Cédric Hengbart

Cédric Hengbart (born 13 July 1980) is a French professional football manager and former player. He is assistant coach at Ligue 2 club Caen. In his playing days, he was a defender.^[2]

Cédric Hengbart

Hengbart in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-07-13) 13 July 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Falaise, France[1]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team	Caen (assistant manager)
Youth career
	Mondeville
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2008	Caen	249	(13)
2008–2013	Auxerre	162	(11)
2013–2014	Ajaccio	27	(0)
2014	Kerala Blasters	13	(0)
2015	Mondeville	3	(0)
2015	NorthEast United	12	(0)
2016	Kerala Blasters	17	(1)
2017	Mosta	7	(0)
Total		486	(25)
Managerial career
0000–2021	Caen B (assistant)
2021–	Caen (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Ajaccio

On 31 May 2013, AC Ajaccio announced the signing of Hengbart on a two-year contract.^[3]

Kerala Blasters

On 21 August 2014, Hengbart was drafted by Indian Super League side Kerala Blasters.^[4]

Hengbart was instrumental in Kerala Blasters FC reaching the Hero ISL 2014 finals and also notched up an assist en route. Hengbart registered the second best passing accuracy (88.19%) in ISL 2014 (*Minimum 4 matches), having completed 381 passes.^[5]

NorthEast United

The following season, he signed for NorthEast United FC.^[6]

Kerala Blasters

Again in August 2016, Hengbart returned to Kerala Blasters. On 17 October 2016, he scored his first goal for Kerala Blasters, the only goal in a 1–1 draw, playing away against Pune City.

He wore the armband when marquee player Aaron Hughes went for his international duty or was injured.^[7]

Managerial career

On 23 March 2021, Hengbart was promoted to assistant coach of Caen following the dismissal of Pascal Dupraz and appointment of Fabrice Vandeputte as head coach.^[8]