Mickaël Pontal
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Guilherand-Granges, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2004 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2004 | Saint-Étienne | 11 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | ASOA Valence | ||
| 2005 | Stade Saint-Raphaël | ||
| 2006 | AS Cannes | ||
| 2007–2008 | AFC Compiègne | ||
| 2008–2010 | Hyères FC | ||
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021-2013 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC B | ||
| 2013-2014 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC U-19 | ||
| 2013-2014 | Savigneux | ||
| 2014-2015 | Louhans-Csx | ||
| 2017-2019 | Feurs | ||
| 2020-2022 | Veauche | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:28, 20 November 2009 (UTC) | |||
Mickaël Pontal (born 30 April 1980) is a former French professional footballer. He retired from playing in 2012 and is now a professional soccer coach. His position was that of a defender, and positionally, a centre-back. As a player, he played 132 matches and won 7 trophies across different leagues.[1]
Pontal played at the professional level in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for AS Saint-Étienne. He also played in Valence, St Raphaël, Cannes, Compiègne, Hyères, Andrézieux before starting a coaching career in Andrézieux, Savigneux-Montbrison and Louhans-Cuiseaux.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]Pontal started his professional football career at AS Saint-Étienne (also known as ASSE) in the 1997-1998 season. He played for the club between 1997 until 2004 in different divisions and scoring 7 goals. In between this time, he moved for one season in 2002 to Angers to get more playing time.[2]
In the 2004-2005 season, he was loaned to ASOA Valence in the National Ligue where he stayed for one year.[1][2]
In the 2005-2006 season, he played for Cannes, making 36 appearances before moving to Saint-Raphaël for the rest of the 2006-2007 season. In 2007-2008 season he played for Compiègne and moved to Hyères from 2008 till 2010 making 55 appearances for the club.[1][2] His last professional club was Andrézieux in 2010 where he retired 2012.[1][2]
| Season | Club | Division | Games Played | Goals Scored | Natioanal Cups |
| 1997-1998 | Saint-Étienne | CFA2 | 2 | - | - |
| 1998-1999 | Saint-Étienne | D2 | 1 (21 in CFA2) | - | - |
| 1999-2000 | Saint-Étienne | D1 | 0 (22 in CFA2) | 3 in CFA2 | - |
| 2000-2001 | Saint-Étienne | D1 | 6 (17 in CFA) | 3 in CFA | - |
| 2001-2002 | Saint-Étienne | D2 | 2 (19 in CFA) | - | - |
| 2002-2003 | Saint-Étienne | L2 | 0 (14 in CFA) | - | - |
| 2003-2004 | Saint-Étienne | L2 | 2 (20 in CFA) | 1 in CFA | - |
| 2004-2005 | Valence | Nat | 36 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005-2006 | St-Raphaël | CFA2 | - | - | - |
| Cannes -> February 6 | Nat | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006-2007 | St-Raphaël | CFA2 | - | - | - |
| 2007-2008 | AFC Compiègne | CFA | - | - | - |
| 2008-2009 | Hyères | CFA | 30 | 2 | - |
| 2009-2010 | Hyères | N | 25 | 0 | - |
| 2010-2011 | Andrézieux | CFA2 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011-2012 | Andrézieux | CFA2 | 1 | - | - |
Coaching career
[edit]Pontal started his coaching career at Andrézieux coaching the B and Under 19 teams between 2012 and 2013. He then moved to coach Savigneux for a short spell in 2014 before moving to Louhans as head coach for the 2014-2015 season. He returned to coach the Under 17 team at AS Saint-Étienne before moving to Feurs for a 3 year coaching role. In 2019, he left Feurs to Veauche.[3] He left the coahcing role at Veache at the end of 2022.[4]
| Saison | Club |
| 2012-2013 | Andrézieux |
| 2013-2014 | Savigneux-Montbrison (PHR) |
| 2014-2015 | Louhans-Cuiseaux (CFA2) |
| 2015-2016 | ASSE (U17 Régionaux) |
| 2016-2017 | Lausanne Université Club Dorigny |
| 2017-2018 | US Feurs |
| 2018-2019 | US Feurs |
| 2019-déc 2019 | US Feurs |
| 2020 - 2022 | Veauche |
Honors
[edit]- 1997: Under 17 - French Champion AS Saint-Étienne.
- 1998: Coupe Gambardella with AS Saint-Étienne
- 1999: Ligue 2 French Champion AS Saint-Étienne
- 2000: CFA2 French Champions AS Saint-Étienne
- 2004: Ligue 2 French Champion AS Saint-Étienne
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Mickaël Pontal - Stats et palmarès - 23/24". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Mickaël Pontal". toutsurlasse.free.fr. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Football. Mickaël Pontal : " La réputation et le projet de Veauche m'ont séduit "". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ Yo (1 December 2022). "[Communiqué Officiel] Mickaël Pontal n'est plus l'entraineur de l'équipe première". | Site officiel de l'ES Veauche Football (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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- People from Guilherand-Granges
- Footballers from Ardèche
- French men's footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- ASOA Valence players
- AS Cannes players
- Men's association football defenders
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- 21st-century French sportsmen
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