Yves Desmarets
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Yves Hadley Desmarets is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 footballer of Haiti
Haiti
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an descent who currently is a free agent. He is a left midfielder
Midfielder
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.

Football career

Prior to his arrival in Portugal
Portugal
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 to sign with Vitória de Guimarães for 2006–07 (with the club then in the second division
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

, finally winning promotion), Desmarets played the vast majority of his career in modest French
France
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 clubs, never appearing in higher than the third category
Championnat National
The Championnat de France National, commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

.

He quickly became an undisputed starter, contributing with four goals in all 30 league matches, as the Minho outfit overachieved for a final third place in his second season, ahead of S.L. Benfica.

In June 2010, after only missing four league games combined in two first division seasons (adding four goals), Desmarets, nearly 31, signed as a free agent
Free agent
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 for one year with Deportivo de La Coruña
Deportivo de La Coruña
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1906 and currently playing in Segunda División...

 in Spain
Spain
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, with an option for another one.

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