Stéphane Pichot

Stéphane Pichot (born 2 September 1976) is a French professional football coach and a former defender. He is the head coach of Lille U19.

Stéphane Pichot
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-09-02) 2 September 1976
Place of birth Ernée, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lille U19 (manager)
Youth career
Ernéenne Football
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Laval 141 (5)
2000–2004 Lille 115 (0)
2004–2006 Paris Saint-Germain 46 (0)
2006–2009 Sochaux 87 (0)
2009–2011 Strasbourg[1] 59 (0)
2011–2014 Mouscron 103 (1)
Total 551 (6)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Mouscron (assistant)
2015–2016 Lille (U15)
2016–2017 Lille (U16)
2017–2019 Lille (U17)
2019–2021 Le Mans (assistant)
2020 Le Mans (caretaker)
2021– Lille B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Pichot was born in Ernée, France. He played for PSG and on 2 July 2009 RC Strasbourg Alsace signed the former Sochaux right-back on a free transfer where he played until June 2011. While at Sochaux he played as they won the 2007 Coupe de France Final.[2]

Coaching career

Pichot retired at the age of 37 in the summer 2014 and then started his coaching career. He was immediately hired as an assistant coach for his latest club, Mouscron, in the summer 2014.[3] He left the position in July 2015.

In the following years, Pichot worked as a youth coach for his former club Lille OSC. He was in charge of the U15s in the 2015-16 season, the U16s in the 2016-17 season and from July 2017 to June 2019, he was in charge of the U17, which he - in his last season led to the second place in the French U17 championship.

In June 2017 it was confirmed, that Pichot had been hired as an assistant coach at newly promoted Ligue 2 club Le Mans FC under head coach Richard Déziré.[4] After Déziré was fired on 25 February 2020, Pichot was appointed caretaker manager.[5] Pichot was in charge until 29 February 2020, where Réginald Ray was appointed as the new head coach. Pichot then continued in his role as an assistant.

References
  1. "Jocelyn AHOUÉYA - Racing Club de Strasbourg - racingstub.com". RC Strasbourg. 19 December 1985. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  2. "Sochaux the defending champions". ligue1.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. STÉPHANE PICHOT : "LE LOSC ? MES PLUS BELLES ANNÉES", losc.fr, 3 September 2014
  4. MERCI ET BONNE ROUTE, STÉPHANE PICHOT, losc.fr, 26 JUNE 2017
  5. Le Mans – Stéphane Pichot : « Je n’ai aucune certitude sur mon poste dans l’avenir », maligue2.fr, 25 February 2020
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