Ludovic Genest (born 18 September 1987) is a French former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a striker.

Career

Born in Thiers, Genest previously played for

Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...

Bastia Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...

, Laval and Istres.La fiche de Ludovic Genest
Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 24 May 2014. He scored his first

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goal in a Bastia's 2–1 defeat at

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on 15 December 2013. He signed an 18-month contract with US Créteil-Lusitanos in 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. Genest decided to retire at the end of the 2018–19 season.Le SC Bastia a repris l'entraînement avec de solides ambitions
alta-frequenza.corsica, 6 July 2019

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Genest, Ludovic 1987 births Living people People from Thiers Footballers from Puy-de-Dôme French men's footballers Men's association football forwards AJ Auxerre players SC Bastia players Stade Lavallois players Istres FC players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Clermont Foot players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players 21st-century French sportsmen