Reynald Pedros
{{short description|French football manager (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Reynald Pedros
| image = 2019-05-18 Fußball, Frauen, UEFA Women's Champions League, Olympique Lyonnais - FC Barcelona StP 1121 LR10 by Stepro (cropped).jpg
| caption = Pedros as manager of Lyon Women in 2019
| full_name = Reynald Michel Sebastian Pedros
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|10|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Orléans, France
| position = Attacking midfielder
| currentclub =
| years1 = 1987–1992
| clubs1 = Nantes B
| caps1 = 70
| goals1 = 11
| years2 = 1990–1996
| clubs2 = Nantes
| caps2 = 152
| goals2 = 22
| years3 = 1996
| clubs3 = Marseille
| caps3 = 23
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1997
| clubs4 = Parma
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1997
| clubs5 = Napoli
| caps5 = 3
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1997–1998
| clubs6 = Lyon
| caps6 = 15
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 1998–1999
| clubs7 = Parma
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1999–2000
| clubs8 = Montpellier
| caps8 = 3
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 1999–2000
| clubs9 = Montpellier B
| caps9 = 4
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2000–2001
| clubs10 = Toulouse
| caps10 = 8
| goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2001–2003
| clubs11 = Bastia
| caps11 = 15
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2001–2002
| clubs12 = Bastia B
| caps12 = 7
| goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2004–2005
| clubs13 = Al-Khor
| caps13 =
| goals13 =
| years14 = 2005–2006
| clubs14 = Sud Nivernais Imphy Decize
| caps14 =
| goals14 =
| years15 = 2006–2007
| clubs15 = Bouchemaine La Baule-Escoublac
| caps15 =
| goals15 =
| years16 = 2007–2009
| clubs16 = Baulmes
| caps16 = 12
| goals16 = 1
| totalcaps = 317
| totalgoals = 38
| nationalyears1 = 1993–1996
| nationalteam1 = France
| nationalcaps1 = 25
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| manageryears1 = 2008–2009
| managerclubs1 = St-Jean-Ruelle
| manageryears2 = 2009–2012
| managerclubs2 = St-Pryvé St-Hilaire
| manageryears3 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs3 = Orléans (president adviser)
| manageryears4 = 2017–2019
| managerclubs4 = Lyon Women
| manageryears5 = 2021–2023
| managerclubs5 = Morocco Women
}}
Reynald Michel Sebastian Pedros (born 10 October 1971) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He recently managed the Morocco women's national team.
Early life and club career
Reynald Michel Sebastian Pedros{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce93/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Squad List: FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023: Morocco (MAR) |publisher=FIFA |page=17 |date=20 August 2023 |access-date=8 March 2025}} was born on 10 October 1971 in Orléans, Loiret,{{cite web |url=https://www.ol.fr/en/contents/staff-members/r/reynald-pedros |title=Reynald Pedros |publisher=Olympique Lyonnais |access-date=7 March 2020}} and is of Portuguese{{Cite web |last=ASACAF37400 |date=2008-10-27 |title=REYNALD PEYDROS |url=https://asacaf37400.skyrock.com/2096901007-REYNALD-PEYDROS.html |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Skyrock |language=fr}} and Spanish descent.{{cite web |url=http://africultures.com/la-migration-des-footballeurs-africains-en-europe-9106/ |title=La migration des footballeurs africains en Europe – Africultures |first=Christophe |last=Cassiau-Haurie |date=21 December 2009}} He played as a left-footed attacking midfielder, formed in Nantes. He was part of the magic trio of FC Nantes with Patrice Loko and Nicolas Ouédec. He won the Division 1 title with Nantes in 1995. The following year he reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
International career
Pedros played for the France national team. His career bears some similarity to David Ginola's – a mistake in the last 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match leading to French elimination, and subsequently being dropped from the national team.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Before UEFA Euro 1996, he was considered one of the best French midfielders, on par with Zinedine Zidane,{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} and was selected for the tournament. France reached the semi-final to face the Czech Republic, and the two teams could not be separated over ninety minutes. The match thus went into extra time and subsequently a penalty shoot-out. After five successful penalties for each team, Pedros was to take the first of the penalties in sudden death. His shot was weak and slow, and was easily saved by the Czech goalkeeper, Petr Kouba. Miroslav Kadlec came to take the next penalty, scored it, and knocked France out of the tournament.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Following this elimination, Pedros was made a pariah by the media and was greatly disliked by French fans. He attempted to make a comeback, in Ligue 2, but he was never able to come back to the top of his game.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Managerial career
Pedros worked as president adviser at Orléans for two years.{{cite web |url=http://www.larep.fr/orleans/2015/06/01/reynald-pedros-nouveau-conseiller-des-presidents-de-l-us-orleans_11462190.html |title=Reynald Pedros nouveau conseiller des présidents de l'US Orléans |publisher=larep.fr |language=fr |date=2 June 2015 }} On 2 June 2017, he took over as head coach of Olympique Lyonnais Féminin.{{Cite web |last=Mishner |first=Katie |date=9 June 2022 |title=Olympique Lyonnais confirm Reynald Pedros as new manager |url=https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2017/05/21/womens-football/791658-olympique-lyonnais-confirm-reynald-pedros-as-new-manager.html |access-date=19 July 2022 |website=VAVEL |language=}} He led them to retain the Division 1 Féminine championship for the 12th and 13th time. He also succeeded in guiding the team to retaining the UEFA Women's Champions League for the 3rd and 4th time.{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=Lyon-Barcelona |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2025485--lyon-vs-barcelona/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=UEFA |language=en}}{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
In November 2020, Pedros became the coach of the Moroccan women's national team. This recruitment took place in the context of the effort made by the FRMF and its President Fouzi Lekjaa to develop women's football in Morocco, particularly mass football, with the aim of becoming a stronghold of women's football at continental and world level.{{cite web |url=https://panafricanfootball.com/2020/11/26/morocco-is-set-to-have-a-new-coach-for-his-women-national-team/ |title=MOROCCO IS SET TO HAVE A NEW COACH FOR ITS WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM |date=26 November 2020}} His first tournament was the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, at which he guided Morocco to reach the final of the WAFCON for the first time in its only third appearance. This included a win on penalties win over African powerhouse Nigeria in the semi-finals, which was seen as a redemption for his penalty defeat in Euro 1996.{{cite web | url=https://herfootballhub.com/wafcon-final-2022-preview/ | title=WAFCON Final 2022: A story of two coaches | date=23 July 2022 }}
In August 2023, he took Morocco women's team to the knockout stages of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on their debut appearance at the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/womens-world-cup-morocco-colombia-match-summary-8eaa08e351549638ddc2a7d5524c5474 |title=Morocco makes more Women’s World Cup history, reaching knockout rounds with a 1-0 win over Colombia |publisher=Associated Press |date=3 August 2023 }}
Career statistics
=International goals=
:Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pedros goal.
Honours
= Manager =
Lyon{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
- Division 1 Féminine: 2017–18, 2018–19
- Coupe de France Féminine: 2018–19
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2018–19,{{Cite web |date=2018-05-24 |title=Lyon sweep to Women's Champions League win over 10-player Wolfsburg |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/24/wolfsburg-lyon-womens-champions-league-final-match-report |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} 2019–20{{Cite web |title=Lyon Women part ways with Pedros after treble-winning season {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4349/main/2019/06/13/54444262/lyon-women-part-ways-with-pedros-after-treble-winning-season |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=www.goal.com}}
Morocco
References
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