Bertrand Marcel Laquait (born 13 April 1977) is a French retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Club career
Born in
Vichy
Vichy (, ; ; oc, Vichèi, link=no, ) is a city in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais.
It is a spa and resort town and in World War II was the capital of ...
, Laquait started his professional career with
AS Nancy
Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (), commonly known as AS Nancy Lorraine, or simply Nancy, is a French association football club founded in 1967 in Nancy, Grand Est and located in Tomblaine, in the inner suburbs of Nancy. The club currently ...
in
Ligue 2, appearing in only two matches in
his first year in a final promotion to
Ligue 1 and adding five
the next season. He was first-choice the following two campaigns,
the last one spent in the second division.
In summer 2002, Laquait joined
R. Charleroi S.C.
Royal Charleroi Sporting Club, often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at ...
in
Belgium
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, starting for the ''
Zèbres'' from
his second season onwards. On 21 December 2003 he scored from his goal against
R.A.E.C. Mons, and was nominated for the campaign's ''Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year'' award, eventually losing to
Silvio Proto of
R.A.A. Louviéroise.
Laquait spent
2006–07 on loan to
Recreativo de Huelva
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in Spain, making his
La Liga
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debut on 14 October 2006 in a 1–2 away loss against
Atlético Madrid (45 minutes played). He played understudy to
Javier López Vallejo during the season, and failed to appear in the league for Charleroi upon his return, leaving the club in June 2009.
Aged 32, Laquait returned to his country and signed for
Thonon Évian F.C. of
Championnat National
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, being first-choice as the team achieved two consecutive promotions. On 1 October 2011 he played his first match in the top flight in more than 11 years, a 1–1 draw at his first professional team Nancy where he was named
player of the match
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.
References
External links
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Stats at Voetbal International
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1977 births
Living people
People from Vichy
Sportspeople from Allier
French footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National players
AS Nancy Lorraine players
Thonon Evian Grand Genève F.C. players
Valenciennes FC players
Belgian First Division A players
R. Charleroi S.C. players
La Liga players
Recreativo de Huelva players
French expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Spain
French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Footballers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes