Francis Gillot
French footballer (born 1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Francis Gillot (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sis ʒilo]; born 9 February 1960) is a football manager and former player who most recently managed Ligue 2 team AJ Auxerre.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1960-02-09) 9 February 1960 (age 64) | ||
Place of birth | Maubeuge, France | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1974 | Villiers-Siré-Nicole | ||
1974–1978 | Valenciennes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1982 | Valenciennes | 93 | (6) |
1982–1988 | Lens | 158 | (10) |
1988–1989 | Strasbourg | 20 | (2) |
1989–1993 | Lens | 90 | (2) |
1993 | Mulhouse | 5 | (0) |
1993–1996 | Montauban | ||
Managerial career | |||
2005–2007 | Lens | ||
2008–2011 | Sochaux | ||
2011–2014 | Bordeaux | ||
2014–2015 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
2017 | Auxerre | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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As a player, he was a defender and predominantly associated with his time at Valenciennes and Lens while having brief periods with Strasbourg as well as Mulhouse before ending his career with Montauban. Since retiring he initially moved into youth coaching before moving into assistant management and then gaining his first head coaching position with his former club Lens. He has gone on to manage Sochaux and went on to win the 2012–13 Coupe de France with Bordeaux.