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

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who played as a striker.

Career

Born in Thiers, Genest previously played for

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Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) 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-hi ...

, Laval and

Istres Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture. Location Is ...

.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 Union Sportive Créteil-Lusitanos (commonly referred to as US Créteil, USC, or simply Créteil) is a French football club based in Créteil, a southeastern suburb of Paris. The club was founded in 1936 and currently play in the Championnat N ...

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 Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: ''Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe''; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot or simply Clermont) is a French association football club based in Clermont-Ferrand. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and the curren ...

. 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 Sportspeople from Puy-de-Dôme Association football forwards French footballers AJ Auxerre players SC Bastia players Stade Lavallois players FC Istres players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Clermont Foot players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Footballers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes