Ludovic Genest
{{short description|French former professional footballer (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ludovic Genest
| image = 20140808 - Ligue 2 - Créteil-Châteauroux 063.jpg
| caption = Genest playing for Créteil against Châteauxroux in August 2014
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|9|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Thiers, France
| height = 1.73 m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Striker
| years1 = 2005–2009
| years2 = 2008–2009
| years3 = 2009–2011
| years4 = 2011–2014
| years5 = 2012–2013
| years6 = 2014–2015
| years7 = 2015–2017
| years8 = 2017
| years9 = 2018–2019
| clubs1 = Auxerre
| clubs2 = → Bastia (loan)
| clubs3 = Laval
| clubs4 = Bastia
| clubs5 = → Istres (loan)
| clubs6 = Créteil
| clubs7 = Clermont
| clubs8 = Andrézieux
| clubs9 = Bastia
| caps1 = 3
| caps2 = 30
| caps3 = 72
| caps4 = 25
| caps5 = 29
| caps6 = 38
| caps7 = 40
| caps8 = 11
| caps9 = 20
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 4
| goals3 = 9
| goals4 = 3
| goals5 = 3
| goals6 = 1
| goals7 = 2
| goals8 = 0
| goals9 = 1
| totalcaps = 268
| totalgoals = 23
}}
Ludovic Genest (born 18 September 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Born in Thiers, Genest previously played for Auxerre, Bastia, Laval and Istres.[http://www.lfp.fr/joueur/genest-ludovic#bloc_carriere La fiche de Ludovic Genest] Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 24 May 2014.[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur6684.html La fiche de Ludovic Genest]. L'Equipe. Retrieved 24 May 2014. He scored his first Ligue 1 goal in a Bastia's 2–1 defeat at Lille on 15 December 2013. He signed an 18-month contract with US Créteil-Lusitanos in January 2014,{{cite news|url=http://www.uscl.fr/effectif-pro/transferts-17/article/ludovic-genest-est-cristolien|title=Ludovic Genest est Cristolien !|trans-title=Ludovic Genest is Cristolien!|publisher=uscl.fr|language=French|date=29 January 2014|accessdate=29 January 2014}} and went on to play 38 league games for the club.
On 10 June 2015, it was announced that Genest had signed a two-year deal with Clermont Foot.{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-clermont-un-attaquant-de-ligue-2-s-engage-off-71834.html|title=Clermont: un attaquant de Ligue 2 s'engage (off.)|publisher=foot-national.com|author=Kevin Saccani|date=10 June 2015|accessdate=10 June 2015}}
Genest decided to retire at the end of the 2018–19 season.[https://www.alta-frequenza.corsica/actu/le_sc_bastia_a_repris_l_entrainement_avec_de_solides_ambitions_100734 Le SC Bastia a repris l'entraînement avec de solides ambitions], alta-frequenza.corsica, 6 July 2019
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|ludovic-genest/1422}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Genest, Ludovic}}
Category:Footballers from Puy-de-Dôme
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Stade Lavallois players
Category:US Créteil-Lusitanos players