{{Short description|French footballer and coach (born 1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ludovic Pollet | image = | fullname = | height = 1.83 m | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|6|18}} | birth_place = [[Vieux-Condé]], France | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[AS Cannes|Cannes]] | years1 = 1991–1995 | clubs1 = [[AS Cannes|Cannes]] | caps1 = 38 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 1995–1999 | clubs2 = [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]] | caps2 = 103 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1999 | clubs3 = → [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] (loan) | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1999–2003 | clubs4 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] | caps4 = 72 | goals4 = 7 | years5 = 2002–2003 | clubs5 = → [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] (loan) | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2003–2006 | clubs6 = [[USL Dunkerque|Dunkerque]] | caps6 = 57 | goals6 = 3 | totalcaps = 281 | totalgoals = 13 | manageryears1 = 2010–2012 | managerclubs1 = [[USL Dunkerque|Dunkerque]] | manageryears2 = 2012–2015 | managerclubs2 = [[Tarbes Pyrénées Football|Tarbes Pyrénées]] | manageryears3 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs3 = [[Union Sportive Gravelines Football|Gravelines]] | manageryears4 = 2018–2020 | managerclubs4 = [[AS Cannes|Cannes]] }}
'''Ludovic Pollet''' (born 18 June 1970) is a French former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. He worked most recently as a coach at [[AS Cannes|Cannes]].
==Playing career== Born in [[Vieux-Condé]], Pollet began his career as a trainee at [[AS Cannes|Cannes]], breaking into the first team in 1991. He made nine appearances in his debut season as the club were relegated from [[Ligue 1]]. He made sporadic appearances over the next two seasons as the club regained its top flight status. Pollet really established himself during the [[1994–95 French Division 1|1994–95 season]], where he also scored his first professional goal.
He was signed by [[Ligue 2]] side [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]] in Summer 1995 and he became a first choice player as the club won promotion. He played three seasons in France's top division with the club before being loaned out to [[Football League First Division|English First Division]] side [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] in September 1999.
Pollet made his [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolves]] debut on 11 September 1999 in a 0–1 defeat to [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]. After impressing over six loan games, he was signed permanently for £350,000 in October 1999. He became a first choice player in [[Colin Lee]]'s side and his performances saw him become a fan favourite as he was voted Player of the Season.
He remained a first choice player during the [[2000–01 in English football|2000–01]] campaign, but the following summer saw new manager [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] reshape the squad, relegating Pollet to the substitutes bench. He managed only ten further league outings for the club over the next two seasons, although gaining some playing time on loan at lower league [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]. He was eventually released by [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolves]] in June 2003, days after they gained promotion to the [[Premier League]].
Pollet then returned to his native France with [[USL Dunkerque|Dunkerque]], where he played for three further seasons, before retiring and becoming an assistant coach at the club.
==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|ludovic-pollet|new_id=pe69508}} * {{Soccerbase}}
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