Patrice Descamps | |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1974 |
Birth Place: | Abbeville, France |
Height: | 1.84 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Amiens (youth) |
Youthclubs1: | Menchecourt |
Youthyears2: | 1988–1992 |
Youthclubs2: | Abbeville |
Years1: | 1992–1998 |
Clubs1: | Abbeville |
Manageryears1: | 2014–2018 |
Managerclubs1: | Amiens B |
Manageryears2: | 2018– |
Managerclubs2: | Amiens (youth) |
Manageryears3: | 2023 |
Managerclubs3: | Amiens (interim) |
Patrice Descamps (born 25 January 1974) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the director of the youth academy of the Ligue 2 club Amiens. As a player, he was a midfielder.
Descamps had a career as a semi-amateur footballer entirely with his local club Abbeville, studied as an educator and in 1998 moved to Amiens as one of their football teachers.[1] He was appointed as head of their reserves in 2014. In 2016, he was appointed as the head of their youth academy.[2] On 3 April 2023, Amiens' manager Philippe Hinschberger was let go and Descamps was appointed interim manager.[3] On 16 June 2023, he returned to his post as director of Amien's youth academy.[4]