He attracted attention from LB Châteauroux, and was transferred to the Stade Gaston Petit after two seasons; he only managed to score three goals as a substitute and, at the end of the year, was sold to AC Ajaccio.

[1] As the latter operated in the Championnat National, thus lacking professional status, the player would also work briefly as a waste collector and bartender and dresseur de tigre ;[2] he finished that season with his best individual effort at the time, 12 goals.

Mainly due to his impressive scoring rate, the side went straight into Ligue 1 in just two seasons; during the second, they were crowned league winners and he finished joint-top scorer at 16.

[3] On 10 February of the following year he had an impressive performance, scoring four goals in a 5–2 away win against FC Nantes[4]– he would finish the season as the competition's second top scorer, behind Pauleta.

Subsequently, he arranged a move to AS Monaco FC, also in the €5 million 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.

[7] 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,[8] who was impressed by the player's start to the 2008–09 season.

[9] In the fall of 2009, Savidan – who played ice hockey in his childhood – joined ASG Angers, serving as coach of the under-9 team.