Pascal Plancque

Pascal Plancque (born 20 August 1963) is a French professional football manager and former player, who was most recently in charge of Nîmes.

Pascal Plancque

Plancque as Niort manager in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-08-20) 20 August 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Cherbourg, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Nîmes (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1987	Lille	111	(11)
1987–1988	Auxerre	13	(0)
1988–1990	Laval	26	(2)
1990–1995	Pau	84	(6)
Total		234	(19)
Managerial career
1995–1997	Arin Luzien
1998–1999	Pau
2000–2002	Auxerre (reserves)
2002–2007	Lille (reserves)
2007–2008	Lille (assistant)
2008–2009	Lille (reserves)
2010–2011	Boulogne (assistant)
2011–2012	Boulogne
2012–2015	Lens (reserves)
2016–2017	Southampton (assistant)
2017–2018	Leicester City (assistant)
2019–2020	Niort
2021–2022	Nîmes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

During a 15-year playing career, Plancque made more than 200 league appearances for four clubs.

Managerial career

Plancque began his managerial career with amateur side Arin Luzien in 1995, and went on to coach Pau and Lille reserves before becoming Boulogne's new manager in 2011. One year later, he was appointed in the managerial role of RC Lens reserves, where he stayed until 2015.

On 30 June 2016, Plancque joined English club Southampton as assistant first team coach to manager Claude Puel.^[1] He joined Puel as assistant manager at his next club, Leicester City. However, on 3 August 2018, Plancque left his role at the club.^[2]

On 14 January 2019, Plancque took over the vacant managerial position at Chamois Niortais in Ligue 2, following the sacking, despite unexpectedly convincing results of Patrice Lair.^[3] After disappointing results, Plancque was relieved of his duties on 5 January 2020.^[4]

Honours

Auxerre

• Cup of the Alps: 1987