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

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. 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 and

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

from the

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to reach

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, in which they lost 1–0 to Lyon. He spent the 2012–13 season with another third-tier club,

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...

, 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 city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...

, 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 * Coupe de France runners-up: 2011–12

References

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