Jacky Bonnevay

Jacky Bonnevay

Bonnevay with Saint-Étienne in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Jacques Bonnevay
Date of birth	(1961-06-01) 1 June 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Le Coteau, France
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Saint-Étienne (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1985	Sochaux	146	(1)
1985–1987	Marseille	62	(3)
1987–1988	Le Havre	24	(1)
1988–1991	Nice	89	(0)
1991–1993	Red Star	30	(1)
Total		351	(6)
Managerial career
1996–1997	Nancy (assistant)
1999–2002	Beauvais
2002	Troyes
2003–2004	Angers
2004–2005	Wydad Casablanca
2007–2008	Chamois Niortais
2009–2010	Nantes B
2012–2014	Niger (assistant)
2014	Trabzonspor (assistant)
2015–2018	Japan (assistant)
2018–2019	Leicester City (assistant)
2019–	Saint-Étienne (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacques "Jacky" Bonnevay (born 1 June 1961) is a French football coach and former player, who is assistant manager of Saint-Étienne.

Playing career

Bonnevay was born in Le Coteau, Loire. He played for Sochaux, Marseille, Le Havre, Nice and Red Star.

Coaching career

After his playing career, he became a coach with AS Beauvais, Troyes, Angers, Wydad Casablanca and Chamois Niortais.[1] He joined Nantes in June 2009 as the reserve team manager.[2] He left at the end of the 2009–10 season.

From October 2012 to the summer 2014, Bonnevay worked as the assistant manager of the Niger national team.^[citation needed] He then joined Trabzonspor under manager Vahid Halilhodžić as his assistant.[3] The duo was fired after only four months. From March 2015 to April 2018, Bonnevay once again worked under Vahid Halilhodžić as his assistant for the Japan national team.

On 30 June 2018, he was announced as assistant manager to Claude Puel at Leicester City, following a restructure of the coaching staff at the club.[4] On 24 February 2019, he left Leicester City following the sacking of manager Claude Puel.[5] On 4 October 2019, Bonnevay once again followed Claude Puel, this time to Saint-Ètienne.[6]

References

1. "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
2. NANTES : BONNEVAY SUCCÈDE À GUYOT, mercato365.com, 20 July 2011
3. Trabzonspor'da Halilhodzic iş başı yaptı, spor.haber7.com, 14 July 2014
4. "Leicester City Announce Restructure To Claude Puel's Coaching Staff". Leicester City Football Club. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
5. "Claude Puel Leaves Leicester City". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
6. Puel appointed Saint-Etienne coach, beinsports.com, 3 October 2019

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