Francis Gillot
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 February 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Maubeuge, France | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1974 | Villiers-Siré-Nicole | ||
1974–1978 | Valenciennes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1982 | Valenciennes | 93 | (6) |
1982–1988 | Lens | 158 | (10) |
1988–1989 |
Strasbourg | 20 | (2) |
1989–1993 | Lens | 90 | (2) |
1993 | Mulhouse | 5 | (0) |
1993–1996 | Montauban | ||
Managerial career | |||
2005–2007 | Lens | ||
2008–2011 | Sochaux | ||
2011–2014 | Bordeaux | ||
2014–2015 |
Shanghai Shenhua | ||
2017 | Auxerre | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francis Gillot (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sis ʒilo]; born 9 February 1960) is a football manager and former player who most recently managed Ligue 2 team AJ Auxerre.
As a player, he was a
Playing career
Born in Maubeuge, France, Francis Gillot started his football career playing for the youth team of his local club Villiers-Siré-Nicole before joining the Valenciennes FC academy. At Valencianones he worked his way up into the senior team and in the 1978–79 season he started his professional career when he was included in the squad for the Ligue 1 outfit.[1] He eventually became a regular starter in the team's defence until they were relegated at the end of the 1981–82 French Division 1 season.[2]
In the following season Gillot moved to top tier club
Managerial career
After retiring from playing Gillot, soon moved into coaching and joined the
At Lens, Gillot was promoted to the team's manager after Joël Müller resigned on 24 January 2005, and for the remainder of the season he guided the club to a seventh-place finish.[5] In his first full season Gillot would impress the fans with his outspokenness, confidence towards youth and offensive play that saw the team move up to fourth and qualification for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.[6] This saw a growing expectation from the fans that the club could achieve more, however the club finished fifth and a point away from qualification for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League.[7] Unable to exceed expectations Gillot resigned on 28 May 2007; however he still remained at the club as a recruiter.
On 2 January 2008, Gillot joined struggling top-tier side Sochaux as their new manager after replacing Frédéric Hantz and in his debut season led the club to safety from the relegation zone. The following season the club would continue to struggle to avoid relegation; however Gillot was offered a two-year contract to remain with the team after avoiding relegation once again Sochaux's results significantly improved in the 2010–11 Ligue 1 campaign, which saw the club finish fifth.[8] Despite the club gaining qualification for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and Gillot gaining a nomination for French coach of the year award, Gillot decided to publicly declare that he wanted to leave the club.[9] On 5 June 2011, he officially resigned from his post; however he immediately took over Bordeaux the following day, leading many from the French media to suspect that Gillot intentionally engineered the move to gain a larger operating budget from his new club and a higher salary.[10]
On 6 June 2011, Gillot was officially signed on as the new head coach of Bordeaux with a two-year contract at the club.
Gillot was appointed as the new manager of AJ Auxerre on 1 June 2017.[15] He was sacked on 9 December 2017.[16]
Career statistics
Season | Club | League | Cups | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Valenciennes | 1978–79 | French Division 1
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
1979–80 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
1980-81
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22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 | ||
1981-82
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35 | 2 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 42 | 3 | ||
1982–83 | Ligue 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 2 | |
Total | 93 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 7 | ||
Lens | 1982–83 | French Division 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 |
1983–84 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
1984–85 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 34 | 5 | ||
1985–86 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 2 | ||
1986–87 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 3 | ||
1987–88 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 42 | 1 | ||
Total | 158 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 193 | 12 | ||
Strasbourg | 1988–89 | French Division 1 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 |
Lens | 1989–90 | French Division 2
|
27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 |
1990–91 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 3 | ||
1991–92 | French Division 1 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 2 | |
1992–93 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
Total | 88 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 5 | ||
Mulhouse | 1992–93 | French Division 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 |
Montauban | 1993–94 | Midi-Pyrénées Division Honneur | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
1994–95 | National 3 Group G
|
1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
1995–96 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 364 | 23 | 54 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 424 | 26 |
Managerial record
- As of 9 December 2017[17]
Club | From | To | Record | ||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
Lens | 24 January 2005 | 28 May 2007 | 130 | 55 | 42 | 33 | 42.31 | ||
Sochaux
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2 January 2008 | 5 June 2011 | 148 | 52 | 35 | 61 | 35.14 | ||
Bordeaux | 6 June 2011 | 23 May 2014 | 148 | 56 | 50 | 42 | 37.84 | ||
Shanghai Shenhua
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4 December 2014 | 29 November 2015 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 43.24 | ||
Auxerre | 1 June 2017 | 9 December 2017 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26.32 | ||
Total | 482 | 184 | 140 | 158 | 38.17 |
Honours
As a player
Montauban
- National 3 Group G: 1996[18]
- Midi-Pyrénées Division Honneur: 1994[19]
As a coach
Lens
Bordeaux
References
- ^ "Francis Gillot". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Ligue 1 1981/82". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Francis Gillot" (in French). pari-et-gagne.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Francis Gillot". RSSSF. 29 January 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "France 2004/05". RSSSF. 2 August 2005. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "France 2005/06". RSSSF. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "France 2006/07". RSSSF. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "France 2010/11". RSSSF. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Gillot : "Je veux partir"" (in French). lequipe.fr. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Girondins de Bordeaux – Sochaux: Gillot, l'argent ne fait pas tout…" (in French). sportune.fr. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Gillot proud to coach Bordeaux". ligue1.com. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "2012/13 UEFA Europa League - FC Girondins de Bordeaux" (in French). uefa.com. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Bordeaux remporte la Coupe de France !" (in French). fff.fr. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Gillot announces Bordeaux departure". ligue1.com. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ FRANCIS GILLOT NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DE L'AJ AUXERRE‚ sport24.lefigaro.fr, 1 June 2017
- ^ "Gillot n'est plus l'entraîneur d'Auxerre". Le Figaro. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Football: Francis Gillot". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "National 3 Gr. G 1996" (in French). footballenfrance.fr. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "DH Midi - 1994" (in French). footballenfrance.fr. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Lens 3-1 Cluj (Aggregate: 4 - 2)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2020.