Daniel Leclercq

Daniel Leclercq (4 September 1949 – 22 November 2019) was a French football defender and manager. He played 440 matches from 1967 to 1984 for US Valenciennes, Olympique de Marseille and RC Lens. He later managed clubs from 1986 to 2017.

Daniel Leclercq

Personal information
Date of birth	(1949-09-04)4 September 1949
Place of birth	Trith-Saint-Léger, France
Date of death	22 November 2019(2019-11-22) (aged 70)
Place of death	Martinique, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1961–1967	Valenciennes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1970	Valenciennes	30	(3)
1970–1974	Marseille	75	(4)
1971–1972	→ Angoulême (loan)	14	(4)
1974–1983	Lens	289	(27)
1983–1984	Valenciennes	33	(2)
Total		441	(40)
Managerial career
1986–1987	Valenciennes
1997–1999	Lens
2001	La Louvière
2003–2005	Valenciennes
2009–2016	Arleux-Fechain
2017	Douai
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He remains the only manager to have led RC Lens to the Ligue 1 championship.^[1]

Leclercq died in Martinique on 22 November 2019 from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 70.^[2]