Alexandre Vardin (born 18 September 1989) is a French

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who plays as a full back for Sablé.

Life and career

Vardin began his football career at the age of 15 with

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

, courtesy of a youth development partnership in his native

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

. He went on play regularly for the club's B team. After six years at the club, he moved on to Quevilly, and was a member of their team that eliminated

Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Founded in 1899, OM has ...

and

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

from the 2011–12 Coupe de France to reach the final, in which they lost 1–0 to

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

. He spent the 2012–13 season with another third-tier club,

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; ; ; or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Hauts-de-France, Northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Pas-de-Calais. Boul ...

, and then joined Sedan, newly demoted to the fifth-tier

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. He won two consecutive promotions with Sedan and played for them in the third tier before moving on in 2016 to

Le Mans Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...

, where he went one better, winning three consecutive promotions, from fifth tier to second. He was included in France under-20's 28-man training camp ahead of the

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, but did not make the cut.

Honours

US Quevilly *

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runners-up: 2011–12

References

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