Éric Renaut

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Not to be confused with Éric Renaud.
Éric Renaut
Eric Renaut Panini (cropped).jpg
Renaut with Paris Saint-Germain in 1977–78
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-04-11) 11 April 1954 (age 67)
Place of birth Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, midfielder[1]
Youth career
1961–1970 Stade Saint-Germain
1970–1972 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1982 Paris Saint-Germain 245 (31)
1975–1976 → Sochaux (loan) 32 (6)
1982–1986 RC Paris 82 (9)
1986–1987 Sète 8 (1)
1987–1989 Red Star
1989–1990 Chantilly
Total 367+ (47+)
National team
France Amateurs
France military
1975–1977 France U21 4 (0)
1978 France B 1 (0)
Teams managed
Chantilly
1991–1996  [fr]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Éric Renaut (born 11 April 1954) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and midfielder. He spent the majority of his career at Paris Saint-Germain.

Club career[]

Renaut was a product of Paris Saint-Germain's youth academy. He had joined the club in 1970 after his hometown club of Stade Saint-Germain merged with Paris FC to create Paris Saint-Germain.[2] Renaut's debuts for PSG's first team came in 1972, helping the club achieve promotion to the Division 2. Another successive promotion followed, with Renaut playing a key part again in the club's return to the Division 1.[3]

Apart from a loan to Sochaux during the 1975–76 season, Renaut was a player of PSG from 1972 to 1982. He left after having made 290 appearances and scored 35 goals for the club across all competitions, ranking among Paris Saint-Germain's most capped players.[3] The 1981–82 Coupe de France was the only trophy he won with the Parisians.[3]

Renaut continued his career at RC Paris, Sète, Red Star, and Chantilly before retiring in 1990.

International career[]

Renaut represented France on many levels. He was initially a youth international, then an amateur international, and also a military international. From 1975 to 1977, he played for the France U21s, known as Les Espoirs (transl. The Hopes). With them, Renaut would win the 1977 Toulon Tournament.[2]

Renaut also played one match for the France B team in 1978. He would additionally receive one call-up to the main national team, but he never made any appearances.[2]

Managerial career[]

Renaut's first managerial position came at the club he retired at, Chantilly. From 1991 to 1996, he coached  [fr].[4]

After football[]

Later in his life, Renaut would become the manager of a sports equipment broadcasting company called ERD Diffusion.[2] After this, he would create SMC, a sports communication company specialized in communicating over large sporting events.[5]

Starting in 1999, Renaut began to work as an football agent in France for IMG, a company founded by Mark McCormack.[4][2]

Honours[]

France U21

  • Toulon Tournament: 1977

Paris Saint-Germain

RC Paris

References[]

  1. ^ "Eric RENAUT". PSG1970.net (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Eric RENAUT". PSG70 (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Eric RENAUT". Histoire du PSG (in French). Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Merloz, Bertrand (19 April 2000). "Les agents actifs" [The active agents]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ "que sont devenus les héros de PSG-Valenciennes ?" [what have become the heroes of PSG-Valenciennes?]. Paris.canal-historique (in French). 4 June 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

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