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French footballer and manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fabien Mercadal (born 29 February 1972) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 February 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Manosque, France | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1991 | AC Digne | ||
1991–1994 | Marseille B | ||
1994–1995 | Gap | ||
1995–1997 | Évry FC | ||
1997–1999 | Saint-Georges | ||
1999–2000 | Gap | ||
2000–2002 | Manosque | ||
2002–2004 | Gap | ||
Managerial career | |||
2004–2005 | Gap (assistant) | ||
2005–2008 | Gap | ||
2008–2012 | Amiens (assistant) | ||
2012–2016 | Dunkerque | ||
2016–2017 | Tours | ||
2017–2018 | Paris FC | ||
2018–2019 | Caen | ||
2019 | Cercle Brugge | ||
2020–2021 | Dunkerque | ||
2022 | Quevilly-Rouen | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
After an amateur playing career, he began managing in the fourth tier with Gap, going on to spend one season in Ligue 1 with Caen in 2018–19. He also led Tours, Paris FC, Dunkerque and Quevilly-Rouen in Ligue 2 and had a brief spell in the Belgian First Division A with Cercle Brugge.
Mercadal was born in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, to a Corsican father who had played in Division 3 for AJ Auxerre. Mercadal himself was in the youth ranks of Olympique de Marseille but suffered an injury that limited him to playing in the third and fourth divisions.[1]
Mercadal began his managerial career as an assistant at his final playing club, Gap FC, before being their head coach between 2005 and 2008 in the fourth-tier Championnat de France Amateur. For the next four years he was assistant at Amiens SC in Ligue 2 and the Championnat National;[2] he was interim manager on 23 October 2009 in a 1–0 loss at ES Troyes AC. Known for his passion, he vomited after defeat in his early career.[3]
In June 2012, Mercadal was hired at fourth-tier USL Dunkerque, winning promotion in his first season.[4] After coming 5th, 6th and 6th in the third tier, he was appointed at Tours FC in Ligue 2 in June 2016.[5] He drew 0–0 at home to Ajaccio on his professional career debut on 29 July, and was dismissed on 18 February 2017 with his team in last.[6]
Mercadal found another job in Ligue 2 in June 2017, being hired by Paris FC, who had been restored to the division after the administrative relegation of SC Bastia.[7] He came 8th in his one season at the Stade Charléty, and was eliminated from the eighth round of the Coupe de France 3–2 at third-tier Entente SSG.[8]
On 8 June 2018, Mercadal was announced as the manager of Ligue 1 side Stade Malherbe Caen on a three-year deal, with Paris FC being compensated for the last year of his contract.[9] His top-flight debut on 12 August was a 3–0 loss at reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain FC.[10] His team reached the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France via a 7–5 win at Bastia on 5 February 2019.[11] He left by mutual consent on 25 May, after a 1–0 home loss to FC Girondins de Bordeaux on the final day and relegation to Ligue 2.[12]
In July 2019, Mercadal was hired in the first foreign job of his career, at Cercle Brugge K.S.V. in the Belgian First Division A.[13] He was fired on 7 October after losing nine of ten league games and losing 1–0 at home to fourth-tier R.U.S. Rebecquoise in the sixth round of the Belgian Cup.[14]
On 16 May 2020, Mercadal returned to Dunkerque on a two-year contract, with the team newly promoted to Ligue 2.[15] Having avoided the relegation play-off on goal difference in his one season back at the Stade Marcel-Tribut, he left by mutual consent.[16]
Mercadal returned to work in Ligue 2 on 4 January 2022 at Quevilly-Rouen, signing an 18-month deal at the 11th-placed club.[17] In May he received a four-match ban, of which two were suspended, for an obscene gesture on his return to Caen.[18] He left for personal reasons at the end of the month.[19]
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Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Gap | ![]() |
1 July 2005 | 1 July 2008 | 104 | 42 | 38 | 24 | 150 | 110 | +40 | 40.38 |
Dunkerque | ![]() |
3 June 2012 | 7 June 2016 | 155 | 73 | 45 | 37 | 227 | 142 | +85 | 47.10 |
Tours | ![]() |
13 June 2016 | 18 February 2017 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 14.81 |
Paris FC | ![]() |
21 June 2017 | 2 June 2018 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 40.48 |
Caen | ![]() |
8 June 2018 | 25 May 2019 | 43 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 20.93 |
Cercle Brugge | ![]() |
19 June 2019 | 7 October 2019 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 9.09 |
Total | 382 | 146 | 119 | 117 | 506 | 428 | +78 | 38.22 |
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