Fabien Mercadal

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Fabien Mercadal
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-02-29) 29 February 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Manosque, France
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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

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

Early years and Tours

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

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

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

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

As of match played 5 October 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Gap Flag of France.svg 1 July 20051 July 2008104423824150110+40040.38
Dunkerque Flag of France.svg 3 June 20127 June 2016155734537227142+85047.10
Tours Flag of France.svg 13 June 201618 February 20172749143045−15014.81
Paris FC Flag of France.svg 21 June 20172 June 2018421714115141+10040.48
Caen Flag of France.svg 8 June 201825 May 201943913214062−22020.93
Cercle Brugge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 19 June 20197 October 2019111010828−20009.09
Total382146119117506428+78038.22

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