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French football manager (born 1982) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grégory Poirier (born 9 July 1982) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Ligue 2 club Red Star. As a player, he was a midfielder. As a manager, he won two consecutive promotions with Marseille Endoume from Régional 1 to Championnat National 2, and two more with Martigues from Championnat National 2 to Ligue 2.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 July 1982 | ||
Place of birth | La Rochelle, France | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Red Star (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | La Rochelle | ||
2003–2004 | Entente Perrier Vergèze | ||
2004–2009 | Arles | ||
2009–2010 | Nîmes | 5 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Amiens | 34 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2016–2017 | Arles-Avignon | ||
2017–2019 | Marseille Endoume | ||
2019–2020 | Saint-Malo | ||
2020 | Sedan | ||
2021–2024 | Martigues | ||
2024– | Red Star | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Poirier was a youth coach at Arles-Avignon before being named first-team manager in 2016, aged 34.[2] In March 2017, he took over at Marseille Endoume, and led them to consecutive promotions from the sixth-tier Régional 1 to the fourth-tier Championnat National 2.[3]
In June 2019, Poirier signed with Saint-Malo in the same league.[4] He resigned the following May with one year left on his contract; the season had been abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with his team in 9th.[5] He immediately moved to Sedan, where he was tasked with winning promotion to the Championnat National.[6] Having won once and drawn five times in seven games, he was sacked in December 2020, more than one month into another COVID-related hiatus.[7]
In May 2021, Poirier returned to Provence to manage Martigues in the fourth tier. He won promotion in his first season, ending a decade-long exile from the Championnat National.[8] Martigues finished the 2023–24 Championnat National as runners-up to Red Star, thus returning to Ligue 2 for the first time in 22 years.[9]
On 4 June 2024, Poirier succeeded Habib Beye as manager of Red Star.[10]
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