Jacques "Jacky" Bonnevay (born 1 June 1961) is a French football coach, currently assistant manager of AS Saint-Étienne, and former player.

Playing career

Bonnevay was born in

Le Coteau Le Coteau () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It lies about northwest of Lyon on the right bank of the river Loire, opposite the larger town Roanne. Population Twin towns Le Coteau is twinned with: * Zwevegem, B ...

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône ...

. He played for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Olympique de Marseille,

Le Havre AC Le Havre Athletic Club (; commonly referred to as Le Havre) is a French association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The club was founded as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, making Le Havre AC the oldest professional French fo ...

, OGC Nice and Red Star.

Coaching career

After his playing career, he became a coach with

AS Beauvais Association Sportive Beauvais Oise (; commonly referred to as AS Beauvais, ASBO, or simply Beauvais) is a French association football club based in Beauvais. The club was formed in 1945 as a result of a merger and currently play in the Championna ...

Troyes AC Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a French association football club, based in Troyes, who play in Ligue 1, the highest level of France's football league system, and plays its home matches at the ...

Angers SCO Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO or simply Angers (), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the first ...

Wydad Casablanca Wydad Athletic Club ( ar, نادي الوداد الرياضي, ) commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that ...

and

Chamois Niortais FC Chamois Niortais Football Club (often referred to as ''Les Chamois'', Chamois Niortais, or simply Niort) is a French association football club based in the commune of Niort, in the Deux-Sèvres department of western France. It was founded in ...

. He joined

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a ...

in June 2009 as the reserve team manager. He left at the end of the 2009–10 season. From October 2012 to the summer 2014, Bonnevay worked as the assistant manager of Niger's national football team. He then joined

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

under manager

Vahid Halilhodžić Vahid Halilhodžić (; born 15 October 1952) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most controversially successful Bosnian football managers, due to his successful tenure in coaching various na ...

as his assistant. The duo was fired after only four months. From March 2015 to April 2018, Bonnevay once again worked under

as his assistant for the Japan national team. On 30 June 2018, he was announced as assistant manager to

Claude Puel Claude Jacques Puel (; born 2 September 1961) is a French football manager and former player. He spent his entire playing career with Monaco, before becoming manager of the club, leading them to the league title in his first full season in char ...

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, following a restructure of the coaching staff at the club. On 24 February 2019, he left

following the sacking of manager

. On 4 October 2019, Bonnevay once again followed

, this time to AS Saint-Étienne.Puel appointed Saint-Etienne coach
beinsports.com, 3 October 2019

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1961 births Living people People from Le Coteau French expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers from Loire (department) Men's association football defenders French men's footballers FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Olympique de Marseille players Le Havre AC players Leicester City F.C. non-playing staff OGC Nice players Red Star F.C. players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players French football managers AS Beauvais Oise managers ES Troyes AC managers Angers SCO managers Chamois Niortais F.C. managers Wydad AC managers French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate football managers in Morocco Botola managers {{france-footy-defender-1960s-stub