Jacques-Olivier Paviot

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Jacques Paviot
Personal information
Full name Jacques-Olivier Paviot
Date of birth (1976-12-19) 19 December 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Fort-de-France, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000 Mulhouse
2000–2001 Pau FC
2001–2002 CO Saint-Dizier
2002–2004 SO Romorantin
2004–2006 Skoda Xanthi 57 (4)
2007 Ionikos 14 (0)
2008 Levadiakos 7 (0)
2008–2009 Ilisiakos
2009–2010 Pau FC
Managerial career
2010–2011 Pau FC
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacques-Olivier Paviot (born 19 December 1976) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Playing career

Paviot left his native Martinique at the age of 19 to move to Brittany. [1]

He played for Pau FC from December 1999 to June 2001. [2] He had a stint with SO Romorantin. [3]

Paviot spent the latter years of his career in Greece where he achieved celebrity status for his special talent, which was named by the acclaimed Greek radio sports show "Fight Club" as "koukouna".

Paviot had a trial with Scottish side Heart of Midlothian in the 2001–02 season and signed a provisional two-month contract. [4] [5] After sustaining an injury he was not offered a permanent deal. [5] He trained with Livingston in July 2002 and was close to signing permanently [5] but the deal was not finalised.[ citation needed ]

He re-joined Pau FC in summer 2009 before retiring a year later. [2]

Coaching career

In mid-September 2010 Paviot became coach of the U14 team at Pau FC. In early December he was appointed interim manager of the first team. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Debeaux, Martial (16 December 2017). "On a discuté avec Jacques-Olivier Paviot, ancien défenseur de Xanthi - partie 1". Footballski  [ fr ] (in French). Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Geffrotin, Thibaut (2 December 2010). "Jacques-Olivier Paviot, nouvel entraîneur du Pau FC" [Jacques-Olivier Paviot, new coach of Pau FC]. La République des Pyrénées  [ fr ] (in French). Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Romorantin se prive du Martiniquais Paviot" [Romorantin deprives itself of Martinique's Paviot]. antilles-sport.com (in French). 18 November 2003. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Higham, Paul. "Hearts handed defender boost". Sky Sports . Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Livi chase four signings". BBC Sport . 15 July 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
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