Grégory Vignal: Difference between revisions

He then played in a [[friendly match]] against [[Sporting Gijón]] as part of a trial with [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], newly [[promotion and relegation|promoted]] to the Premier League. After producing what manager [[Alex McLeish]] described as a "strong performance",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gregory-vignal-makes-strong-case-99911 |title=Gregory Vignal makes 'strong' case to fill Blues' problem left-back position |first=Colin |last=Tattum |work=Birmingham Mail |date=10 August 2009 |accessdate=10 October 2013}}</ref> Vignal signed a one-year contract with the club, with an option for a further year, subject to medical examination.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~1752991,00.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090816172410/http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~1752991,00.html |title=Vignal signs in |publisher=Birmingham City F.C |date=13 August 2009 |archivedate=16 August 2009}}</ref> Injury disrupted his season, which combined with the form of [[Liam Ridgewell]] at left-back restricted the player to just nine first-team appearances. The club chose not to take up the option of a second year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~2050780,00.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100517143503/http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~2050780,00.html |title=Quintet depart |publisher=Birmingham City F.C |date=14 May 2010 |accessdate=17 May 2010 |archivedate=17 May 2010}}</ref>

In July 2010, Vignal had trials with [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6271355,00.html |title=Trio link up with Blades |publisher=Sky Sports |date=20 July 2010 |accessdate=29 July 2010}}</ref> and [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/PreSeasonReports/0,,10335~2107447,00.html |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20101103042613/http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/PreSeasonReports/0,,10335~2107447,00.html |title=Deportivo edge it against City |publisher=Cardiff City F.C |date=31 July 2010 |accessdate=10 October 2013 |archivedate=3 November 2010 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101103042613/http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/PreSeasonReports/0,,10335~2107447,00.html}}</ref> In September 2010, he joined [[Atromitos F.C.|Atromitos]]. He then left the [[Athens]] club in December 2010.