Frédéric Bompard

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Frédéric Bompard

| image = Frédéric Bompard.png

| caption = Bompard in 2021

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|12|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Asnières-sur-Seine, France

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1983–1986

| clubs1 = Corbeil-Essonnes

| years2 = 1986–1987

| clubs2 = Évry

| years3 = 1987–1991

| clubs3 = Reims

| caps3 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1991–1992

| clubs4 = Racing Besançon

| years5 = 1994–1996

| clubs5 = Corbeil-Essonnes

| years6 = 1996–1999

| clubs6 = Paris FC

| manageryears1 = 1996–1999

| managerclubs1 = Paris FC B

| manageryears2 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs2 = {{Interlanguage link|FC Béziers Méditerranée|lt=Béziers FC 34|fr|Football Club Béziers Méditerranée}}

| manageryears3 = 2002–2004

| managerclubs3 = Dijon B

| manageryears4 = 2002–2007

| managerclubs4 = Dijon (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2007–2008

| managerclubs5 = Le Mans (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2008–2013

| managerclubs6 = Lille (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2013–2016

| managerclubs7 = Roma (assistant)

| manageryears8 = 2016–2019

| managerclubs8 = Marseille (assistant)

| manageryears9 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs9 = Guingamp (assistant)

| manageryears10 = 2021

| managerclubs10 = Guingamp

| manageryears11 = 2022–2024

| managerclubs11 = Nîmes

}}

Frédéric "Fred" Bompard (born 30 December 1962) is a French professional football manager and former player. As a player, he was a goalkeeper.

Managerial career

= Early career =

While playing for Paris FC in the third division of French football, Bompard simultaneously coached the reserve side of the club. He left the club in 1999. For the 2000–01 season, he would manage fifth-tier {{Interlanguage link|FC Béziers Méditerranée|lt=Béziers FC 34|fr|Football Club Béziers Méditerranée}}.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

= Dijon =

In 2002, Bompard joined Dijon. He initially took a triple role of B team coach, first team assistant, and goalkeeping coach,{{Cite web|last=Cheval|first=Bastien|date=9 May 2020|title=EA Guingamp. Qui est Frédéric Bompard, le nouvel entraîneur-adjoint d'En Avant ?|trans-title=EA Guingamp. Who is Frédéric Bompard, the new assistant manager of En Avant?|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/ea-guingamp/ea-guingamp-qui-est-frederic-bompard-le-nouvel-entraineur-adjoint-d-en-avant-6830124|website=Ouest-France|language=fr}} but after 2004, he stopped managing the B team. At Dijon, he worked with his colleague Rudi Garcia, with whom he would work with in his four future clubs. Bompard left DFCO in 2007.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

= Assistant manager roles =

From 2007 to 2019, Bompard worked for several different clubs as assistant manager. He would go by Le Mans, Lille, Roma, and finally, Marseille.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} In all these roles, he worked under the management of Rudi Garcia.

= Guingamp =

In May 2020, Bompard joined Guingamp as assistant manager. However, following the dismissal of Mehmed Baždarević on 1 February 2021, he was appointed interim coach.{{Cite web|date=1 February 2021|title=Ligue 2 : Mecha Bazdarevic n'est plus l'entraîneur de Guingamp|trans-title=Ligue 2: Mecha Bazdarevic is not manager of Guingamp anymore|url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Ligue-2-mecha-bazdarevic-n-est-plus-l-entraineur-de-guingamp/1218861|access-date=24 March 2021|website=France Football|language=fr}} Bompard was given the full role of manager on 24 February.{{Cite web|last=Lagain|first=Aurélie|date=24 February 2021|title=Ligue 2 de football : Fred Bompard confirmé entraîneur d'En avant Guingamp|trans-title=Football Ligue 2: Fred Bompard confirmed as coach of En Avant Guingamp|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/football/ligue-2-de-football-fred-bompard-confirme-entraineur-d-en-avant-guingamp-1614135398|access-date=24 March 2021|website=France Bleu|language=fr}} However, at the end of the season, he and the club decided to end their collaboration.{{Cite web|last1=Lagain|first1=Aurélie|last2=Blanzat|first2=Nicolas|date=25 May 2021|title=L'entraîneur Fred Bompard quitte Guingamp|trans-title=The coach Fred Bompard leaves Guingamp|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/football/l-entraineur-fred-bompard-quitte-guingamp-1621908571|access-date=23 August 2021|website=France Bleu|language=fr}}

= Nîmes =

On 21 November 2022, Bompard was appointed as head coach of Ligue 2 club Nîmes, after his predecessor Nicolas Usaï was dismissed. He signed a contract until the end of the 2023–24 season. Thibault Giresse was appointed as Bompard's assistant coach.{{Cite web |date=21 November 2022 |title=Nîmes announce Frédéric Bompard as new head coach |url=https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2022/nimes-announce-frederic-bompard-as-new-head-coach/ |access-date=21 November 2022 |website=Get French Football News}}