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Jocelyn Gourvennec

French football manager (born 1972)

Field	Value
name	Jocelyn Gourvennec
image	Jocelyn Gourvennec EA Guingamp 2014.jpg
caption	Gourvennec in 2014
full_name	Jocelyn François Gourvennec
birth_date
birth_place	Brest, Finistère, France
height	1.83 m
position	Midfielder
currentclub	Servette (manager)
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
manageryears7	2025–
managerclubs7	Servette

Jocelyn François Gourvennec (born 22 March 1972) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Servette FC in the Swiss Super League. He played as a midfielder for clubs such as Lorient, Rennes, Nantes, Marseille, Montpellier, Bastia, Angers and Clermont.

Early life

Jocelyn François Gourvennec 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. 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.

On 8 November 2018, Gourvennec returned to Guingamp as their new manager after sacking Antoine Kombouaré. 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.

On 5 July 2021, he became the new manager of a Lille side fresh off winning the 2020–21 Ligue 1 title, 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. He was dismissed on 18 March 2024, and replaced by Antoine Kombouaré.

On 11 August 2025, he was named the head coach of Servette FC in the Swiss Super League.

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To
La Roche	1 July 2008	17 May 2010
Guingamp	17 May 2010	27 May 2016
Bordeaux	27 May 2016	18 January 2018
Guingamp	12 November 2018	24 May 2019
Lille	5 July 2021	16 June 2022
Nantes	29 November 2023	18 March 2024
Servette	11 August 2025	present

Honours

Managerial

Guingamp

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

Lille

Trophée des Champions: 2021

Individual

Ligue 2 Player of the Year: 1993–94
Ligue 2 Manager of the Year: 2012–13

References

"Jocelyn Gourvennec". L'Équipe.
"Jocelyn François Gourvennec".
"Sports article".
(27 May 2016). "Bordeaux name Gourvennec as new coach".
[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
[https://web.archive.org/web/20190630202415/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 (Southeast Asian TV network). Fox Sports Asia]], 22 May 2019
"Jocelyn Gourvennec est le nouvel entraîneur du LOSC".
(29 November 2023). "Nantes : Jocelyn Gourvennec nommé entraîneur jusqu'en fin de saison". L'Équipe.
(2024-03-18). "Nantes brings back coach Antoine Kombouaré amid relegation fight in French league".
(11 August 2025). "Jocelyn Gourvennec nommé entraîneur du Servette FC". [[Servette FC]].
"Jocelyn Gourvennec managerial statistics".
(1 August 2021). "Lille beat PSG to clinch first French Super Cup". Sky Sports.
"France - Footballer of the Year".
(24 May 2013). "EA Guingamp: They score when they want".

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