Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 February 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Manosque, France | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1991 | AC Digne | ||
1991–1994 | Marseille B | ||
1994–1995 | Gap | ||
1995–1997 | Évry FC | ||
1997–1999 | Saint-Georges | ||
1999–2000 | Gap | ||
2000–2002 | Manosque | ||
2002–2004 | Gap | ||
Managerial career | |||
2004–2005 | Gap (assistant) | ||
2005–2008 | Gap | ||
2008–2012 | Amiens (assistant) | ||
2012–2016 | Dunkerque | ||
2016–2017 | Tours | ||
2017–2018 | Paris FC | ||
2018–2019 | Caen | ||
2019 | Cercle Brugge | ||
2020–2021 | Dunkerque | ||
2022 | Quevilly-Rouen | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Fabien Mercadal (born 29 February 1972) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.
After an amateur playing career, he began managing in the fourth tier with Gap, going on to spend one season in Ligue 1 with Caen in 2018–19. He also led Tours, Paris FC, Dunkerque and Quevilly-Rouen in Ligue 2 and had a brief spell in the Belgian First Division A with Cercle Brugge.
Playing career
[edit]Mercadal was born in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, to a Corsican father who had played in Division 3 for AJ Auxerre. Mercadal himself was in the youth ranks of Olympique de Marseille but suffered an injury that limited him to playing in the third and fourth divisions.[1]
Managerial career
[edit]Early years and Tours
[edit]Mercadal began his managerial career as an assistant at his final playing club, Gap FC, before being their head coach between 2005 and 2008 in the fourth-tier Championnat de France Amateur. For the next four years he was assistant at Amiens SC in Ligue 2 and the Championnat National;[2] he was interim manager on 23 October 2009 in a 1–0 loss at ES Troyes AC. Known for his passion, he vomited after defeat in his early career.[3]
In June 2012, Mercadal was hired at fourth-tier USL Dunkerque, winning promotion in his first season.[4] After coming 5th, 6th and 6th in the third tier, he was appointed at Tours FC in Ligue 2 in June 2016.[5] He drew 0–0 at home to Ajaccio on his professional career debut on 29 July, and was dismissed on 18 February 2017 with his team in last.[6]
Paris FC
[edit]Mercadal found another job in Ligue 2 in June 2017, being hired by Paris FC, who had been restored to the division after the administrative relegation of SC Bastia.[7] He came 8th in his one season at the Stade Charléty, and was eliminated from the eighth round of the Coupe de France 3–2 at third-tier Entente SSG.[8]
Caen
[edit]On 8 June 2018, Mercadal was announced as the manager of Ligue 1 side Stade Malherbe Caen on a three-year deal, with Paris FC being compensated for the last year of his contract.[9] His top-flight debut on 12 August was a 3–0 loss at reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain FC.[10] His team reached the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France via a 7–5 win at Bastia on 5 February 2019.[11] He left by mutual consent on 25 May, after a 1–0 home loss to FC Girondins de Bordeaux on the final day and relegation to Ligue 2.[12]
Cercle Brugge and Ligue 2 return
[edit]In July 2019, Mercadal was hired in the first foreign job of his career, at Cercle Brugge K.S.V. in the Belgian First Division A.[13] He was fired on 7 October after losing nine of ten league games and losing 1–0 at home to fourth-tier R.U.S. Rebecquoise in the sixth round of the Belgian Cup.[14]
On 16 May 2020, Mercadal returned to Dunkerque on a two-year contract, with the team newly promoted to Ligue 2.[15] Having avoided the relegation play-off on goal difference in his one season back at the Stade Marcel-Tribut, he left by mutual consent.[16]
Mercadal returned to work in Ligue 2 on 4 January 2022 at Quevilly-Rouen, signing an 18-month deal at the 11th-placed club.[17] In May he received a four-match ban, of which two were suspended, for an obscene gesture on his return to Caen.[18] He left for personal reasons at the end of the month.[19]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of match played 5 October 2019
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Gap | ![]() |
1 July 2005 | 1 July 2008 | 104 | 42 | 38 | 24 | 150 | 110 | +40 | 40.38 |
Dunkerque | ![]() |
3 June 2012 | 7 June 2016 | 155 | 73 | 45 | 37 | 227 | 142 | +85 | 47.10 |
Tours | ![]() |
13 June 2016 | 18 February 2017 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 14.81 |
Paris FC | ![]() |
