Armand Mahan is an Ivorian professional association football

Football (soccer)

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 player. He is usually positioned as a left back

Defender (football)

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 or left winger.

Career

Mahan played during his youth for ASEC Mimosas

ASEC Mimosas

The Académie Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ASEC Mimosas Abidjan and ASEC Abidjan, especially in international club competitions. Founded in 1948, they are the most successful side in Ivorian football, having won...

. He moved to Belgium in 2003, when he signed a contract with SK Beveren who worked together with the Ivorian team via the Frenchman

France

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 Jean-Marc Guillou. Several other more famous players made this same move, such as Emmanuel Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and Ivory Coast. His natural position is at right back, but he is also used in various other positions. Eboué also holds a Belgian passport.-Early career:...

, Arthur Boka

Arthur Boka

Etienne Arthur Boka is an Ivorian football defender who plays for VfB Stuttgart.-Career:Like many successful players from Côte d'Ivoire, he started his career at homeland club ASEC Abidjan, after coming through their much famed youth system, that has also produced players such as Kolo Touré,...

, Romaric

Koffi Ndri Romaric

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 and Yaya Touré

Yaya Touré

Gnégnéri Yaya Touré , commonly known as Yaya Touré, is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Côte d'Ivoire national side...

.

In the Jupiler League 2006-07

Jupiler League 2006-07

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 season, SK Beveren ended 18th and last in the league. As a result, they were relegated to the Belgian Second Division

Belgian Second Division

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. Mahan, being end of contract at Beveren, was offered a contract by Cercle Brugge about two weeks after the end of the season, a contract which he accepted. This way, despite relegation, Mahan still played at the highest level of Belgian

Belgium

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 football. However, at the end of the 2007-08 season, he was given a free transfer.