Éric Renaut

Not to be confused with Éric Renaud.

Éric Renaut
Renaut with Paris Saint-Germain in the 1977–78 season
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-04-11) 11 April 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, midfielder[1]
Youth career
1961–1970 Stade Saint-Germain
1970–1972 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1982 Paris Saint-Germain 245 (31)
1975–1976 → Sochaux (loan) 32 (6)
1982–1986 RC Paris 82 (9)
1986–1987 Sète 8 (1)
1987–1989 Red Star
1989–1990 Chantilly
Total 367+ (47+)
International career
France Amateurs
France Military
1975–1977 France U21 4 (0)
1978 France B 1 (0)
Managerial career
Chantilly
1991–1996 Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône [fr]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Éric Renaut (born 11 April 1954) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and midfielder. He spent the majority of his career at Paris Saint-Germain.

Club career

Renaut was a product of the Paris Saint-Germain Academy. He had joined the club in 1970 after his hometown club of Stade Saint-Germain merged with Paris FC to create Paris Saint-Germain.[2] Renaut's debuts for PSG's first team came in 1972, helping the club achieve promotion to the Division 2. Another successive promotion followed, with Renaut playing a key part again in the club's return to the Division 1.[3]

Apart from a loan to Sochaux during the 1975–76 season, Renaut was a player of Paris Saint-Germain from 1972 to 1982. He left after having made 290 appearances and scored 35 goals for the club across all competitions, ranking as the player with the most appearances for PSG at the time of his departure.[3][4] The 1981–82 Coupe de France was the only trophy he won with the Parisians.[3]

Renaut continued his career at RC Paris, Sète, Red Star, and Chantilly before retiring in 1990.

International career

Renaut represented France on many levels. He started as a youth international, then an amateur international, and also a military international. From 1975 to 1977, he played for the France U21s, also known as Les Espoirs (transl. The Hopes). With them, Renaut would win the 1977 Toulon Tournament.[2]

Renaut also played one match for the France B team in 1978. He would additionally receive one call-up to the main national team, but he never made any appearances.[2]

Managerial career

Renaut's first managerial position came at the club he retired at, Chantilly. From 1991 to 1996, he coached Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône [fr].[5]

After football

Later in his life, Renaut would become the manager of a sports equipment broadcasting company called ERD Diffusion.[2] After this, he would create SMC, a sports communication company specialized in communicating over large sporting events.[6]

Starting in 1999, Renaut began to work as a football agent in France for IMG, a company founded by Mark McCormack.[5][2]

Honours

France U21

Paris Saint-Germain

RC Paris

References

  1. ^ "Eric RENAUT". PSG1970.net (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Eric RENAUT". PSG70 (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Eric RENAUT". Histoire du PSG (in French). 22 May 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Le classement des matchs officiels joués au PSG" [The ranking of official matches played at PSG]. Histoire du PSG (in French). 25 May 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b Merloz, Bertrand (19 April 2000). "Les agents actifs" [The active agents]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ^ "que sont devenus les héros de PSG-Valenciennes ?" [what have become the heroes of PSG-Valenciennes?]. Paris.canal-historique (in French). 4 June 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2021.