Oswald Tanchot

Oswald Tanchot (born 7 August 1973) is a French professional football manager and former player.

Oswald Tanchot

Tanchot in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-08-07) 7 August 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth	Mayenne, France
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1994	Laval B	61	(1)
1993–1994	→ Saint-Leu (loan)	18	(1)
1994–1995	Laval	12	(0)
1995–1996	Fécamp	31	(4)
1996–1997	Vitré	30	(3)
1997–1999	Avranches	54	(5)
1999–2003	Vitré
2003–2004	Perpignan Canet
2004–2005	La Vitréenne
Total		206	(14)
Managerial career
2005–2011	La Vitréenne
2011–2015	Le Poiré-sur-Vie
2016–2019	Le Havre
2020–2021	Amiens
2022	Volos
2023–2024	Sochaux
2024	Grenoble
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Tanchot started his career with Laval, and played 12 Ligue 2 matches for the club in the 1994–95 season. He went on to play in the French lower leagues for five different clubs in a ten-year period.

Managerial career

In 2005, Tanchot was appointed manager of Division d'Honneur side La Vitréenne and led the team to promotion in his first season. He remained with La Vitréenne until July 2011 when he was hired as the new manager of Le Poiré-sur-Vie, replacing Alain Ferrand.

In 2016, he was named assistant manager of Ligue 2 club Le Havre AC. Following Bob Bradley's departure to Swansea City Tanchot was named new manager of Le Havre. He left the post at the end of the 2018–19 season. Incredibly, after just one game in charge of Volos NPS in August 2022 he was sacked. Tanchot managed Volos to a 3–3 draw against Asteras Tripolis.^[1]

On 28 May 2024, Tanchot signed a two-year contract to manage Grenoble.^[2]

Managerial statistics

As of 20 October 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
La Vitréenne		1 July 2005	1 July 2011	197	81	79	37	041.12
Le Poiré-sur-Vie		1 July 2011	17 August 2015	161	63	40	58	039.13
Le Havre		4 October 2016	28 May 2019	121	51	36	34	042.15
Amiens		29 September 2020	16 June 2021	35	11	12	12	031.43
Volos		1 July 2022	20 August 2022	1	0	1	0	000.00
Sochaux		1 July 2023	Present	10	3	3	4	030.00
Career totals				525	209	171	145	039.81