Jean-Marie Elie
 Elie with Lens in 1975 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 September 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Longchamp-sur-Aujon, France | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cherbourg (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1978 | Lens | 272+[a] | (54+) |
| 1978–1981 | Saint-Étienne | 90 | (8) |
| Total | 362+ | (62+) | |
| National team | |||
| 1973 | France B | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–2007 | UST Equeurdreville | ||
| 2019– | Cherbourg | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Jean-Marie Elie (born 30 September 1950) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. As of the 2021–22 season, he is the head coach of Championnat National 3 club Cherbourg.[2] During his playing career of fourteen years, he played for Lens and Saint-Étienne, notably winning the Division 1 in the 1980–81 season with the latter.[3]
International career[]
Elie made one appearance for the France B national team in a 1–1 friendly draw to Cercle Brugge on 20 November 1973.[4]
Post-playing career[]
Elie retired from football in 1981. From 1983 to 1984, he worked as the sporting director of his former club Saint-Étienne.[2] He would then go on to be the manager of UST Equeurdreville from 1984 to 2007, a managerial reign of twenty-three years.[2] Later, he started working as a sport educator and coach for the Lecanu futsal team. In September 2009, he received the Trophée Georges-Boulogne, a trophy awarded by the Amicale des éducateurs de football.[5]
From 2017 to 2019, Elie worked as a member of staff at Cherbourg.[2] In January 2019, he took over the club's head coach position.[6]
Honours[]
Lens
- Division 2: 1972–73[2]
- Coupe de France runner-up: 1974–75[2]
Saint-Étienne
- Division 1: 1980–81[3]
- Coupe de France runner-up: 1980–81[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Statistics are missing for the 1969–70 season.
References[]
- ^ Jean-Marie Elie at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d e f g Jean-Marie Elie at FootballDatabase.eu
- ^ a b "FOOTBALL. Gros plan sur Jean-Marie Elie, champion de France il y a 40 ans" [FOOTBALL. Big plan on Jean-Marie Elie, champion of France 40 years ago.]. La Presse de la Manche (in French). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "France B 1 - 1 Cercle Brugge KSV". Selection A (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Informations pour la période Janvier 2010" [Information for the period of January 2010]. Anciensverts.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Jean-Marie Elie at Soccerway
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