Laurent Batlles

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Laurent Batlles
Laurent Battles (03-08-2011).jpg
Batlles as a Saint-Étienne player in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-09-23) 23 September 1975 (age 45)
Place of birth Nantes, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Troyes (manager)
Youth career
Toulouse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1999 Toulouse 158 (10)
1999–2001 Bordeaux 70 (3)
2002 Rennes 28 (2)
2003 Bastia 38 (4)
2004–2006 Marseille 49 (11)
2005–2006 → Toulouse (loan) 31 (3)
2006–2008 Toulouse 53 (5)
2008–2010 Grenoble 70 (2)
2010–2012 Saint-Étienne 68 (8)
Total 565 (48)
National team
1996–1997 France U21 4 (0)
Teams managed
2015–2016 Saint-Étienne (assistant)
2016–2019 Saint-Étienne (reserves)
2019– Troyes
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Laurent Batlles (born 23 September 1975) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the current manager of Troyes AC.

Club career[]

Batlles was born in Nantes. In 1993, he emerged from the Toulouse FC academy into the senior squad, playing his first game in Ligue 1 on 2 April 1994 in a 0–1 away loss against Olympique Lyonnais.

In 1999, after scoring ten league goals in six seasons, two spent in Ligue 2, Batlles signed with FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he played exactly half of 1999–2000, adding eight appearances in the club's run in the UEFA Champions League, netting once. The following campaign he scored three in 32 matches, featuring in 19 league games – with six goals – in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup before completing that season with Stade Rennais FC.

In January 2003, Batlles moved to Corsica and SC Bastia. He played the remaining 19 fixtures for his new team, a figure he repeated in the first half of 2003–04 (without scoring) before joining Olympique de Marseille, in another January transfer window move.[1]

Batlles contributed eight matches in l'OM's runner-up run in the UEFA Cup including the final, lost 2–0 to Valencia CF.[2] The following season he scored eight goals in 30 games[3] and, after starting 2005–06 at the club, rejoined Toulouse initially on loan.

Batlles joined permanently in the 2006–07 campaign after a successful loan spell, although he had a contract with Marseille until June 2008.[4][3] Again, he was an undisputed starter, as Toulouse finished third in the league and reached the third qualifying round of the Champions League, eventually bowing out to Liverpool.[5]

In 2008–09, the 33-year-old Batlles joined newly promoted club Grenoble Foot 38 on a two-year deal,[6] being first choice as it eventually retained its top-flight status. In June 2010, after being relegated, he was released, quickly signing for AS Saint-Étienne – the first team placed above the relegation zone – at nearly 35 years of age.[7]

Batlles retired from football in May 2012, with a total of 510 French top tier games and 41 goals. He continued working with his last club, as a technical supervisor.[8]

In June 2019, Batlles was announced as the new coach of Troyes AC, joining on a two-year contract.[9]

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 21 December 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Troyes France 14 June 2019 Present 21 12 2 7 23 19 +4 057.14 [10]
Total 21 12 2 7 23 19 +4 057.14 —

Honours[]

Marseille

References[]

  1. ^ "Bastia lose Batlles to Marseille". UEFA. 29 January 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Valencia 2–0 Marseille". BBC Sport. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Batlles contract boost for Marseille". UEFA. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ^ Zito, Julien (12 March 2009). "Entretien avec... Laurent Batlles: "Je regrette encore d'avoir quitté l'OM"" [Interview with... Laurent Batlles: "I still regret leaving l'OM"] (in French). Foot Mercato. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ^ Bevan, Chris (28 August 2007). "Liverpool 4–0 Toulouse (5–0)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  6. ^ "TFC. Battles [sic] signe pour deux ans à Grenoble" [TFC. Batlles signs with Grenoble for two years]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 2 July 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Batlles joins St Etienne". Sky Sports. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Laurent Batlles attaché à l'ASSE" [Laurent Batlles attached to ASSE] (in French). AS Saint-Étienne. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Troyes: Laurent Batlles nommé entraîneur (off)" [Troyes: Laurent Batlles named manager (off)] (in French). Foot National. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Troyes AC: Matches". Soccerway. DAZN Group. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Marseille 5–1 Deportivo (Aggregate: 5–3)". UEFA. Archived from the original on 31 May 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

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