Christian Bracconi

Christian Bracconi
Personal information
Date of birth	25 November 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Constantine, Algeria
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1983	Bastia
1983–1986	Racing Besançon
1986–1988	Metz
1988–1991	Bastia
Total
Managerial career
2013–2014	AC Ajaccio
2015	CA Bastia
2016–2017	Sochaux (assistant)
2017	Tubize (assistant)
2017–2019	Tubize
2019–2020	Virton
2021–2022	Saint-Éloi Lupopo
2022–2023	Virton
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Bracconi (born 25 November 1960) is a French-Italian football coach and a former player who played as a forward. During his playing days, Bracconi played for SC Bastia in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.

Playing career

Bracconi started his career in Ligue 1 with SC Bastia, whom he played for from 1980 to 1983.^[1] After spending three seasons with Bastia, Bracconi signed for Racing Besançon in Ligue 2. While at Besançon Bracconi enjoyed the best time of his career in which he scored 20 goals in his three seasons with the club in the second division. He then made the move back to Ligue 1 with FC Metz where he stayed for two seasons before moving back to Ligue 2 with former club SC Bastia. In 1991, after spending three seasons with Bastia, Bracconi retired from professional football.^[1]

Coaching career

On 4 November 2013, after Ligue 1 club AC Ajaccio sacked Fabrizio Ravanelli, Bracconi was made interim manager of the club.^[2] His first match in charge was on 9 November 2013 against Toulouse in which his side took the lead early in the 7th minute through Paul Lasne before giving away the equaliser in the 42nd minute as the match ended 1–1.^[3] His first league victory as manager of the club eventually came on 8 February 2014 against Rennes in which his side won 3–1.^[4] In October 2014, Bracconi was dismissed.^[5]

On 13 June 2015, Bracconi was appointed as manager of Championnat National club CA Bastia.^[6] He was dismissed in November, with the club in last place.^[7] In May 2016, he became assistant to his former Metz teammate Albert Cartier at Sochaux,^[8] and left a year later at the end of his contract.^[9]

In November 2017, Bracconi moved abroad to Tubize in the Belgian First Division B, as assistant to Sadio Demba, and became manager days later.^[10] He suffered relegation in his first year but the club were reinstated due to the administrative relegation of Lierse, and his contract was renewed.^[11] He resigned in June 2019 after another descent.^[12]

On 5 December 2019, Bracconi returned to Belgium's second tier with R.E. Virton, succeeding the German Dino Toppmöller.^[13]

Managerial statistics

As of 17 October 2014.

Team	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
AC Ajaccio	4 November 2013	October 2014	40	7	13	20	017.50
Total			40	7	13	20	017.50

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Christian Bracconi". Football Database. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ "Ligue 1: Christian Bracconi named interim Ajaccio coach after Fabrizio Ravanelli sacking". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ "TOULOUSE VS. AJACCIO 1 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ "AJACCIO VS. RENNES 3 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ "Bracconi virè de l'AC Ajaccio (in French)". m.lequipe.fr. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^ "Bracconi: Rebondir avec le CAB (in French)". corsenetinfos.fr. 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^ "National - Le CA Bastia limoge son entraîneur Christian Bracconi" [National = CA Bastia sack their manager Christian Bracconi] (in French). France 3. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "Communiqué : Christian Bracconi nouvel entraîneur adjoint" [Statement: Christian Bracconi new assistant manager] (in French). FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ Le Moing, Fabienne (15 June 2017). "FC Sochaux : présentation du staff par Peter Zeidler" [FC Sochaux: presentation of staff by Peter Zeidler] (in French). France 3. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "Tubize se sépare de son entraîneur Sadio Demba" [Tubize part ways with their manager Sadio Demba]. L'Avenir (in French). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "Christian Bracconi prolongé à Tubize: «Je suis honoré»" [Christian Bracconi extended at Tubize: "I am honoured"]. La Province (in French). 8 May 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "Christian Bracconi n'est plus l'entraîneur de l'AFC Tubize" [Christian Bracconi is no longer manager of AFC Tubize]. L'Avenir (in French). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "Christian Bracconi nouvel entraîneur de Virton" [Christian Bracconi new manager of Virton]. RTBF. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.