Hervé Della Maggiore (born 17 August 1972) is a French former

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

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

, and is the coach of French club

FC Villefranche Football Club Villefranche Beaujolais or simply Villefranche is a French association football club founded in 1927. They are based in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône-Alpes and play at the Stade Armand Chouffet in town. The team played one season ...

Managerial career

Della Maggiore was a youth product of

Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, th ...

, and had an unassuming career as a semi-amateur footballer. Della Maggiore begun his managerial career with Bourg-en-Bresse in 2008, when the team played in the

Championnat National 3 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...

, the fifth division in French football. During his tenure, he helped Bourg-en-Bresse reach the

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 ...

, becoming the first team in the

Ain Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...

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'' in France to do so. He left Bourg-en-Bresse after the club were relegated to the

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 ...

in 2018. In October 2018 he joined Gazélec Ajaccio as new manager. He left at the end of the 2018–19 season after the club lost the Ligue 2 relegation play-off and were relegated to

. On 11 February 2021, he was named as new coach of

in the

Managerial statistics

Personal life

Della Maggiore was born in Lyon to an affluent Italian family.

References

External links

L'Equipe Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Della Maggiore, Hervé 1972 births Living people People from Rillieux-la-Pape Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers French football managers French sportspeople of Italian descent Ligue 2 managers Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 managers Ain Sud players Footballers from Lyon Metropolis