Erick Mombaerts
{{Short description|French football manager (born 1955)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Erick Mombaerts
| image = Erick Mombaerts (cropped).jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chantecoq, France{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
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| position = Midfielder{{cite news |last1=Gardel |first1=Benjamin |title=Que sont-ils devenus : L'ancien milieu de l'EDSM est à la tête de l'équipe de France Espoirs depuis 2008 |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/montlucon/sports/football/2011/11/23/que-sont-ils-devenus-lancien-milieu-de-ledsm-est-a-la-tete-de-lequipe-de-france-espoirs-depuis-2008_116110.html |access-date=26 January 2019 |work=La Montagne |date=23 November 2011 |language=fr}}
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = INF Vichy
| years1 = 1975–1978
| clubs1 = Nœux-les-Mines
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| years2 = 1978–1984
| clubs2 = Montluçon
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| manageryears1 = 1987–1988
| managerclubs1 = Paris Saint-Germain
| manageryears2 = 1989–1990
| managerclubs2 = Guingamp
| manageryears3 = 1992
| managerclubs3 = Cannes
| manageryears4 = 2001–2006
| managerclubs4 = Toulouse
| manageryears5 = 2007–2008
| managerclubs5 = France U18
| manageryears6 = 2008–2012
| managerclubs6 = France U21
| manageryears7 = 2012–2014
| managerclubs7 = Le Havre
| manageryears8 = 2015–2018
| managerclubs8 = Yokohama F. Marinos
| manageryears9 = 2019–2020
| managerclubs9 = Melbourne City
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Erick Mombaerts (born 21 April 1955) is a French football manager and former player.
Playing career
Mombaerts is a youth product of INF Vichy.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=26 April 2020|title=Football - La belle aventure australienne des entraîneurs Erick Mombaerts (ex-EDSM) et Alain Fiard (ex-INF Vichy) stoppée par le coronavirus|url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/vichy-03200/sports/la-belle-aventure-australienne-des-entraineurs-erick-mombaerts-ex-edsm-et-alain-fiard-ex-inf-vichy-stoppee-par-le-coronavirus_13782374/|access-date=27 May 2021|website=www.lamontagne.fr}} He went on to play for Nœux-les-Mines and Montluçon before retiring in 1984.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
Coaching career
Mombaerts began his coaching career with Paris Saint-Germain, taking charge between October 1987 and February 1988.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html |title=France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs |date=12 July 2007 |access-date=20 December 2014 |author=Erik Garin |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531102336/http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html |archive-date=31 May 2008 }} Mombaerts was manager of Guingamp during the 1989–90 season. He then managed Cannes between January 1992 and December 1992, and Toulouse from 2001 to 2006. While with Toulouse he won the Ligue 2 championship in 2003.
After coaching their under-18 team, Mombaerts became manager of the French under-21 team in April 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=689947.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503095959/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D689947.html|title=France U21s turn to Mombaerts|date=29 April 2008|archive-date=3 May 2008|access-date=20 December 2014|publisher=UEFA|url-status=dead}} He left that position in October 2012.{{cite web |url=http://uk.uefa.com/under21/news/newsid=1878315.html |title=Mombaerts taken off France case |date=18 October 2012 |access-date=20 December 2014 |publisher=UEFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220105730/http://uk.uefa.com/under21/news/newsid%3D1878315.html |archive-date=20 December 2014 }}
Mombaerts became manager at Le Havre in December 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.hac-foot.com/actualite/erick-mombaerts-est-le-nouvel-entraineur-du-hac.html|title=Erick Mombaerts est le nouvel entraîneur du HAC|date=21 December 2012|access-date=20 December 2014|language=fr|publisher=Le Havre AC}} He resigned in December 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Mombaerts-quitte-le-club/521085|title=Mombaerts quitte le club!|date=10 December 2014|access-date=20 December 2014|language=fr|publisher=L'Equipe}}
He was appointed as the head coach of Japanese club Yokohama F. Marinos in December 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.f-marinos.com/en/news/detail/2014-12-16/01.php|title=Yokohama F・Marinos name Erick Mombaerts as new head coach|date=16 December 2014|access-date=24 December 2014|publisher=Yokohama F. Marinos}}
Mombaerts stepped down as head coach of the Marinos at the succession of the 2017 Emperor's Cup, on 1 January 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/12/19/soccer/j-league/marinos-announce-hiring-ex-australia-coach-ange-postecoglou/#.WkeHVbZ7G8U|title=Marinos announce hiring of ex-Australia coach Ange Postecoglou|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=19 December 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/11/02/soccer/j-league/marinos-erick-mombaerts-step-season/#.WlTkFLZ7EdU|title=Marinos' Erick Mombaerts to step down after season|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=2 November 2017}}
Mombaerts was appointed manager of Melbourne City on 27 June 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/melbourne-city-fc-appoints-erick-mombaerts-head-coach|title=Melbourne City FC Appoints Erick Mombaerts as Head Coach|website=Melbourne City FC|date=26 June 2019 }} On 3 September 2020, he stood down from the coaching role at City to return to France, handing the coaching reins over to his assistant Patrick Kisnorbo.{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/mombaerts-quits-city-to-return-to-france-kisnorbo-handed-reins-20200903-p55rxi.html| title=Mombaerts quits City to return to France, Kisnorbo handed reins| date=3 September 2020|access-date=3 September 2020|language=en|publisher=The Age}}
Managerial statistics
{{updated|10 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=Erick Mombaerts |url=https://www.sofascore.com/manager/erick-mombaerts/53618 |website=sofascore.com |access-date=10 May 2022}}
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!rowspan="2"|Nat !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record | ||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % |
| align=left|Paris Saint-Germain
|{{flagicon|France}} |align=left|October 1987 |align=left|February 1988 {{WDL|20|6|8|6}} | ||||
| align=left|Toulouse
|{{flagicon|France}} |align=left|2001 |align=left|2006 {{WDL|167|59|42|66}} | ||||
| align=left|France U21
|{{flagicon|France}} |align=left|29 April 2008 |align=left|18 October 2012 {{WDL|43|27|8|8}} | ||||
| align=left|Le Havre
|{{flagicon|France}} |align=left|21 December 2012 |align=left|10 December 2014 {{WDL|79|29|25|25}} | ||||
| align=left|Yokohama F. Marinos
|{{flagicon|Japan}} |align=left|14 December 2014 |align=left|31 December 2017 {{WDL|138|65|34|39}} | ||||
| align=left|Melbourne City FC
|{{flagicon|Australia}} |align=left|27 June 2019 |align=left|3 September 2020 {{WDL|33|19|5|9}} | ||||
| colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|480|205|122|153}} |
References
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External links
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- [http://www.f-marinos.com/club/player/top/2017/90 Profile at Yokohama F. Marinos]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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