Jacques-Olivier Paviot

Jacques-Olivier Paviot (born 19 December 1976) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Jacques Paviot

Personal information
Full name	Jacques-Olivier Paviot
Date of birth	(1976-12-19) 19 December 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Fort-de-France, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Mulhouse
2000–2001	Pau FC
2001–2002	CO Saint-Dizier
2002–2004	SO Romorantin
2004–2006	Skoda Xanthi	57	(4)
2007	Ionikos	14	(0)
2008	Levadiakos	7	(0)
2008–2009	Ilisiakos
2009–2010	Pau FC
Managerial career
2010–2011	Pau FC
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Paviot left his native Martinique at the age of 19 to move to Brittany.^[1]

He played for Pau FC from December 1999 to June 2001.^[2] He had a stint with SO Romorantin.^[3]

Paviot spent the latter years of his career in Greece where he achieved celebrity status for his special talent, which was named by the acclaimed Greek radio sports show "Fight Club" as "koukouna".

Paviot had a trial with Scottish side Heart of Midlothian in the 2001–02 season and signed a provisional two-month contract.^[4][5] After sustaining an injury he was not offered a permanent deal.^[5] He trained with Livingston in July 2002 and was close to signing permanently^[5] but the deal was not finalised.^{[citation needed]}

He re-joined Pau FC in summer 2009 before retiring a year later.^[2]

Coaching career

In mid-September 2010 Paviot became coach of the U14 team at Pau FC. In early December he was appointed interim manager of the first team.^[2]