Éric Chelle
Appearance
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![]() Chelle with Lens in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Éric Sékou Chelle | ||
Date of birth | 11 November 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2003 | Martigues | 74 | (0) |
2003–2008 | Valenciennes | 142 | (10) |
2008–2011 | Lens | 82 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Istres | 60 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Chamois Niortais | 17 | (0) |
Total | 375 | (11) | |
International career | |||
2004–2006 | Mali | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2016 | GS Consolat (assistant manager) | ||
2016–2017 | GS Consolat | ||
2017–2021 | FC Martigues | ||
2021 | Boulogne | ||
2022–2024 | Mali | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Éric Sékou Chelle (born 11 November 1977) is a professional football manager and a former player who played as a centre-back. Born in Ivory Coast to a French father and a Malian mother, he made five appearances for the Mali national team.
Playing career
[edit]Chelle holds French nationality and spent his whole career in France, appearing for Martigues, Valenciennes, Lens, Istres, and Chamois Niortais. At international level, he represented Mali.
Coaching career
[edit]In May 2021 was appointed head coach of US Boulogne.[1] He was dismissed by Boulogne on 11 December 2021, after the club gained three points in preceding ten games.[2]
In 2022, Chelle was appointed manager of Mali.[3] He was dismissed on 13 June 2024.[4]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of 13 June 2024
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
GS Consolat | 17 September 2016 | 30 June 2017 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 53.33 |
FC Martigues | 1 November 2017 | 10 May 2021 | 80 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 43.75 |
Boulogne | 21 May 2021 | 11 December 2021 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12.50 |
Mali | 6 May 2022 | 13 June 2024 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 63.64 |
Total | 148 | 67 | 40 | 41 | 45.27 |
References
[edit]- ^ "National. Eric Chelle nommé entraîneur de l'US Boulogne Côte d'Opale" (in French). footamateur.fr. 21 May 2021.
- ^ "DÉPART D'ÉRIC CHELLE" (Press release) (in French). Boulogne. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Eric Chelle: New Mali coach ready for challenge". BBC Sport. 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Mali sack head coach Chelle". SuperSport. 14 June 2024.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Éric Chelle.
- Éric Chelle at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Éric Chelle – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Éric Chelle coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com
- Éric Chelle coach profile at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Abidjan
- Men's association football central defenders
- Malian men's footballers
- Mali men's international footballers
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- French men's footballers
- FC Martigues players
- Valenciennes FC players
- RC Lens players
- FC Istres players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Malian football managers
- US Boulogne managers
- Mali national football team managers
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- Malian football biography stubs