Christophe Ott (born 7 April 1983 in Luxeuil-les-Bains) is a retired French

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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. He is currently the assistant manager of

EA Guingamp En Avant Guingamp (, en, Forward Guingamp), commonly referred to as EA Guingamp, EAG, or simply Guingamp (), is a professional football club based in the commune of Guingamp in France's Brittany region. The club was founded in 1912 and play in ...

Career

A product of Niort's youth football teams, Ott became a professional with the senior side, and made two appearances in the French

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

. In 2010, Ott went on a week-long trial with English League One club Yeovil Town.

Coaching career

From June 2012 to June 2014, Ott worked as a youth coach for

AS Poissy AS Poissy (french: Amicale Sportive de Poissy) is a French football club based in Poissy (Yvelines). It was founded in 1904. They play at the Stade Léo Lagrange, which has a capacity of 3,500. The colours of the club are yellow and blue. For th ...

's U12 squad and later as a youth goalkeeper coach for

Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt or A.C.B.B. is a French sports club based in the suburbs of Paris in the commune of Boulogne-Billancourt. The club offers a variety of sports, but is primarily known for cycling, rugby union, judo, figure s ...

from June 2015 to June 2016. He then accepted to helping

Patrice Lair Patrice Lair (born 16 June 1961) is a French football coach. He is currently the manager of Division 1 Féminine side Bordeaux. Career As a footballer Lair played in the lower categories in France. After spending a decade in Stade Briochin and ...

, coaching the goalkeepers of

Paris Saint-Germain Féminine Paris Saint-Germain Féminine (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris SG, or simply Paris or PSG, are a French professional football club based in Paris. Founded in 1971, they compete in Division 1 Féminine, the top divis ...

. Ott also became a goalkeeping coach, and was appointed assistant to Niort's manager

in July 2018. Ott followed

, acting as his assistant coach this time and not just goalkeeper coach. However, Lair was fired on 23 September 2019 but Ott stayed at the club as assistant manager of the caretaker manager

Sylvain Didot Sylvain Didot (born 8 October 1975) is a French football manager and former player who currently manages Granville in French Championnat National 2. He played professionally in Ligue 1 for Toulouse FC and in Ligue 2 for Toulouse and Stade de Re ...

, who later was given the job officially.

Honours

;Chamois Niortais *

Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, t ...

champions: 2005–06

References

1983 births Living people People from Luxeuil-les-Bains Footballers from Haute-Saône French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Chamois Niortais F.C. players Pau FC players Ionikos F.C. players APEP FC players FC Martigues players AS Poissy players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Cypriot First Division players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus French expatriate sportspeople in Greece French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub