Jean-Luc Vasseur

Jean-Luc Vasseur

Jean-Luc Vasseur in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Luc Vasseur
Date of birth	(1969-01-01) 1 January 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth	Poissy, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team	Versailles (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1992	Paris Saint-Germain	22	(0)
1992–1995	Rennes	96	(2)
1995–1996	Saint-Étienne	13	(0)
1996–1998	Créteil	35	(3)
1998–1999	Racing Paris	14	(0)
1999–2001	Aubervilliers
Total		180	(5)
Managerial career
2001–2011	Paris Saint-Germain (youth)
2011–2014	Créteil
2014–2015	Reims
2015–2016	Paris FC
2017–2018	Châteauroux
2019–2021	Lyon (women)
2021–2022	Everton (women)
2024–	Versailles
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean-Luc Vasseur (born 1 January 1969) is a French professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Championnat National club Versailles.

Career

As a player, Vasseur played with Paris Saint-Germain, Stade Rennais, Saint-Étienne, Créteil, Racing Paris and FCM Aubervilliers. In June 2014, he was appointed as the new manager of Stade de Reims.[2] Previously he spent three seasons with US Créteil. In 2013, he won the Championnat National with US Créteil. In his first Ligue 1 game, he managed a 2–2 draw with Stade de Reims against defending champions Paris Saint-Germain.[3]

On 7 April 2015, Vasseur was sacked as manager of Stade de Reims.[4]

On 17 June 2019, Vasseur was appointed manager of Lyon Féminin.[5]

On 28 April 2021, Lyon sacked Vasseur and replaced him with Sonia Bompastor.[6]

On 29 October 2021, Everton Women hired Vasseur as their manager on a contract to June 2024, succeeding Willie Kirk.[7] However, Everton then sacked Vasseur on 1 February 2022, after three losses, two draws, and one win. The Telegraph reported that players were also unhappy with Vasseur's training methods.[8][9]

On 1 March 2024, he was named new manager of Championnat National club Versailles.[10]

Personal life

Vasseur is the godfather of Francis De Percin's daughter. They were teammates at Paris Saint-Germain.[11]

Honours

Manager

Paris Saint-Germain U17

• Championnat National U17: 2010–11^[citation needed]

Créteil

• Championnat National: 2012–13^[citation needed]

Lyon Féminin

• UEFA Women's Champions League: 2019–20^[citation needed]
• Division 1 Féminine: 2019–20^[citation needed]
• Coupe de France Féminine: 2019–20^[citation needed]
• Trophée des Championnes: 2019^[citation needed]
• Women's International Champions Cup: 2019^[citation needed]

Individual

• UEFA Women's Coach of the Year: 2019–20[12]
• World Soccer's Women's World Manager of the Year: 2020[13]
• IFFHS World's Best Woman Club Coach: 2020[14]

References

1. "Jean-Luc Vasseur". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
2. "France - J. Vasseur - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
3. "Reims vs. PSG - 8 August 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
4. "Reims dismiss Jean-Luc Vasseur after third straight Ligue 1 loss". Sky Sports. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
5. Jean-Luc Vasseur: "the bar is high, but i accept it", ol.fr, 18 June 2019
6. "Lyon: Sonia Bompastor replaces Jean-Luc Vasseur as French champions' coach". bbc.co.uk. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
7. "Everton Women appoint former Lyon manager Jean-Luc Vasseur". The Guardian. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
8. Bosher, Luke; Harpur, Charlotte (8 April 2022). "Everton Women appoint Brian Sorensen as their new manager for 2022-23 season". The Athletic. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
9. Garry, Tom (2 February 2022). "Everton sack manager Jean-Luc Vasseur after just 10 games in charge of women's side". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
10. "Jean-Luc Vasseur est le nouvel entraîneur principal du FC Versailles". FC Versailles. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
11. "Francis De Percin  : " J'ai préféré privilégier ma reconversion plutôt que de galérer "" [Francis De Percin: "I preferred favoring my post-career rather than struggling"]. PSG70 (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
12. "Jean-Luc Vasseur wins UEFA Women's Coach of the Year award". UEFA. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
13. "2020 Winners". World Soccer. Winter 2020. p. 39.
14. "IFFHS WORLD AWARDS 2020 - THE WINNERS". IFFHS. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.