:Pascal Gastien

Gastien was born in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime. He is the father of footballer Johan Gastien.https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2022/profile-one-described-by-his-agent-as-a-ligue-2-player-johan-gastien-is-excelling-in-ligue-1/

In his playing days, Gastien played predominantly as a central defensive midfielder. The majority of his playing career was spent in the top two divisions of the French football league system.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Gastien's career started when he signed his first professional contract as an 18-year-old with then Division 2 side Angoulême. However, he found it difficult to break into the first team set up, playing only six league games, and left after just one season as a professional.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

In the summer of 1982, Gastien joined then Division 4 side Niort.[http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/post/2008/07/18/Anciens-grands-joueurs Anciens grands jouers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728181452/http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/post/2008/07/18/Anciens-grands-joueurs |date=28 July 2009 }} In the 1983–84 season, the team were promoted to the third division following a third place in Division 4.[http://www.stat2foot.com/livredor/niort.htm Niort league history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006150916/http://www.stat2foot.com/livredor/niort.htm |date=6 October 2011 }} He went on to feature in most games during the 1984–85 season as the team were winners of their group in the third division,[http://www.pari-et-gagne.com/niort.html#palmares Niort honours] winning a second consecutive promotion, this time to Division 2. Gastien then played a major role two seasons later as the club secured promotion to the top division of French football, Division 1, finishing as runners-up in Division 2 in 1987. His performances for the club in the top-flight attracted the likes of Marseille, whom he signed for in 1988.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Gastien found first team opportunities harder to come by at Marseille, making just 18 league appearances as the club were crowned champions of France and winners of the Coupe de France in the 1988–89 season.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

In order to play more football, Gastien returned to Niort, who had since been relegated back to Division 2, in the summer of 1989. However, his stay with the club was short-lived as he was sold to Division 1 outfit Nice in the middle of the season.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Gastien went on to play for Nice for three-and-a-half seasons, but again found first-team chances in the top-flight limited, making only 61 league appearances in this time. He played in just four league matches in the 1990–91 season as the club were relegated from Division 1. He eventually left Nice in the summer of 1993 and joined then National 1 side Châteauroux.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Gastien played a major role in the 1993–94 season as Châteauroux finished top of the National, achieving promotion to Division 2. He enjoyed the next two seasons, playing in the majority of games for Châteauroux. However, in the 1996–97 season, Gastien's final season as a professional, he played a mediocre six matches as the team won the Division 2 championship, gaining promotion to Division 1. In the summer of 1997, Gastien was released by Châteauroux and subsequently retired.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

In the qualifying round for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Gastien played three games without scoring for France as they failed to qualify for the final tournament, finishing bottom of their group.[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1988q.html 1988 Olympic qualifying], RSSSF

After retiring from professional football, Gastien turned his hand to management.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

In October 1999, Gastien was appointed joint caretaker manager of Niort alongside former Rennes boss René Cédolin, but the pair did not take charge of any league games.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

In 2000, Gastien was appointed permanently as head coach of Niort's reserve team.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

In January 2005, Gastien took over from Vincent Dufour as manager of the first team, who were struggling in Ligue 2. Unfortunately, Gastien was unable to avoid relegation to the Championnat National, with the team winning just three of the 17 games he was in charge, and at the end of the season, he reverted to being the reserve team coach, whilst Philippe Hinschberger took control of first team duties. Gastien continued to coach the reserves until the summer of 2009.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

On 4 June 2009, it was announced that Gastien had been re-appointed as manager of Niort.[http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/post/2009/06/04/Pascal-Gastien-nouvel-entra%C3%AEneur-des-Chamois Pascal Gastien nouvel entraîneur des Chamois] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610191506/http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/post/2009/06/04/Pascal-Gastien-nouvel-entra%C3%AEneur-des-Chamois |date=10 June 2009 }}

Gastien led Niort to win the Championnat de France Amateur during his first full season in charge, thereby returning to the Championnat National at the first attempt.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

In the 2010–11 campaign, Gastien led the club to an eleventh place in the third tier; in the 2011 close season, several new players including Jimmy Roye and Julien Ricaud were recruited and the following season, Niort went on to finish as runners-up to Nîmes Olympique thanks to a 1–0 win away at Gazélec Ajaccio on the final matchday. Niort were consequently promoted to Ligue 2, marking the club's return to the professional ranks of French football.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

He spent two more years in charge of Niort, guiding the side to a 15th-placed finish in the 2012–13 season, followed by a fifth-place finish a year later.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

It was announced on 19 May 2014 that Gastien would not have his contract renewed and would be leaving the club after a fifteen-year association.{{cite web|url=http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/actualites/2014/05/19/contrat-non-renouvele-pour-pascal-gastien/|title=Contrat non renouvelé pour Pascal Gastien|publisher=Chamois Niortais F.C. official website|language=fr|date=19 May 2014|access-date=29 May 2014|trans-title=Pascal Gastien's contract not renewed}}{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-niort-coach-pascal-gastien-quitte-le-navire-off-57929.html|title=Niort: Coach Pascal Gastien quitte le navire|publisher=foot-national.com|date=19 May 2014|access-date=29 May 2014|trans-title=Niort: Coach Pascal Gastien leaves the ship|language=fr}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Ligue-2/n/Contenus/Articles/2014/05/20/Football-Niort-remercie-Gastien-1914069|title=Niort remercie Gastien|publisher=La Nouvelle République|date=20 May 2014|access-date=29 May 2014|language=fr|trans-title=Niort thank Gastien}}

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On 4 June 2014, Gastien was appointed as the new manager of his former club as a player, Châteauroux, succeeding Jean-Louis Garcia. However, following a string of poor results, Gastien was relieved of his duties on 9 February 2015.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Gastien was revealed as the new manager of Clermont reserves on 11 May 2016. Gastien became the new manager of the senior team on 1 September 2017 after previous manager Corinne Diacre left two days before on 30 August to take charge of the France women's national team. In the 2020–21 Ligue 2, Gastien led Clermont to finish second in the league, to be promoted to the Ligue 1 for the first time in their history.{{cite web |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/puy-de-dome/clermont-ferrand/le-clermont-foot-en-ligue-1-c-est-fait-2092207.html |title=Le Clermont Foot en Ligue 1 : c’est fait ! |website=france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr |language=French |date=15 May 2021 }}

Gastien left Clermont at the end of the 2023–24 season.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-13 |title="J’ai un sentiment de tristesse" : Pascal Gastien quitte un Clermont Foot relégué en Ligue 2 |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/puy-de-dome/clermont-ferrand/j-ai-un-sentiment-de-tristesse-pascal-gastien-quitte-un-clermont-foot-relegue-en-ligue-2-2968664.html |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |language=fr-FR}}

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Niort

• Division 3 Group Centre-Ouest: 1984–85{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Division 2: 1986–87{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Marseille

• Division 1: 1988–89
• Coupe de France: 1988–89

Châteauroux

• National 1 Group B: 1993–94{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Division 2: 1996–97{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Niort

• Championnat de France Amateur Group C: 2009–10{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Championnat National runner-up: 2011–12{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Individual

• Ligue 2 Manager of the Year: 2018–19{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

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