Ludovic Quistin
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-05-24)24 May 1984
Place of birth Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Date of death 28 May 2012(2012-05-28) (aged 28)
Place of death Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Left-back, left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Gravesend & Northfleet
Windsor & Eton
2003–2004 Carshalton Athletic
2004 Billericay Town[1] 1 (0)
2005 King's Lynn[1] 16 (1)
2005–2006 Havant & Waterlooville[2] 2 (0)
2006 Dorchester Town[3] 3 (0)
2006 →Tooting & Mitcham United (loan)[4] 3 (0)
2006 Harlow Town
2007 Tamworth[3] 12 (0)
2007 Boston United[5] 5 (0)
2007 Swindon Supermarine 5 (0)
2007–2008 Halesowen Town 4 (0)
2008 Hednesford Town 1 (0)
2008 Weston-super-Mare 8 (0)
2008–2009 Fisher Athletic 5 (1)
2009 Grays Athletic 2 (0)
2009 Hednesford Town (0)
2009–2010 FC United of Manchester[6] 29 (0)
International career
2007–2012 Guadeloupe 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ludovic "Luda"[7] Quistin (24 May 1984 – 28 May 2012) was a Guadeloupean footballer who played as a defender. He also represented Guadeloupe and was a member of their squad.

Quistin had a nomadic career after he arrived in England, turning out for a number of non-League sides at different levels of the football pyramid.

Club career

Quistin spent much of his short span of years in playing English football in the southern part of the country. He had spells with Brentford, Wimbledon, Falkirk, Gravesend & Northfleet and Windsor & Eton,[8] before joining Carshalton Athletic in February 2003.[9] He joined Billericay Town in August 2004, but was released the following month. He joined King's Lynn in January 2005.[10]

He played out the 2004–05 season with King's Lynn, although he also had a trial with League Two side Wycombe Wanderers in April 2005.[11] In September 2005 he joined Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville.[12][13] After only three substitute appearances, he was loaned out to Isthmian League side Tooting & Mitcham, before returning to Havant towards the end of the season. He was sacked by Havant in August 2006 for misconduct,[14] and had an unsuccessful trial with Cambridge City later than month,[15] before joining Harlow Town for a spell.

Conference South side Dorchester Town was next on Quistin's map, but in a typically short spell he made just three substitute appearances for the Magpies before he left to take trials at a number of league clubs, turning out for Luton Town,[16] Leyton Orient and Brentford. He joined doomed Conference National side Tamworth in March 2007, and was involved in the majority of the Lambs' final games of the season before being sent off in the 1–1 draw at home to St Albans City that saw the side relegated to the Conference North.[17] He was released at the end of the season.

In July 2007, Quistin had an unsuccessful trial with Barnet, playing in their 5–1 defeat away to Farnborough Town.[18] He returned to Lincolnshire later that month, signing for Conference North side Boston United.[19] He was substitute five times before moving to Southern League side Swindon Supermarine in September 2007,[20] linking up with friend Cedric Abraham. In November 2007, after nine games for Supermarine, Quistin joined Halesowen Town,[21] where he played until his release in May 2008.

He joined Hednesford Town on trial in July, and was voted man of the match in his first game for the club. After an equally impressive showing three days later, the club signed him up on a one-year deal. However, he left the club in September 2008 after sending manager Dean Edwards a text message saying that he was not prepared to sit on the substitutes bench.[22]

Following his departure from Hednesford, he joined Weston-super-Mare later in September 2008.[23] He was released by Weston in December 2008,[24] and joined Fisher Athletic later the same month.[25]

Quistin signed for Grays Athletic on non-contract terms in February 2009, but following two appearances, he left the club in March, re-joining Hednesford Town.[26]

It was announced on 23 October 2009 he had signed for F.C. United of Manchester, having relocated to the north west of England.[27]

During February and March 2011, Quistin featured in a number of reserve team games for Conference National outfit Forest Green Rovers. He would also go on to feature a reserve game for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

International career

Quistin made his international debut for Guadeloupe in June 2007 against Haiti in a CONCACAF Gold Cup match, coming on as a late substitute. In December 2008, he was part of the Guadeloupe side that beat Cuba on penalties to qualify for the 2009 Gold Cup Finals.[28]

Personal life

Quistin was the cousin of former Arsenal captain and France defender William Gallas.[29]

Death

Quistin was killed in a traffic accident in Bouliqui on Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe on 28 May 2012.[30]

References

  1. ^ a b "Player details: Season 2004–05". SoccerFactsUK. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Player details: Season 2005–06". SoccerFactsUK. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Player details: Season 2006–07". SoccerFactsUK. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Season 2006–2007". Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. Archive. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Player details: Season 2007–08". SoccerFactsUK. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  6. ^ "1st Team Statistics". FCUM in Russia. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Ludovic Quistin – Midfielder". Boston Standard. 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  8. ^ "News from the Walks: January – May 2005". King's Lynn F.C. 11 January 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  9. ^ "Roberts' new boys". Non-League Daily. 5 February 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  10. ^ "Lynn could field three debutants". Non-League Daily. 15 January 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  11. ^ "Reserves thrash bees". Chairboys on the net. 26 April 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  12. ^ "Two in – Two out at Havant". Non-League Daily. 5 September 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  13. ^ "Baptiste signs Hawks deal". Non-League Daily. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  14. ^ "Ludovic Quistin player profile". Havant & Waterlooville F.C. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  15. ^ "Two for City". Non-League Daily. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  16. ^ "Luton reserves hit four". Vital Football. 7 November 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  17. ^ "Tamworth 1–1 St Albans". BBC Sport. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  18. ^ "Match report: Farnborough 5–1 Barnet". Barnet F.C. 20 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  19. ^ "Boston tie up seven new signings". BBC Sport. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  20. ^ "'Marine move for Quistin". Non-League Daily. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  21. ^ "New winger for Maison". Non-League Daily. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  22. ^ "'Sulker' sub Ludovic Quistin finds exit door". Birmingham Mail. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  23. ^ "Middleton walks out on Seagulls – trial for Quistin". Non-League Daily. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  24. ^ "Now Seagulls release Quistin". Non-League Daily. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  25. ^ "Triple signing by Fish". Non-League Daily. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  26. ^ Stoner, Colin (28 August 2009). "Dean Edwards targets five wins for Hednesford to reach play-offs". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  27. ^ "Ludovic Quistin". FC United of Manchester. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
  28. ^ "Quistin comes home". Non-League Daily. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  29. ^ "International call-up for Seagull signing". 11 September 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.[permanent dead link]
  30. ^ "RIP Ludovic Quistin 1984 – 2012". 29 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

External links

Guadeloupe squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists
Categories