Fabrice Vandeputte (born 22 September 1969) is a French professional

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manager and former player who is the head coach of

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side Caen B. As a player, he was a

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Club career

Vandeputte, who was a

, started out his career at Standard FC de Montataire, joining

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, where he would feature for the B team, later on. In 1989, he moved to Division 2 Louhans-Cuiseaux. In four seasons at the club, he made a total of 109 league appearances, and scored 14 goals. He would then sign for

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, a club also in the Division 2; there, he made 23 appearances in one season under the coaching of

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. After 1994, Vandeputte pursued his career in amateur divisions of French football. He went through Saint-Leu and

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before signing for

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in January 1998.

International career

In the early parts of his career, Vandeputte was minimally selected with France youth teams.

Managerial career

Vandeputte was first player-manager at Chantilly for three and a half seasons before becoming U19 coach at Louhans-Cuiseaux from 2003 to 2004. He subsequently managed

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's B team, helping them win their group of the

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in the season. In 2008, he joined

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's B team as a member of the staff. Four years later, in 2012, he was appointed manager of the team, a role he stayed at until 2015. In 2015, Vandeputte began to coach

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's U19 team. In his first season in charge, he led them to the

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Final, but they suffered a 3–0 loss against

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, finishing as runners-up. In 2017, he headed to

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's B team, where he would stay at for one season, moving to coach

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Caen

Vandeputte only stayed in the position of B team coach at Caen for four months, because in November 2018, he stepped up as assistant manager for the first team after being promoted by

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. However, he eventually went back to his role of B team coach in July 2019. In November 2020, Vandeputte was appointed as head of youth development at the club. On 23 March 2021, Vandeputte was appointed as head coach of Caen following the sacking of

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, Vandeputte's assistant in the reserve side, joined him as assistant manager of the senior side. At the end of the season, Caen managed to stay in Ligue 2, finishing 17th. Vandeputte would return to coach the reserve side, and was succeeded by

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Personal life

Vandeputte was born in

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, a town near

in the

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department. While in parallel playing with Lille, he completed his military service at , a military unit of the

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composed of athletes. Here, he met footballers such as

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, and

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Honours

Manager

Dijon B *

: Lens U19 *

runner-up: 2015–16 Caen B *

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: 2019–20

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