Ludovic "Luda" Quistin (24 May 198428 May 2012) was a

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who played as a defender. He also represented

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

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, Gravesend & Northfleet and Windsor & Eton, before joining Carshalton Athletic in February 2003. He joined

Billericay Town Billericay Town Football Club is a football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of and play at New Lodge. They are the second most successful club in FA Vase history, having won the competition on three o ...

in August 2004, but was released the following month. He joined

King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough, no ...

in January 2005. He played out the 2004–05 season with King's Lynn, although he also had a trial with League Two side

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

in April 2005. In September 2005 he joined

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side

Havant & Waterlooville Havant & Waterlooville Football Club is a professional football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England. The club participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, after relegation from the National League in the 20 ...

. After only three substitute appearances, he was loaned out to

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

side Tooting & Mitcham, before returning to Havant towards the end of the season. He was sacked by Havant in August 2006 for misconduct, and had an unsuccessful trial with Cambridge City later than month, before joining

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for a spell. Conference South side

Dorchester Town Dorchester Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club, based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. They currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They ...

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 Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professio ...

and

. 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

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. He was released at the end of the season. In July 2007, Quistin had an unsuccessful trial with

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, playing in their 5–1 defeat away to

Farnborough Town Farnborough Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. Founded in 1967 as Farnborough Town, they are currently members of the , the sixth tier of English football and play at Cherrywood Road. H ...

. He returned to

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later that month, signing for

side

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

. He was substitute five times before moving to Southern League side Swindon Supermarine in September 2007, linking up with friend Cedric Abraham. In November 2007, after nine games for Supermarine, Quistin joined

Halesowen Town Halesowen Town Football Club is a football club based in Halesowen, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Grove Recreation Ground. History The club was believed to have been established around 1873, but rec ...

, where he played until his release in May 2008. He joined

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of the Red & Whites and Hill Top.

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

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a text message saying that he was not prepared to sit on the substitutes bench. Following his departure from Hednesford, he joined

Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare, also known simply as Weston, is a seaside town in North Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Mead Vale, Milton, Oldmixon ...

later in September 2008. He was released by Weston in December 2008, and joined Fisher Athletic later the same month. Quistin signed for

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on non-contract terms in February 2009, but following two appearances, he left the club in March, re-joining

. It was announced on 23 October 2009 he had signed for

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, having relocated to the north west of England. During February and March 2011, Quistin featured in a number of reserve team games for

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outfit

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. He would also go on to feature a reserve game for

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International career

Quistin made his international debut for

in June 2007 against

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in a

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match, coming on as a late substitute. In December 2008, he was part of the Guadeloupe side that beat

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on penalties to qualify for the 2009 Gold Cup Finals.

Personal life

Quistin was the cousin of former

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captain and

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defender

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Death

Quistin was killed in a traffic accident in Bouliqui on

Grande-Terre Grande-Terre Island (french: île de Grande-Terre / île de la Grande-Terre; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwantè) is the name of the eastern-half of Guadeloupe proper, in the Lesser Antilles. It is separated from the other half of Guadeloupe ...

, Guadeloupe on 28 May 2012.

References

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