Jocelyn Gourvennec

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jocelyn Gourvennec

| image = Jocelyn Gourvennec EA Guingamp 2014.jpg

| caption = Gourvennec as Guingamp manager in 2014

| full_name = Jocelyn François Gourvennec

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|3|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brest, Finistère, France

| height = 1.83 m{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur2701.html |title=Jocelyn Gourvennec |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=3 July 2022 |language=fr}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1980–1987

| youthclubs1 = Lorient

| years1 = 1987–1991

| clubs1 = Lorient

| caps1 = 49

| goals1 = 12

| years2 = 1991–1995

| clubs2 = Rennes

| caps2 = 109

| goals2 = 35

| years3 = 1995–1998

| clubs3 = Nantes

| caps3 = 89

| goals3 = 24

| years4 = 1998–1999

| clubs4 = Marseille

| caps4 = 23

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1999

| clubs5 = Montpellier

| caps5 = 7

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2000–2002

| clubs6 = Rennes

| caps6 = 52

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2002–2004

| clubs7 = Bastia

| caps7 = 60

| goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2004–2005

| clubs8 = Angers

| caps8 = 17

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2005–2006

| clubs9 = Clermont

| caps9 = 29

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2006–2007

| clubs10 = Rezé

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| totalcaps = 435

| totalgoals = 88

| nationalyears1 = 1992–1994

| nationalteam1 = France U21

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1993–1996

| nationalteam2 = France B

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2008–2010

| managerclubs1 = La Roche

| manageryears2 = 2010–2016

| managerclubs2 = Guingamp

| manageryears3 = 2016–2018

| managerclubs3 = Bordeaux

| manageryears4 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs4 = Guingamp

| manageryears5 = 2021–2022

| managerclubs5 = Lille

| manageryears6 = 2023–2024

| managerclubs6 = Nantes

}}

Jocelyn François Gourvennec (born 22 March 1972) is a French professional football manager and former player who most recently worked as the head coach of Ligue 1 club Nantes. He played as a midfielder for clubs such as Lorient, Rennes, Nantes, Marseille, Montpellier, Bastia, Angers, and Clermont.

Early life

Jocelyn François Gourvennec{{cite web |url=https://www.verif.com/dirigeants/Jocelyn-GOURVENNEC-2663221/ |title=Jocelyn François Gourvennec |website=Verif.com |access-date=9 March 2025 |language=fr}} was born on 22 March 1972 in Brest, Finistère.

Club career

Gourvennec started his professional footballing career with Rennes and during his time at the club he won the Division 2 Player of the Year award of 1993. He later moved to Marseille, where he played in the 1999 UEFA Cup Final, winning a runners-up medal with the Olympians after losing 3–0 against Parma.

Managerial career

Following the end of his playing career, Gourvennec got into management, being named as Guingamp's manager in May 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/jocelyn-gourvennec-nouvel-entraineur-de-guingamp-17-05-2010-925714.php|title=Sports article|language=fr|website=Le Parisien|access-date=18 May 2010|archive-date=26 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826042812/http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/jocelyn-gourvennec-nouvel-entraineur-de-guingamp-17-05-2010-925714.php|url-status=dead}} On 3 May 2014, he led Guingamp to success in the Coupe de France for only their second time by beating his old club Rennes. In May 2016, Gourvennec took up the helm of Ligue 1 team Bordeaux.{{cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/bordeaux-name-gourvennec-new-coach|title=Bordeaux name Gourvennec as new coach|website=FourFourTwo}}

On 8 November 2018, Gourvennec returned to Guingamp as their new manager after sacking Antoine Kombouaré.[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Guingamp-jocelyn-gourvennec-de-retour-comme-entraineur/957214 Guingamp: Jocelyn Gourvennec de retour comme entraîneur], L'Equipe, 8 November 2018 On 22 May 2019, the club announced that he had left the club by mutual agreement, after Gourvenenc was unable to guide the team to safety and the season ended with relegation to Ligue 2 for the first time since the 2003–04 season.[https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/ligue-1/1103202/guingamp-and-coach-gourvennec-part-ways-following-relegation/ Guingamp and coach Gourvennec part ways following relegation], Fox Sports Asia, 22 May 2019

On 5 July 2021, he became the new manager of a Lille side fresh off winning the 2020–21 Ligue 1 title,{{Cite web|title=Jocelyn Gourvennec est le nouvel entraîneur du LOSC|url=https://www.losc.fr/node/106947/|access-date=6 July 2021|website=losc.fr|language=fr}} following the departure of previous manager Christophe Galtier for Nice. On 1 August 2021, he won his first trophy with the club after defeating PSG 1–0 in the 2021 Trophée des Champions.

