Alexandre Vardin
{{short description|French footballer (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alexandre Vardin
| image = Lens B - Sedan (24-01-2015) 2.jpg
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| caption = Vardin with Sedan in 2015
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|9|18|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lfp.fr/joueur/vardin-alexandre |title=Alexandre Vardin |publisher=Ligue de Football Professionnel |accessdate=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123115/https://www.lfp.fr/joueur/vardin-alexandre |archive-date=1 August 2019}}
| birth_place = Guadeloupe{{cite news |url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/alexandre-vardin-un-match-de-reve-410029 |title=Alexandre Vardin: "Un match de rêve!" |language=French |trans-title=Alexandre Vardin: "A dream match!" |first=Julien |last=Hippocrate |newspaper=Ouest-France |location=Rennes |date=10 April 2012 |accessdate=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140004/http://www.ouest-france.fr/alexandre-vardin-un-match-de-reve-410029 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |quote=Alexandre Vardin a quitté sa Guadeloupe natale en 2005 [Alexandre Vardin left his native Guadeloupe in 2005]}}
| position = Full back
| currentclub = Sablé
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2005–2008 |youthclubs1 = Caen
| years1 = 2008–2011 |clubs1 = Caen B |caps1 = 75 |goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2011–2012 |clubs2 = Quevilly |caps2 = 31 |goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2012–2013 |clubs3 = Boulogne |caps3 = 27 |goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2013–2016 |clubs4 = Sedan |caps4 = 78 |goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2016–2022 |clubs5 = Le Mans |caps5 = 118 |goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2022– |clubs6 = Sablé | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0
| club-update = 13 May 2022
}}
Alexandre Vardin (born 18 September 1989) is a French footballer who plays as a full back for Sablé.
Life and career
Vardin began his football career at the age of 15 with Caen, courtesy of a youth development partnership in his native Guadeloupe.{{cite news |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/malherbe-integre-du-sang-neuf-dans-son-groupe-516222 |title=Malherbe intègre du sang neuf dans son groupe |language=French |trans-title=Malherbe bring some new blood into the group |first=David |last=Guézennec |newspaper=Ouest-France |location=Rennes |date=27 September 2013 |accessdate=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123120/https://www.ouest-france.fr/malherbe-integre-du-sang-neuf-dans-son-groupe-516222 |archive-date=1 August 2019}} He went on play regularly for the club's B team. After six years at the club, he moved on to Quevilly,{{cite news |url=http://www.paris-normandie.fr/hemerotheque/football-alexandre-vardin-a-fait-sa-place-568945-AEPN568945 |title=Football. Alexandre Vardin a fait sa place |language=French |trans-title=Football. Alexandre Vardin finds his niche |first=Richard |last=Avenel |website=Paris-Normandie |date=16 September 2011 |accessdate=1 August 2019 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123122/https://www.paris-normandie.fr/hemerotheque/football-alexandre-vardin-a-fait-sa-place-568945-AEPN568945 |archive-date=1 August 2019}} and was a member of their team that eliminated Olympique Marseille and Rennes from the 2011–12 Coupe de France to reach the final, in which they lost 1–0 to Lyon. He spent the 2012–13 season with another third-tier club, Boulogne,{{cite news |url=http://www.usbco.com/alexandre-vardin-sengage-a-lusbco-a2321.html |title=Alexandre Vardin s'engage à l'USBCO |language=French |trans-title=Alexandre Vardin signs for USBCO |publisher=USBCO |date=7 September 2012 |accessdate=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123118/http://www.usbco.com/alexandre-vardin-sengage-a-lusbco-a2321.html |archive-date=1 August 2019}} and then joined Sedan, newly demoted to the fifth-tier Championnat de France Amateur 2. He won two consecutive promotions with Sedan{{cite news |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sarthe/jour-de-retour-aux-sources-pour-alexandre-vardin-5374853 |title=Jour de retour aux sources pour Alexandre Vardin |language=French |trans-title=Back to his roots day for Alexandre Vardin |first=Stéphane |last=Bois |newspaper=Ouest-France |location=Rennes |date=11 November 2017 |accessdate=1 August 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123118/https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sarthe/jour-de-retour-aux-sources-pour-alexandre-vardin-5374853 |archive-date=1 August 2019}} and played for them in the third tier before moving on in 2016 to Le Mans, where he went one better, winning three consecutive promotions, from fifth tier to second.{{cite news |url=https://www.lemainelibre.fr/actualite/football-ligue-2-le-mans-fc-un-club-des-cinq-qui-a-connu-les-3-montees-25-07-2019-252514 |title=Football – Ligue 2 Le Mans FC: un "club des cinq" qui a connu les 3 montées |language=French |trans-title=Football – Ligue 2 Le Mans FC: a "club of five" who have experienced all 3 promotions |first1=Lucas |last1=Brient |first2=Julien |last2=Coutenceau |newspaper=Le Maine Libre |date=26 July 2019 |accessdate=1 August 2019 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123118/https://www.lemainelibre.fr/actualite/football-ligue-2-le-mans-fc-un-club-des-cinq-qui-a-connu-les-3-montees-25-07-2019-252514 |archive-date=1 August 2019}}
He was included in France under-20's 28-man training camp ahead of the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, but did not make the cut.{{cite web |url=https://www.smcaen.fr/2009-2010/article/infos-club/alexandre-vardin-clairefontaine |title=Alexandre Vardin à Clairefontaine |language=French |trans-title=Alexandre Vardin at Clairefontaine |publisher=Stade Malherbe Caen |date=28 August 2009 |accessdate=1 August 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123124/https://www.smcaen.fr/2009-2010/article/infos-club/alexandre-vardin-clairefontaine |archive-date=1 August 2019}}
Honours
US Quevilly
- Coupe de France runners-up: 2011–12{{cite news |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/en-direct-coupe-de-france-quevilly-face-a-lyon-pour-entrer-dans-l-histoire-28-04-2012-1976293.php |title=Coupe de France: Lyon a brisé le rêve de Quevilly (1–0) |language=French |trans-title=Coupe de France: Lyon broke Quevilly's dream (1–0) |newspaper=Le Parisien |date=28 April 2012 |accessdate=1 August 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123115/http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/en-direct-coupe-de-france-quevilly-face-a-lyon-pour-entrer-dans-l-histoire-28-04-2012-1976293.php |archive-date=1 August 2019}}
References
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Category:Guadeloupean men's footballers
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Stade Malherbe Caen players
Category:US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole players
Category:CS Sedan Ardennes players
Category:Sablé FC (France) players
Category:Championnat National 2 players
Category:Championnat National players