Yannick Quesnel

Yannick Daniel Quesnel (born 24 October 1973) is a French retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Yannick Quesnel
Personal information
Full name Yannick Daniel Quesnel
Date of birth (1973-10-24) 24 October 1973
Place of birth Libourne, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Saint Emillion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Sochaux 0 (0)
1993–1995 Libourne
1995–1998 Bordeaux 0 (0)
1998–2000 Cannes 49 (0)
2000–2001 Naval 19 (0)
2001–2004 Alverca 94 (0)
2004–2006 Benfica 0 (0)
2005 → Estoril (loan) 8 (0)
2005–2006 → Marseille (loan) 0 (0)
2006–2007 Monaco 0 (0)
2007–2009 Pennoise
2009–2010 Stade Bordelais
2010–2011 Pennoise
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Most of his professional career was spent in Portugal, notably playing in two Primeira Liga seasons with Alverca. He also represented Benfica for five months.

Football career

Born in Libourne, Aquitaine, Quesnel's early professional career in his country was highly unsuccessful, as he only managed to appear with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and FC Girondins de Bordeaux's reserve teams over five seasons combined, eventually moving to Ligue 2 club AS Cannes. In 2000, he began an adventure in Portugal that would last five years, starting with second division's Associação Naval 1º de Maio and signing with F.C. Alverca in the following year.[1]

After stellar performances at Alverca, at the time S.L. Benfica's farm team, which included winning the Goalkeeper of the Year award in 2001–02 even though the former suffered Primeira Liga relegation,[2] Quesnel signed with precisely the latter on a three-year contract.[3] Being only third-choice behind José Moreira and Quim, however,[4] he would spend the next one and a half seasons loaned, one of those back in his country with Olympique de Marseille.[5]

After an unassuming campaign with AS Monaco FC, having already cut ties with Benfica (he did not manage to appear once in the league with both Ligue 1 sides combined), Quesnel played the remainder of his career in French amateur football.

Honours

Club

Marseille

Benfica

Individual

References
  1. "Yannick: 24 anos de futebol" [Yannick: 24 years of football] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 November 2001. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  2. "Yannick segurou a subida do Alverca" [Yannick confirmed promotion for Alverca]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 27 May 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. "Yannick finalmente no Benfica" [Yannick finally to Benfica]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 24 June 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. "Adriano Bardin: "Moreira actua na Liga e Quim na Taça UEFA"" [Adriano Bardin: «Moreira plays in League and Quim in the UEFA Cup»]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 October 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. "Yannick no Marselha" [Yannick to Marseille]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 July 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  6. "Marseille 5-1 Deportivo (Aggregate: 5 - 3)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-31. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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