On 29 November 2023, Gourvennec was named manager of Nantes until the end of the season.{{cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Nantes-jocelyn-gourvennec-nomme-entraineur-jusqu-en-fin-de-saison/1434063|title=Nantes : Jocelyn Gourvennec nommé entraîneur jusqu'en fin de saison|trans-title=Nantes: Jocelyn Gourvennec appointed coach until end of season|language=fr|publisher=L'Équipe|date=29 November 2023|access-date=29 November 2023}} He was dismissed on 18 March 2024, and replaced by Antoine Kombouaré.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-18 |title=Nantes brings back coach Antoine Kombouaré amid relegation fight in French league |url=https://apnews.com/article/soccer-france-nantes-kombouare-f656c0dc783b572152409fc6ba5c84df |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Managerial statistics

class=wikitable style="text-align:center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan=2\|Team !rowspan=2\|From !rowspan=2\|To !colspan=8\|Record !rowspan=2\|{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
{{abbr\|P\|Matches played}}	{{abbr\|W\|Matches won}}	{{abbr\|D\|Matches drawn}}	{{abbr\|L\|Matches lost}}	{{abbr\|GF\|Goals for}}	{{abbr\|GA\|Goals against}}	{{abbr\|GD\|Goal difference}}	{{abbr\|Win %\|Win percentage}}
align=left\|La Roche \|align=left\|1 July 2008 \|align=left\|17 May 2010 {{WDL\|53\|25\|12\|16\|for=79\|against=49\|diff=yes}} \|{{Citation needed\|date=December 2023}}
align=left\|Guingamp \|align=left\|17 May 2010 \|align=left\|27 May 2016 {{WDL\|275\|123\|58\|94\|for=398\|against=317\|diff=yes}} \|{{Citation needed\|date=December 2023}}
align=left\|Bordeaux \|align=left\|27 May 2016 \|align=left\|18 January 2018 {{WDL\|71\|28\|19\|24\|for=94\|against=92\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web \|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2561 \|title=Jocelyn Gourvennec managerial statistics \|website=Soccerbase \|access-date=25 October 2019}}
align=left\|Guingamp \|align=left\|12 November 2018 \|align=left\|24 May 2019 {{WDL\|32\|7\|11\|14\|for=30\|against=48\|diff=yes}} \|{{Citation needed\|date=December 2023}}
align=left\|Lille \|align=left\|5 July 2021 \|align=left\|16 June 2022 {{WDL\|49\|19\|16\|14\|for=62\|against=59\|diff=yes}} \|{{Citation needed\|date=December 2023}}
align=left\|Nantes \|align=left\|29 November 2023 \|align=left\|18 March 2024 {{WDL\|15\|4\|1\|10\|for=11\|against=20\|diff=yes}} \|{{Citation needed\|date=December 2023}}
colspan=3\|Total {{WDLtot\|495\|206\|117\|172\|for=675\|against=585\|diff=yes}} !

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|From

!rowspan=2|To

!colspan=8|Record

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

align=left|La Roche

|align=left|1 July 2008

|align=left|17 May 2010

|{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

align=left|Guingamp

|align=left|17 May 2010

|align=left|27 May 2016

|{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

align=left|Bordeaux

|align=left|27 May 2016

|align=left|18 January 2018

|{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2561 |title=Jocelyn Gourvennec managerial statistics |website=Soccerbase |access-date=25 October 2019}}

align=left|Guingamp

|align=left|12 November 2018

|align=left|24 May 2019

|{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

align=left|Lille

|align=left|5 July 2021

|align=left|16 June 2022

|{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

align=left|Nantes

|align=left|29 November 2023

|align=left|18 March 2024

|{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

colspan=3|Total

Honours

= Managerial =

Guingamp

Coupe de France: 2013–14
Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2018–19

Lille

Trophée des Champions: 2021{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12370362/lille-1-0-paris-saint-germain-les-dogues-clinch-first-french-super-cup|title=Lille beat PSG to clinch first French Super Cup|publisher=Sky Sports|date=1 August 2021|access-date=1 August 2021}}

Individual

Ligue 2 Player of the Year: 1993–94{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/franpoy.html |title=France - Footballer of the Year |website=RSSSF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905115225/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/franpoy.html |archive-date= 5 September 2015 }}
Ligue 2 Manager of the Year: 2012–13{{cite web|url=http://frenchfootballweekly.com/2013/05/24/ea-guingamp-they-score-when-they-want/|title=EA Guingamp: They score when they want|website=French Football Weekly}}