Savidan – who played ice hockey in his childhood – joined hometown club ASG Angers, serving as coach of the under-9 team Savidan did not receive any call-ups to represent France during his two-year stint in the top level at Valenciennes, where he displayed good form.
However, on 13 November 2008, aged 30, he was picked to the national team by coach Raymond Domenech, who was impressed by the player"s start to the 2008-2009 season.
He played the second half of the 0–0 home draw against Uruguay, on the 19th. Club Individual.