Ludovic Gamboa (born 14 January 1986) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

Championnat National 3 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...

club

Colomiers Colomiers (; oc, Colomèrs; Languedocien dialect: ''Colomièrs'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Garonne Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania Regions of France, region in Southwester ...

Career

He started his career with

Chamois Niortais Chamois Niortais Football Club (often referred to as ''Les Chamois'', Chamois Niortais, or simply Niort) is a French association football club based in the commune of Niort, in the Deux-Sèvres department of western France. It was founded in 1 ...

, making his debut in the 3–0 away win over

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on 14 January 2006. After coming on as a second-half substitute for

Ronan Biger Ronan Biger (born 8 October 1985) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for AS Échiré Saint Gelais. Honours ;Chamois Niortais * Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), common ...

, Gamboa scored the third goal in the 89th minute. He made two more substitute appearances in the 2005–06 season, both of which were also Niort victories. Gamboa joined

Martigues Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A dir ...

on a free transfer in July 2007, but he failed to make an impact at the club; his four appearances all came from the substitutes' bench. He left Martigues in January 2008 and signed for

Championnat de France amateur The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of the French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue ...

(CFA) side

Fontenay-le-Comte Fontenay-le-Comte (; Poitevin: ''Funtenaes'' or ''Fintenè'') is a commune and subprefecture in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region of Western France. In 2018, it had a population of 13,302, while its functional area had a popu ...

. During the remainder of the 2007–08 season, Gamboa played three league matches. In the summer of 2008 he switched clubs again, joining CFA Group A club

Compiègne Compiègne (; pcd, Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois''. Administration Compiègne is the seat of two cantons: * Compiègne-1 (with 19 c ...

. After scoring 11 goals in 33 matches for Compiègne, Gamboa returned to the Championnat National when he signed for

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by ...

ahead of the 2009–10 campaign. He scored on his debut for Reims in the 1–3 defeat away at

Hyères Hyères (), Provençal Occitan: ''Ieras'' in classical norm, or ''Iero'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The old town lies from the sea clustered around t ...

on 7 August 2009. Gamboa ended the season with 6 goals in 17 appearances, helping Reims win promotion to

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

after only one season in the third tier. He played 32 league games in total for Reims during his two seasons with the club, scoring seven times. In May 2010, it was announced that he had signed for fellow Ligue 2 side

Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

. During his first season at Laval, he scored three goals in 31 appearances as the team finished 16th in Ligue 2. After six months with

Créteil Créteil () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Cré ...

in 2018, in January 2019, Gamboa moved to

Dunkerque Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.Gazélec Ajaccio Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio ( co, Gazélec Football Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1960, Gazélec plays in the Champ ...

. On 3 August 2021, Gamboa signed for

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...

. On 15 July 2022 the club confirmed, that Gamboa had left the club by mutual agreement. On 22 January 2023, Gamboa joined

Personal life

Born in France, Gamboa holds French and

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nationalities.

References

External links

Ludovic Gamboa profile
at foot-national.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamboa, Ludovic 1986 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers French men's footballers French sportspeople of Portuguese descent Men's association football midfielders Chamois Niortais F.C. players FC Martigues players Vendée Fontenay Foot players AFC Compiègne players Stade de Reims players Stade Lavallois players Angers SCO players Le Havre AC players US Créteil-Lusitanos players USL Dunkerque players Gazélec Ajaccio players FC Rouen players US Colomiers Football players Championnat National players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 3 players Championnat National 2 players Footballers from Seine-et-Marne