Jean-Luc Vasseur
Jean-Luc Vasseur in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jean-Luc Vasseur
Date of birth (1969-01-01) 1 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Poissy, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992 Paris Saint-Germain 22 (0)
1992–1995 Rennes 96 (2)
1995–1996 Saint-Étienne 13 (0)
1996–1998 Créteil 35 (3)
1998–1999 Racing Paris 14 (0)
1999–2001 Aubervilliers
Total 180 (5)
Managerial career
2001–2011 Paris Saint-Germain (youth)
2011–2014 Créteil
2014–2015 Reims
2015–2016 Paris FC
2017–2018 Châteauroux
2019–2021 Lyon (women)
2021–2022 Everton (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean-Luc Vasseur (born 1 January 1969) is a French professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of FA WSL club Everton.

Career

As a player, Vasseur played with Paris Saint-Germain, Stade Rennais, Saint-Étienne, Créteil, Racing Paris and FCM Aubervilliers. In June 2014, he was appointed as the new manager of Stade de Reims.[2] Previously he spent three seasons with US Créteil. In 2013, he won the Championnat National with US Créteil. In his first Ligue 1 game, he managed a 2–2 draw with Stade de Reims against defending champions Paris Saint-Germain.[3]

On 7 April 2015, Vasseur was sacked as manager of Stade de Reims.[4]

On 17 June 2019, Vasseur was appointed manager of Lyon Féminin.[5]

On 28 April 2021, Lyon sacked Vasseur and replaced him with Sonia Bompastor.[6]

On 29 October 2021, Everton Women hired Vasseur as their manager on a contract to June 2024, succeeding Willie Kirk.[7] However, Everton then sacked Vasseur on 1 February 2022, after three losses, two draws, and one win. The Telegraph reported that players were also unhappy with Vasseur's training methods.[8][9]

Personal life

Vasseur is the godfather of Francis De Percin's daughter. They were teammates at Paris Saint-Germain.[10]

Honours

Manager

Paris Saint-Germain U17
Créteil
Lyon Féminin

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Jean-Luc Vasseur". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. ^ "France - J. Vasseur - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  3. ^ "Reims vs. PSG - 8 August 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  4. ^ "Reims dismiss Jean-Luc Vasseur after third straight Ligue 1 loss". Sky Sports. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. ^ Jean-Luc Vasseur: "the bar is high, but i accept it", ol.fr, 18 June 2019
  6. ^ "Lyon: Sonia Bompastor replaces Jean-Luc Vasseur as French champions' coach". bbc.co.uk. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  7. ^ "Everton Women appoint former Lyon manager Jean-Luc Vasseur". The Guardian. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  8. ^ Bosher, Luke; Harpur, Charlotte (8 April 2022). "Everton Women appoint Brian Sorensen as their new manager for 2022-23 season". The Athletic. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  9. ^ Garry, Tom (2 February 2022). "Everton sack manager Jean-Luc Vasseur after just 10 games in charge of women's side". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Francis De Percin  : « J'ai préféré privilégier ma reconversion plutôt que de galérer »" [Francis De Percin: "I preferred favoring my post-career rather than struggling"]. PSG70 (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Jean-Luc Vasseur wins UEFA Women's Coach of the Year award". UEFA. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  12. ^ "2020 Winners". World Soccer. Winter 2020. p. 39.
  13. ^ "IFFHS WORLD AWARDS 2020 - THE WINNERS". IFFHS. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.


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