Mathieu Chabert

Mathieu Chabert (born 5 December 1978) is a French football manager and a former player who played as a goalkeeper. who was most recently head coach of Championnat National club Ajaccio.

Mathieu Chabert

Chabert in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-12-05) 5 December 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Béziers, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1997	Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997	Udinese
1997	Ayr United
1997–1998	Rouen
1998–2003	Béziers
Managerial career
2003–2004	Béziers (assistant)
2004–2005	Béziers Cheminots
2005–2006	Saint-Chinian
2006–2007	Sète
2008–2009	PCAC Sète
2009–2011	Sète
2011–2013	Béziers B
2013–2019	Béziers
2019–2021	Bastia
2021–2022	Châteauroux
2023	Dunkerque
2024	Le Mans
2024–2025	Ajaccio
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Chabert was a goalkeeper and was part of Saint-Étienne's youth academy, and briefly joined Udinese in Italy, and Ayr United in Scotland before spending the rest of his playing career in the lower leagues of France.^[1]

Managerial career

Chabert joined Béziers in 2011 as an assistant and became the senior coach in 2013.^[2] Chabert helped promote AS Béziers into the French Ligue 2 for the first time in their history in 2018.^[3]

In late October 2019 Chabert left Béziers to manage SC Bastia, dropping a league in what was reported as a surprise move.^[4] He led Bastia to promotion to Ligue 2 in the 2020–21 season. On 22 September 2021, he was dismissed by Bastia after gaining 7 points in the first 9 games of the Ligue 2 season.^[5]

On 14 October 2021, he was hired by Châteauroux, returning to Championnat National.^[6] More than a year later he was sacked on 29 November.

On 2 March 2023, he succeeded Romain Revelli as manager of Dunkerque in the Championnat National.^[7] He managed to get the club promoted to Ligue 2, but on 24 September 2023, he was sacked with the club in 17th position.^[8]