Stéphane Léoni Explained

Stéphane Léoni
Birth Date:5 March 1976
Birth Place:Saint-Mihiel, France
Height:1.80NaN0
Position:Left-back
Years1:1993–1998
Years2:1998–2000
Years3:2000–2001
Years4:2001–2002
Years5:2002–2003
Years6:2003–2004
Years7:2004–2005
Years8:2005–2006
Years9:2006–2009
Years10:2009–2010
Years11:2010–2012
Years12:2015–2014
Clubs1:Metz B
Clubs9:Metz
Clubs10:AS Cannes
Clubs11:FC Differdange 03
Caps2:38
Caps3:6
Caps4:8
Caps5:36
Caps6:0
Caps9:36
Caps10:17
Caps11:34
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Goals11:0
Manageryears1:2012–2013
Managerclubs1:Amiens (assistant)
Manageryears2:2013
Managerclubs2:Amiens (caretaker)
Manageryears3:2015–2018
Managerclubs3:FC Trémery
Manageryears4:2018–2020
Managerclubs4:Sarre-Union
Manageryears5:2020–2022
Managerclubs5:Progrès Niederkorn

Stéphane Léoni (born 5 March 1976) is a French former footballer, who was most recently manager of Progrès Niederkorn.

Playing career

Léoni was born in Saint-Mihiel. A defender, he initially joined Metz as a youth player but failed to break through to the first team. After leaving the club in 1998 he sought to continue his career in England, signing for Bristol Rovers, where he spent two seasons and scored his only goal for the club in an FA Cup tie against Rotherham United in January 1999.[1] In 2000, he had a four-month spell with Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League before returning to France. Since then, he has spent a season each with CS Sedan Ardennes, AS Beauvais Oise, FC Rouen and FC Sète prior to rejoining his first club, Metz, in June 2006, before signed in summer 2009 for AS Cannes.

Coaching career

Returning to FC Metz in June 2012, Léoni was hired as a playing assistant coach.[2] [3] After manager Francis De Taddeo was fired on 15 September 2013, Léoni was appointed manager on interim basis.[4] Léoni left Amiens 10 days later, as Olivier Echouafni was hired.

After a three-year spell as FC Trémery's manager, Léoni was appointed manager of US Sarre-Union in June 2018.[5] He left the club in May 2020, in the wake of financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] At the end of November 2020, Léoni was appointed manager of Luxembourgian club FC Progrès Niederkorn, signing a deal until June 2023.[7] However, after difficult second part of the 2021-22 season, Leóni left the club at the end of the campaign, one year before his contract expired.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Rotherham v Bristol City. rotherhamunited1925.co.uk. 31 October 2016.
  2. https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/sports/2012/06/26/rennes-a-un-nouveau-president Rennes a un nouveau président
  3. https://www.lasemaine.fr/cartier-de-taddeo-destins-croises/ Cartier – De Taddeo, destins croisés
  4. https://www.courrier-picard.fr/art/region/football-amiens-aussi-a-marsiglia-ia201b0n187634 FOOTBALL Amiens pense aussi à Marsiglia
  5. Web site: Sarre Union : Un ancien messin nouveau coach (off). foot-national.com. fr. 4 June 2018. 4 June 2018.
  6. Web site: Stéphane Léoni va quitter Sarre-Union. Le Républicain Lorrain. fr. 19 May 2020.
  7. https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/sport/2020/11/25/stephane-leoni-et-chadli-amri-debarquent-au-progres-niederkorn Stéphane Leoni et Chadli Amri débarquent au Progrès Niederkorn
  8. https://www.mental.lu/fr/sport/leoni-et-le-progres-cest-fini Leoni et le Progrès, c’est fin