Pascal Vaudequin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 September 1966 | ||
| Place of birth |
Île de France , France | ||
| Position(s) |
Full-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1986 | USL Dunkerque | 3 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | US Alençon | (?) | |
| 1987–1991 | Derry City | (?) | |
| 1991–1993 | Rodez AF | 52 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Derry City | 74 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Shelbourne | 35 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Finn Harps | 52 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Bohemians | 7 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Shamrock Rovers | 24 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005 | Institute | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pascal Vaudequin (born 22 September 1966) is a French former footballer who spent the most part of his career playing in the League of Ireland and working with the Irish Football Association for over a decade. Pascal is currently working as a Director in Vietnam for Juventus.
Playing career
Vaudequin was born in Paris. He began playing football as a young boy after being inspired by the
Vaudequin left Derry City in 1997 and signed with the relatively successful
Managerial and coaching career
After holding various coaching positions around Ireland, Vaudequin was determined to become an official coach and returned home to France, where he completed his
Upon retirement, Vaudequin returned to the North-West and assumed the role of assistant manager at Finn Harps. After a period as assistant manager at Finn Harps, Vaudequin began coaching at Institute. He was later offered the role of manager of Institute in January 2005 after the departure of Paul Hegarty. He accepted this offer and signed a number of promising French players, but his managerial reign lasted a mere ten months.[2] After leaving the Riverside club, he decided to aid youth development and volunteered as a youth coach for Derry based Trojans. Vaudequin had also been linked with the vacant post at Finn Harps after Anthony Gorman left the club at the end of the 2006 league campaign. However, he did not take the job and his former team-mate, Paul Hegarty, was soon appointed manager. In March 2007, Vaudequin was also strongly linked with the job of Sligo Rovers[3] [4]
Vaudequin coached for the Irish Football Association from 2007 to 2018. He was involved as a County Coach Performance (u12- u15) until 2013. Pascal was involved with the N-Ireland u17 International Coaching staff as an assistant manager until June 2011. From February 2014 to July 2018 he was involved as an elite performance coach at under-14 to under-16 level, also working with the under-19 international squad as an assistant manager. In June 2018 to 2020 Pascal Vaudequin was appointed Assistant Technical Director to Philippe Troussier in Vietnam National football center PVF. in 2019 Pascal Vaudequin was involved in partnership between the PVF Ha Tinh FC regarding an Academy project started as a grassroots initiative & developed into one of the main youth professional structures in Vietnam. A $10 million project was implemented in the poorest province of Vietnam to develop youth football and improving the existing infrastructure. Coaching Education was achieved statistically involving 420 educational institutions & 80 club coaches from within the Ha Tinh province. In January 2021 to August 2021 was appointed as a General Director of the Juventus Professional Academy in Ba-Ria Vung Tau Vietnam, the COVID-19 situation deteriorated and the closure of all sporting activities was implemented.
Honours
Derry City
- League of Ireland – 1
- FAI Cup – 2
- League of Ireland Cup – 4
Shelbourne
- FAI Cup – 1
References
- ^ "The Spirit of the Brandywell". The Irish Times.
- ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Irish | Vaudequin quits as Institute boss
- ^ Irish soccer | Vaudequin linked with Sligo role | eircom League Premier Division[permanent dead link]
- ^ eircom League | Vaudequin Sligo link intensifies | eleven-a-side.com[permanent dead link]