Benoît Tavenot

Benoît Tavenot (born 3 January 1977) is a French football manager and former player. He is the manager of Ligue 2 club SC Bastia.

Benoît Tavenot

Tavenot as assistant manager of Metz in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-01-03) 3 January 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	SC Bastia (head coach)
Youth career
	AS Kilstett
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	AS Strasbourg
1998–1999	ASPV Strasbourg
1999–2003	CA Bastia
2003–2004	SC Bastia B
Managerial career
2018	Bastia-Borgo
2023–2024	Dijon
2024–	SC Bastia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Paris, Tavenot was raised in Strasbourg in Alsace.^[1] A midfielder, he began playing in his adopted region for AS Kilstett, AS Strasbourg and AS Pierrots Vauban Strasbourg.^[2]

Coaching career

Tavenot worked in several posts within SC Bastia including as assistant manager and reserve team manager.^[3] In February 2018 he was named manager at Championnat National 2 (fourth-tier) club FC Bastia-Borgo, the successor to his former club CA Bastia.^[4]

After one year as assistant manager of Cercle Brugge in the Belgian Pro League, Tavenot was named as part of the staff of Vincent Hognon at Metz in June 2019.^[5] He retained his post under succeeding manager Frédéric Antonetti but left the club as did the latter following relegation to Ligue 2 in 2022; Tavenot's contract was set to last to 2024.^[6]

In February 2023, Tavenot returned to the city where he grew up, joining RC Strasbourg Alsace again as Antonetti's assistant.^[1] Possessing the Brevet d'entraîneur professionnel de football [fr] to coach football in France to the highest level, he left this post in June,^[7] and became head coach of Dijon in the third-tier Championnat National on a two-year deal.^[8]

Having come fourth in his only season at Dijon, Tavenot left by mutual consent in June 2024 while strongly linked to a return to SC Bastia as head coach.^[9] He joined the Corsican club of Ligue 2 on a two-year deal, with his former mentor Antonetti being the director of football.^[10] In his debut as manager in a professional division on 19 August, his team drew 1–1 at Metz.^[11]