Maxence Flachez

Maxence Flachez (born 5 August 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a central defender, and is a manager.

Maxence Flachez

Flachez in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Maxence Flachez
Date of birth	(1972-08-05) 5 August 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Grenoble, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	ES Manival
	Lyon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1995	Lyon	55	(2)
1995–1996	Martigues	31	(3)
1996–2004	Sochaux	280	(12)
2004–2005	Guingamp	30	(0)
2005–2007	Valenciennes	67	(2)
2007–2009	Grenoble	47	(0)
Total		510	(19)
International career
1992–1995	France U21
Managerial career
2013–2015	Lyon (U19)
2015–2017	Lyon B
2018	Montreal Impact (assistant)
2019–2021	Marseille B (assistant)
2021–2022	LB Chateauroux (assistant)
2022–2023	LB Chateauroux
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Born in Grenoble, Flachez made his professional – and Ligue 1 – debut for Olympique Lyonnais on 29 August 1992 (aged 20), in a 2–2 home draw against Olympique de Marseille. Ironically, after gaining more experience he appeared less for the first team, eventually leaving in the summer of 1995.

After one year in FC Martigues, Flachez joined FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, where he would remain for eight straight seasons always as an undisputed starter (four years apiece in the top flight and Ligue 2), playing more than 300 competitive matches. In 2002–03 he helped the team finish fifth and reach the final of the Coupe de la Ligue; as the latter competition winners AS Monaco FC ranked second in the league and qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Sochaux qualified for the UEFA Cup, where the player took part in his first matches (six).

Flachez spent one more campaign in the second division with En Avant de Guingamp, then switched to another side in that level, Valenciennes FC, which he helped promote immediately as champions.^[1] A final promotion to the top tier was achieved in 2007–08, with hometown's Grenoble Foot 38; after their subsequent relegation, he retired from football at nearly 37 and returned to first professional club Lyon, as a TV pundit for the official channel.

Coaching career

Flachez started working as a manager in 2015, going on to spend four years at Lyon in charge of the under-19 side as well as the reserves.^[2][3]

On 10 January 2018, Flachez was appointed assistant manager of Canadian club Montreal Impact under manager Rémi Garde.^[4]

In July 2019 it was confirmed, that Flanchez would be the assistant manager of Philippe Anziani for the B-team of Olympique de Marseille.^[5]

Honours

Sochaux

• Ligue 2: 2000–01
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2003–04; runners-up 2002–03

Valenciennes

• Ligue 2: 2005–06

References

1. "Foot − VAFC − Flachez: "On était un groupe de copains qui avait envie de quelque chose"" [Foot − VAFC − Flachez: "We were a group of buddies that were hungry for something"]. La Voix du Nord (in French). 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
2. "Maxence Flachez entraîneur des U19" [Maxence Flachez manager of the U19s] (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
3. "OL: Maxence Flachez a quitté l'OL faute de prolongation" [OL: Maxence Flachez leaves l'OL after failing to agree to extension] (in French). Foot 01. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
4. Maxence Flachez - Assistant Coach | Montreal Impact, impactmontreal.com, 10 January 2018
5. Maxence Flachez nommé entraîneur adjoint de l'équipe réserve de l'OM, lequipe.fr, 20 July 2019

External links

• Maxence Flachez at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Maxence Flachez – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)