Jocelyn Gourvennec

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Jocelyn Gourvennec
Gourvennec as Guingamp manager in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jocelyn François Gourvennec
Date of birth (1972-03-22) 22 March 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Brest, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1987 Lorient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Lorient 49 (12)
1991–1995 Rennes 109 (35)
1995–1998 Nantes 89 (24)
1998–1999 Marseille 23 (5)
1999 Montpellier 7 (0)
2000–2002 Rennes 52 (3)
2002–2004 Bastia 60 (3)
2004–2005 Angers 17 (5)
2005–2006 Clermont 29 (1)
2006–2007 Rezé 0 (0)
Total 435 (88)
International career
1992–1994 France U21 5 (0)
1993–1996 France B 3 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2010 La Roche
2010–2016 Guingamp
2016–2018 Bordeaux
2018–2019 Guingamp
2021–2022 Lille
2023–2024 Nantes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jocelyn François Gourvennec (born 22 March 1972) is a French professional football manager and former player who most recently worked as the head coach of Ligue 1 club Nantes. He played as a midfielder for clubs such as Lorient, Rennes, Nantes, Marseille, Montpellier, Bastia, Angers, and Clermont.

Early life[edit]

Jocelyn François Gourvennec[2] was born on 22 March 1972 in Brest, Finistère.[1]

Club career[edit]

Gourvennec started his professional footballing career with Rennes and during his time at the club he won the Division 2 Player of the Year award of 1993.[3] He later moved to Marseille, where he played in the 1999 UEFA Cup Final, winning a runners-up medal with the Olympians after losing 3–0 against Parma.[1]

Managerial career[edit]

Following the end of his playing career, Gourvennec got into management, being named as Guingamp's manager in May 2010.[4] On 3 May 2014, he led Guingamp to success in the Coupe de France for only their second time by beating his old club Rennes.[5] In May 2016, Gourvennec took up the helm of Ligue 1 team Bordeaux.[5]

On 8 November 2018, Gourvennec returned to Guingamp as their new manager after sacking Antoine Kombouaré.[6] On 22 May 2019, the club announced that he had left the club by mutual agreement, after Gourvenenc was unable to guide the team to safety and the season ended with relegation to Ligue 2 for the first time since the 2003–04 season.[7]

On 5 July 2021, he became the new manager of a Lille side fresh off winning the 2020–21 Ligue 1 title,[8] following the departure of previous manager Christophe Galtier for Nice. On 1 August 2021, he won his first trophy with the club after defeating PSG 1–0 in the 2021 Trophée des Champions.[9]

On 29 November 2023, Gourvennec was named manager of Nantes until the end of the season.[10] He was sacked on 18 March 2024, and replaced by Antoine Kombouaré.[11]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of match played 16 March 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
La Roche 1 July 2008 17 May 2010 53 25 12 16 79 49 +30 047.17 [citation needed]
Guingamp 17 May 2010 27 May 2016 275 123 58 94 398 317 +81 044.73 [citation needed]
Bordeaux 27 May 2016 18 January 2018 71 28 19 24 94 92 +2 039.44 [12]
Guingamp 12 November 2018 24 May 2019 32 7 11 14 30 48 −18 021.88 [citation needed]
Lille 5 July 2021 16 June 2022 49 19 16 14 62 59 +3 038.78 [citation needed]
Nantes 29 November 2023 18 March 2024 15 4 1 10 11 20 −9 026.67 [citation needed]
Total 495 206 117 172 675 585 +90 041.62 —

Honours[edit]

Managerial[edit]

Guingamp

Lille

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Jocelyn Gourvennec". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ "SCI SOJO". Verif.com (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
    "Jocelyn Gourvennec". Verif.com (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "France - Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Sports article". Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  5. ^ a b c "Bordeaux name Gourvennec as new coach". FourFourTwo.
  6. ^ Guingamp: Jocelyn Gourvennec de retour comme entraîneur, L'Equipe, 8 November 2018
  7. ^ Guingamp and coach Gourvennec part ways following relegation, Fox Sports Asia, 22 May 2019
  8. ^ "Jocelyn Gourvennec est le nouvel entraîneur du LOSC". losc.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Lille beat PSG to clinch first French Super Cup". Sky Sports. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Nantes : Jocelyn Gourvennec nommé entraîneur jusqu'en fin de saison" [Nantes: Jocelyn Gourvennec appointed coach until end of season] (in French). L'Équipe. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Nantes brings back coach Antoine Kombouaré amid relegation fight in French league". AP News. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Jocelyn Gourvennec managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  13. ^ "EA Guingamp: They score when they want". French Football Weekly.

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