Sébastien Piocelle (born 10 November 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the sporting director of AC Arles-Avignon.
.jpg) Piocelle with Arles-Avignon in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 November 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Gouvieux, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arles (sporting director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1998 | Nantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Nantes | 46 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Bastia (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2001–2005 | Bastia | 77 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Crotone | 63 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Grosseto | 6 | (0) |
| 2008 | Verona | 13 | (0) |
| 2009 | Juve Stabia | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Arles-Avignon | 57 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Nîmes | 27 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Le Pontet | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 334 | (2) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | France U18 | ||
| 1999–2000 | France U21 | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | ARC Cavaillon | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editBorn in Gouvieux, Oise, Piocelle started his career at FC Nantes, where his made his debut on 16 October 1998, against Bordeaux.
He was loaned to league rival SC Bastia in September 2000 and the deal became permanent in summer 2001. He broke his right knee in February 2002[1] and again in February 2004,[2] made him miss the rest of the 2001–02 and 2003–04 season.
In his last season for Bastia, he managed to return to football on 13 November 2004 against AS Saint-Étienne, but the club finished second from bottom and Piocelle left for Crotone of Serie B that summer.
In summer 2007, after Crotone fall to Serie C1, newly promoted Serie B club Grosseto signed Piocelle. He was then signed by Serie C1 club Verona, but failed to impress there and was consequently released on 24 June 2008.[3]
On 29 June 2009, Arles-Avignon signed the French midfielder from Italian third division club S.S. Juve Stabia.[4] He captained Arles-Avignon from 2009 to 2011.[5]
Piocelle won the 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Championship with France.[5]
Coaching and managerial career
editIn May 2014, Piocelle worked in a recruitment role at .[6] He left the position in January 2015
Ahead of the 2016–17 season, he was appointed manager of French club ARC Cavaillon.[7] However, in December 2017, he left the position as manager to become the club's sporting director.[8] He worked for the club until the end of the 2017–18 season, and then joined Olympique Mallemortais in May 2018, still as a sporting director.[9] Alongside, he also worked as a consultant and TV commentator for French TV channel RMC Sport, which he joined at the end of 2017.
In July 2019, Piocelle was hired as sporting director by AC Arles-Avignon.[10]
Honours
editNantes
References
edit- ^ "Piocelle blow for Bastia". UEFA.com. 19 February 2002. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
- ^ "Bastia suffer Piocelle blow". UEFA.com. 26 February 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
- ^ "Tre risoluzioni consensuali in casa Hellas" (in Italian). Hellas Verona FC. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
- ^ Sébastien PIOCELLE (Nantes, Bastia, Crotone) ARLESIEN !! Archived 1 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Sébastien Piocelle : " Fier d'avoir été le capitaine de cette équipe "" (in French). Showfoot.com. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014.
- ^ Sébastien Piocelle a tiré sa révérence, laprovence.com, 9 July 2014
- ^ SÉBASTIEN PIOCELLE (ARC CAVAILLON) : « EN PHB, JE PARS DE BAS MAIS CE N’EST PAS UN HANDICAP », onatousuncotefoot.fr, 16 December 2016
- ^ SÉBASTIEN PIOCELLE CHANGE DE POSTE À L’ARC CAVAILLON !, actufoot.com, 21 December 2017
- ^ SÉBASTIEN PIOCELLE SIGNE À…, actufoot.com, 11 May 2018
- ^ SÉBASTIEN PIOCELLE NOUS LIVRE LES SECRETS DU NOUVEL AC ARLES !, actufoot.com, 9 July 2019
- ^ "Girondins de Bordeaux - FC Nantes". ligue1.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
External links
edit- Sébastien Piocelle – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Profile at USGrosseto.com (in Italian)