21 June 2017 | 2 June 2018 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 40.48 |
Caen | ![]() |
8 June 2018 | 25 May 2019 | 43 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 20.93 |
Cercle Brugge | ![]() |
19 June 2019 | 7 October 2019 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 9.09 |
Total | 382 | 146 | 119 | 117 | 506 | 428 | +78 | 38.22 |
References
[edit]- ^ Pruneta, Laurent (24 December 2017). "« Pour Fabien, le football est d'abord une aventure humaine »" ["For Fabien, football is first of all a human adventure]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Jacquin, Alexandre (6 October 2018). "OM-Caen - Mercadal : d'entraîneur de Gap au banc du stade Malherbe" [OM-Caen - Mercadal: from manager of Gap to the Stade Malherbe bench]. La Provence (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Brigand, Maxime; Lefèvre, Florian (26 January 2018). "Fabien Mercadal : « C'est important de se cultiver, de ne pas être con »" [Fabien Mercadal: "It's important to cultivate yourself and to not be a fool"]. So Foot (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Une si longue attente" [Such a long wait]. Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). 19 September 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Louvel, Xavier (29 June 2016). "Fabien Mercadal, officiellement entraîneur du Tours FC" [Fabien Mercadal, officially manager of Tours FC] (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Mazure, Laurent (18 February 2017). "Officiel : Fabien Mercadal remercié au Tours FC" [Official: Fabien Mercadal dismissed by Tours FC] (in French). Ma Ligue 2. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Frémin, Cyril (21 June 2017). "Fabien Mercadal rebondit au Paris FC" [Fabien Mercadal rebounds at Paris FC] (in French). Delta FM. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Pruneta, Laurent (8 December 2017). "Football, Ligue 2: Le Paris FC veut finir en beauté contre Lens" [Football, Ligue 2: Paris FC want to finish in beauty against Lens]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Canivenc, Clovis (8 June 2018). "Officiel : Fabien Mercadal quitte le Paris FC et rejoint Caen" [Official: Fabien Mercadal leaves Paris FC and joins Caen] (in French). Ma Ligue 2. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "PSG claim opening day win but Thomas Tuchel warns there's plenty more to come from reigning Ligue 1 champions". The Independent. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Saint-Marc, Jean (6 February 2019). "VIDEO. Bastia-Caen: Le volcan Furiani s'est-il apaisé? Il est toujours chaud mais on y est «bien reçu»" [VIDEO. Bastia-Caen: Has the Furiani volcano subsided? It is always hot but we are “well received” there]. 20 minutes (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Caen : Mercadal quitte le club, Courbis pourrait rester" [Caen: Mercadal leaves the club, Courbis could stay] (in French). Foot National. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Mercadal : « Je suis heureux d'avoir quitté la France »" [Mercadal: "I'm happy to have left France"]. So Foot (in French). 28 July 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Lizin, Cédric (7 October 2019). "Le Cercle de Bruges se sépare de son entraîneur Fabien Mercadal" [Cercle Brugge separate from their manager Fabien Mercadal] (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Dunkerque : Fabien Mercadal nommé entraîneur" [Dunkerque: Fabien Mercadal named manager]. L'Équipe (in French). 16 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Bijotat, Arthur (31 May 2021). "Ligue 2 : Fabien Mercadal et Dunkerque se séparent, Romain Revelli nouveau coach" [Ligue 2: Fabien Mercadal and Dunkerque go separate ways, Romain Revelli new coach]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Fabien Mercadal succède à Bruno Irles comme entraîneur de Quevilly-Rouen (L2)" [Fabien Mercadal succeeds Bruno Irles as manager of Quevilly-Rouen (L2)]. L'Équipe (in French). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Commission de discipline : deux matches ferme pour Thiago Mendes et Fabien Mercadal" [Discipline Commission: two-game suspensions for Thiago Mendes and Fabien Mercadal]. L'Équipe (in French). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ de Souza, Bradley (30 May 2022). "Ligue 2 : Fabien Mercadal l'entraîneur de QRM quitte le club" [Ligue 2: Fabien Mercadal manager of QRM leaves the club] (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 8 May 2023.