Kevin Sainte-Luce

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Kevin Sainte-Luce
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2010–2012 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Cardiff City 0 (0)
2013–2015 AFC Wimbledon 46 (3)
2015 Gateshead 13 (3)
2015–2016 Dieppe 21 (6)
2016–2019 Créteil 39 (2)
2018–2019 Fleury 91 4 (0)
2019–2020 Rouen 4 (0)
2020 AG Caennaise 1 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Guadeloupe U20 9 (2)
2016– Guadeloupe 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:02, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2016

Kevin Sainte-Luce (born 28 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger. Born in Metropolitan France, he plays for the Guadeloupe national team at international level.

Career[edit]

Early years[edit]

Born in Paris, France, Sainte-Luce moved to Wales as a teenager and worked his way through the Cardiff City Academy under the stewardship of the Head of Academy Neal Ardley.[1] The winger made his debut for the senior team on 14 August 2012, in a 2–1 defeat to Northampton Town in the first round of the Football League Cup.[2] However, despite showing promise for "The Bluebirds" the 19-year–old had his contract terminated on 29 January 2013[3] following an incident in which he was found guilty of assaulting two girls in a Cardiff nightclub. Sainte-Luce avoided a six–month prison sentence but was ordered to pay £1,250 compensation to the girls, given a 180-hour community service order and handed a 10–week 8pm–6am curfew for the unprovoked attack.[4]

AFC Wimbledon[edit]

In spite of his run–in with the law, AFC Wimbledon manager Neal Ardley decided to offer the young winger a chance to prove himself, signing him on a six–month contract with the option of a further year on 31 January 2013.[5] Sainte-Luce made his Football League debut in a 2–1 win over Bradford City on 16 February 2013 as a 64th minute substitute for Rashid Yussuff.[6] Ardley's faith in him was soon repaid as on 23 February 2013, Sainte-Luce scored his first Football League goal for "The Dons" in a 1–0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge.[7] The 19-year–old winger scored his second goal for the club in a 2–0 win over Morecambe on 23 March 2013.[8] On 25 June 2013, it was announced that manager Neal Ardley had taken up the option of a one-year extension on the 20-year–old winger's contract, retaining him at Kingsmeadow|The Cherry Red Records Stadium for the 2013–14 season.[9] On 7 January 2015, his contract was terminated by mutual consent due to a lack of first team action.[10]

Gateshead[edit]

Sainte-Luce signed a short-term, six-month deal with Conference Premier side Gateshead on 15 January.[11] Sainte-Luce made his Gateshead debut two days later in their 2–0 win at Nuneaton Town.[12] He scored his first goals for Gateshead in their 2–2 draw at Grimsby Town on 4 April.[13] However, he was not offered a new deal at the end of the season and left the club in June.[14]

FC Dieppe[edit]

It was announced on 11 August 2015 that Sainte-Luce had signed for FC Dieppe.[15]

Creteil[edit]

Saint-Luce joined Creteil for the 2016–17 season.

Rouen[edit]

On 14 June 2019, Sainte-Luce joined FC Rouen.[16]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 30 August 2015
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League FA Cup League Cup Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cardiff City 2012–13[17] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
AFC Wimbledon 2012–13[17] League Two 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
2013–14[18] League Two 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 1
2014–15[19] League Two 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
Gateshead 2014–15[19] Conference Premier 13 3 0 0 0 0 1[20] 0 14 3
Career total 59 6 0 0 2 0 3 0 64 6
  1. ^ Includes Football League Trophy and FA Trophy.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A new lease of life for Kevin Sainte-Luce". Narrow the Angle. 2 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Alex Nicholls scored the winner as Northampton dumped last season's runners–up Cardiff out of the Capital One Cup". BBC Football. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  3. ^ "SAINTE-LUCE CONTRACT TERMINATED | Cardiff".
  4. ^ "Cardiff City footballer spared jail over women's nightclub assaults". 15 January 2013.
  5. ^ "AFC Wimbledon keep Sullivan and Meades as Sainte-Luce signs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. ^ "AFC Wimbledon 2 – 1 Bradford City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Sainte-Luce fires Dons to vital Dagenham win". The Hounslow Chronicle. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  8. ^ "AFC Wimbledon 2–0 Morecambe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Sainte-Luce to remain with AFC Wimbledon". The Hounslow Chronicle. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Kevin's exit confirmed". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Kevin Sainte-Luce: Gateshead sign ex-AFC Wimbledon winger". BBC Sport. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Nuneaton Town 0-2 Gateshead". Gateshead FC. 17 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Grimsby Town 2-2 Gateshead". Gateshead FC. 4 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Gateshead confirm retained and released list". Gateshead FC. 11 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  15. ^ "KEVIN SAINTE-LUCE A SIGNE". FC Dieppe. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  16. ^ FC FLEURY 91 : KÉVIN SAINTE-LUCE A SIGNÉ EN NORMANDIE !, actufoot.com, 14 June 2019
  17. ^ a b "Games played by Kevin Sainte-Luce in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  18. ^ "Games played by Kevin Sainte-Luce in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  19. ^ a b "Games played by Kevin Sainte-Luce in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  20. ^ "Wrexham 1-1 Gateshead". Gateshead FC. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

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