Stéphane Le Mignan

Stéphane Le Mignan
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-06-04) 4 June 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Auray, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Metz (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Montagnarde
1994–1996 Pontivy
1996–2000 Locminé
2000–2001 Vannes 1 (0)
Managerial career
2002–2012 Vannes
2013–2016 Boulogne
2017 Créteil
2018–2019 Al-Gharafa (assistant)
2020–2024 Concarneau
2024– Metz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stéphane Le Mignan (born 4 June 1974) is a French football coach and a former midfielder. He is the manager of Ligue 2 side Metz.

After a lower-league playing career, he began managing at Vannes in 2002, winning the Championnat National in 2008 and finishing runners-up in the Coupe de la Ligue in 2009. He also won the Championnat National with Concarneau in 2023.

Career

Vannes

Le Mignan spent his entire playing career in the French lower leagues with Montagnarde, Pontivy, Locminé and Vannes. In November 2002, after dismissing Denis Goavec, Vannes hired recently retired Le Mignan as manager.[1] The team achieved promotion from the fourth-tier Championnat de France Amateur to the Championnat National under him in 2005.[2]

In the 2006–07 Coupe de France, Vannes won 2–0 after extra time in the last 16 away to Ligue 2 team Montpellier,[3] then lost 5–0 at Ligue 1 Marseille in the quarter-finals.[4] Vannes won the 2007–08 Championnat National to earn promotion to Ligue 2 for the first time.[5] This also meant a debut campaign in the Coupe de la Ligue, beating top-flight Valenciennes, Auxerre and Nice before a 4–0 final loss to Bordeaux at the Stade de France.[6][7]

In the 2010–11 Ligue 2, the team were relegated in 18th place on the final day, and the budget for the following season was thereby reduced from €8.5 million to €4 million, resulting in 14 players being released.[8] On 27 December 2012, after over a decade in charge, Le Mignan was dismissed with the team 7th in the third tier, six points off Poiré-sur-Vie in third.[9]

Boulogne

In June 2013, Le Mignan was hired by third-tier Boulogne.[10] On his debut on 6 August, the team lost on penalties at home to Créteil in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue.[11]

Le Mignan led his team to the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France in 2014–15, beating second-tier opposition Le Havre in the eighth round and Quevilly in the last 16.[12][13] On 3 March 2015, the team were eliminated on penalties at their Stade de la Libération by top-flight Saint-Étienne.[14]

Le Mignan was dismissed on 21 February 2016, with the club in 10th place and two points above the relegation zone.[15]

Créteil

On 9 January 2017, Le Mignan was hired at Créteil, ranked 14th in the third tier.[16] On his debut four days later, the team won 2–1 at home to Consolat Marseille.[17] He was dismissed on 21 November, with the team in the same place as when he took them over.[18]

In June 2018, Le Mignan had the first foreign experience of his career, being chosen as assistant for a year at Al-Gharafa SC in the Qatar Stars League, under fellow Breton Christian Gourcuff.[19]

Concarneau

On 14 March 2020, Le Mignan returned to France's third tier, being named manager at 11th-placed Concarneau in his native region.[20] As the season was annulled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he did not debut until 21 August, when his team began the new campaign with a 2–0 win at Avranches.[21] In May 2022, he extended his contract for three more years.[22]

Le Mignan took on his former club Vannes on 29 October 2022 in the seventh round of the Coupe de France, losing on penalties.[23] The following 26 May, with a 2–1 final day win at Orléans, the team won the league title ahead of Dunkerque to play in Ligue 2 for the first time in their history.[24]

Honours

Vannes

Concarneau

References

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  2. ^ "AMICAL. US Montagnarde (CFA2) - Vannes OC (nat. ) : 1-0 Un premier test intéressant" [FRIENDLY. US Montagnarde (CFA2) - Vannes OC (Nat.): 1–0 a first interesting test]. Le Télégramme (in French). 21 July 2005. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Montpellier - Vannes : 0-2 (a.p.). Ça sentait le KO..." [Montpellier - Vannes: 0-2 (a.e.t.). It felt like a knockout...]. Le Télégramme (in French). 31 January 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Coupe de France. Vannes : retour sur terre" [Coupe de France. Vannes: back to planet Earth]. Le Télégramme (in French). 1 March 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b Arnou, Maxime (30 July 2008). "Ils veulent rester en Ligue 2" [They want to stay in Ligue 2]. Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Stunning Vannes to face Bordeaux in Cup final". France 24. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Bordeaux : Vannes ouvertes et premier titre de saison (4-0) en coupe de la Ligue" [Bordeaux: Vannes opened up and first title of the season (4-0) in Coupe de la Ligue]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 26 April 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ^ "VOC en National. Quatorze joueurs sur la touche" [VOC in the National. Fourteen players laid off]. Le Télégramme (in French). 9 September 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Foot. Vannes se sépare de Stéphane Le Mignan" [Football. Vannes separate from Stéphane Le Mignan]. Ouest-France (in French). 27 December 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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  12. ^ "Football (Coupe de France): US Boulogne : un match de toute beauté et les 32e à la clé !" [Football (Coupe de France): US Boulogne: a beautiful match and the last 64 on the line!]. La Voix du Nord (in French). 7 December 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  13. ^ Silvestro, Éric (11 February 2015). "Coupe de France : Boulogne élimine Quevilly" [Coupe de France: Boulogne eliminate Quevilly] (in French). RTL. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  14. ^ Fortune, Gregory (3 March 2015). "Saint-Étienne en demi-finale de Coupe de France pour la première fois depuis 1993" [Saint-Étienne in Coupe de France semi-finals for the first time since 1993] (in French). RTL. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Boulogne: Le Mignan écarté de l'équipe A" [Boulogne: Le Mignan ousted from the first team]. L'Équipe (in French). 21 February 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Stéphane Le Mignan nouvel entraîneur de Créteil" [Stéphane Le Mignan new manager of Créteil]. L'Équipe (in French). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Foot, National: Le Mignan toujours invaincu avec Créteil après le nul (1-1) à Béziers" [Football, National: Le Mignan still unbeaten with Créteil after draw (1-1) at Béziers]. Le Parisien (in French). 20 January 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Créteil. Le Mignan écarté" [Créteil. Le Mignan dismissed]. Le Télégramme (in French). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  19. ^ Paulou, Anne (20 June 2018). "Al-Gharafa. Le Mignan rejoint Gourcuff !" [Al Gharafa. Le Mignan joins Gourcuff!]. Le Télégramme (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  20. ^ Minonzio, Pierre-Étienne (14 March 2020). "National : Stéphane Le Mignan nommé entraîneur de l'US Concarneau" [National: Stéphane Le Mignan named manager of US Concarneau]. L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  21. ^ Machado, Pierre (21 August 2020). "Football. National : Avranches trébuche d'entrée face à Concarneau (0-2)" [Football. National: Avranches stumble from the start against Concarneau (0-2)] (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  22. ^ "National : Stéphane Le Mignan prolonge jusqu'en 2025 à l'US Concarneau" [National: Stéphane Le Mignan extends with US Concarneau until 2025]. Le Télégramme (in French). 13 May 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Vannes, héroïque face à Concarneau, se qualifie pour le 8e tour de la Coupe de France" [Vannes, heroic against Concarneau, qualify for the 8th round of the Coupe de France]. Le Télégramme (in French). 30 October 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  24. ^ a b Blanzat, Nicolas (26 May 2023). "Concarneau, promu, jouera en Ligue 2 pour la première fois de son histoire" [Concarneau, promoted, will play in Ligue 2 for the first time in their history] (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 21 June 2023.