Ludovic Delporte
![]() Delporte in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 February 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Sainte-Catherine, France | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1998 | Lens | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2002 | Lens | 7 | (0) |
2000–2001 | → Laval (loan) | 36 | (2) |
2002 | → Racing Ferrol (loan) | 19 | (3) |
2002–2004 | Albacete | 43 | (2) |
2004–2010 | Osasuna | 88 | (3) |
2010–2011 | Gimnàstic | 10 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Angers | 13 | (1) |
Total | 216 | (11) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ludovic Delporte (born 6 February 1980) is a French retired footballer who played as a left midfielder.
Having played professionally in Spain (nine years, mainly with Osasuna) and in his own country (four), his later career was blighted by injuries.
Football career
Delporte was born in Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, Pas-de-Calais. After an unassuming three-and-a-half-year spell at RC Lens which included a loan to Ligue 2 club Stade Lavallois, he moved, in January 2002, to Spanish second division team Racing de Ferrol – still on loan – helping Albacete Balompié to achieve top flight promotion the following season.
For the 2004–05 season, Delporte joined CA Osasuna, being an important offensive element in his first two years, including 27 games with three goals in the second as the Navarrese tied a best ever fourth-place in La Liga. In 2004–05's Copa del Rey final he started against Real Betis, setting up John Aloisi for the 1–1 equalizer (eventually 1–2 loss, after extra time).[1]
However, subsequently, Delporte would be severely hindered by injuries, managing little more than 30 league appearances combined in four years,[2][3] none whatsoever in the 2009–10 campaign.[4] He was definitely released in August 2010, aged 30.
On 26 August 2010, Delporte stayed in Spain by signing with Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the second level.[5] After another season marred by injury he was released by the Catalans, retiring shortly after.
On 20 December 2011, Delporte returned to active and signed a six-month deal with Angers SCO in his country's division two.[6]
References
- ^ Dani delivers for Betis; UEFA, 12 June 2005
- ^ Osasuna suffer Delporte blow; UEFA, 5 January 2007
- ^ Delporte injury misery continues; UEFA, 27 September 2007
- ^ Delporte, operado en Madrid de su decimoctava lesión muscular (Delporte, surgery in Madrid for eighteenth muscle injury) Archived 28 June 2013 at archive.today; Noticias de Navarra, 12 February 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Nàstic presenta Delporte i Powel (Nàstic present Delporte and Powel); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 26 August 2010 (in Catalan)
- ^ Angers Sco: Ludovic Delporte signe jusqu’à la fin de saison (Angers Sco: Ludovic Delporte signs until the end of season); Angers Ma Ville, 20 December 2011 (in French)
External links
- Ludovic Delporte at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Ludovic Delporte – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Ludovic Delporte at BDFutbol
- Ludovic Delporte at Soccerway
- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Arras
- French people of Italian descent
- French footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- RC Lens players
- Stade Lavallois players
- Angers SCO players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Racing de Ferrol footballers
- Albacete Balompié players
- CA Osasuna players
- Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
- French expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Sportspeople from Pas-de-Calais
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games