Thierry Oleksiak

Thierry Oleksiak
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-09-11) 11 September 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Saint-Étienne, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Youth career
1971–1979 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 Saint-Étienne B
1979–1986 Saint-Étienne 134 (6)
1986–1989 Nice 97 (2)
1989–1991 Metz 63 (0)
1991–1993 Lille 47 (1)
1993–1994 Angers 15 (0)
1994–1997 Aurillac
Total 356+ (10+)
International career
1982–1984 France U21 12 (0)
1988 France Olympic 1 (0)
Managerial career
1994–1999 Aurillac
1999–2000 Amiens (assistant)
2001–2008 Aurillac
2008 Libourne Saint-Seurin (assistant)
2008–2011 Libourne[a]
2013–2015 Saint-Étienne B
2015–2017 Saint-Étienne (assistant)
2017 Liaoning (assistant)
2018–2021 Lille (assistant)
2021–2022 Nice (assistant)
2022–2023 Paris Saint-Germain (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thierry Oleksiak (born 11 September 1961) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the currently assistant coach of Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail. under the direction of head coach Christophe Galtier.[2] As a player, Oleksiak was a defensive midfielder and centre-back.

Club career

Born in Saint-Étienne, Oleksiak began his career at his hometown club of Saint-Étienne. He played seven seasons for the club's first team from 1979 to 1986, winning the Division 1 title in the 1980–81 season.[3] In 1986, he joined Nice, where he would play three seasons.[4] In 1989, Oleksiak signed for Metz, before joining Lille in 1991. In 1993, he signed for Angers, where he met then-teammate Christophe Galtier; they would go on to work together extensively as coaches in the 21st century.[2] In the 1993–94 season with Angers, Oleksiak suffered relegation from the Division 1. The season was also his final as a professional, as he joined amateur side Aurillac in 1994.[citation needed]

International career

Oleksiak represented France at under-21 level in the early 1980s,[4] and made a total of twelve appearances for the team.[3] In 1988, he was selected by Jacky Braun, coach of the France Olympic football team, for a match against Sweden. France had already been eliminated in the race for qualification for the 1988 Summer Olympics, and lost the match to Sweden by a score of 2–1.[3]

Coaching career

In 1994, Oleksiak joined Aurillac as a player-manager. His team won promotion from the Championnat National 3 in the 1994–95 season.[citation needed] In 1997, he retired from playing, and became solely the manager of the team.[citation needed] From 1999 to 2000, Oleksiak worked as an assistant coach to his former Nice teammate René Marsiglia for Amiens,[4] before returning to coach Aurillac in 2001.[citation needed] In 2008, Oleksiak joined Libourne Saint-Seurin (later renamed Libourne), where he was initially an assistant coach before becoming the head coach.[citation needed]

In 2012, Oleksiak returned to his hometown club Saint-Étienne, initially as a scout,[4] before becoming the manager of the reserve team in 2013.[citation needed] In 2015, he joined his former Angers teammate Christophe Galtier's coaching staff in Sainté's first team as an assistant coach.[2][5] Besides a small stint as an assistant coach for Chinese club Liaoning in 2017,[citation needed] Oleksiak followed Galtier to Lille, where he contributed to a Ligue 1 title in the 2020–21 season.[4] In the 2021–22 season, Oleksiak was with Galtier at Nice.[4] They both joined Paris Saint-Germain in July 2022, leaving after one season.[6][7]

Personal life

Thierry's father Jean [fr] is also a former professional footballer. They both played for Saint-Étienne and Lille in their careers.[8] Jean's father, Thierry's grandfather, was a political refugee from Poland.[9]

Honours

Player

Saint-Étienne

Manager

Aurillac

Saint-Étienne B

Notes

  1. ^ In 2009, FC Libourne Saint-Seurin became FC Libourne.

References

  1. ^ "Thierry Oleksiak avec l'ASSE" [Thierry Oleksiak with ASSE]. ASSE-Stats.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Quarez, Benjamin; Aflalo, Alexandre (8 July 2022). "Thierry Oleksiak, l'homme qui murmure à l'oreille de Christophe Galtier : "C'est comme s'ils étaient des frères"" [Thierry Oleksiak, the man who murmurs in Christophe Galtier's ear: "It is as if they were brothers"]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Thierry Oleksiak". Toutsurlasse.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Thierry Oleksiak" (in French). OGC Nice. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  5. ^ Verdelet, Arthur (9 July 2022). "À la découverte du staff de Galtier au PSG, dont Oleksiak, son discret premier adjoint" [Discovering Galtier's staff at PSG, including Oleksiak, his discreet first assistant]. CulturePSG (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Thierry Oleksiak, l'adjoint très important de Galtier" [Thierry Oleksiak, the very important assistant of Galtier]. ParisFans (in French). 10 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Le Paris Saint-Germain remercie Christophe Galtier". PSG.FR (in French). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  8. ^ Pousset, Maxime (11 December 2018). "Oleksiak, Lillois de père en fils" [Oleksiak, Lillois from father to son] (in French). Lille OSC. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Jean Oleksiak : "Gagner la Coupe de France, c'est merveilleux !"" [Jean Oleksiak: "Winning the Coupe de France, it's marvellous!"]. Poteaux Carrés (in French). 14 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2022.