Jean-Luc Vannuchi (born 13 September 1970) is a former French professional

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and former

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who played as a defender.

Playing career

Vannuchi started his career with

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

, where he was part of the team that won

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in 1994. He went on to play for

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guinga ...

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...

and

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...

before retiring in 2004. In the

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, Vannuchi came on as a substitute for Guingamp but was on the losing side as his former club Nice won the match in a

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Managerial career

Following his retirement from playing, Vannuchi took up coaching and was appointed as manager of Nîmes B in 2005. Two years later, he took charge of the Nîmes senior team but left the club in December 2008. Vannuchi was hired as manager of

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in the summer of 2009 and spent two seasons with the

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side. In February 2012, he joined National club Martigues following the departure of Jérôme Erceau. In March 2014, Vannuchi replaced

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as manager of

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. Vannuchi was named as the new manager of

Gazélec Ajaccio Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio ( co, Gazélec Football Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1960, Gazélec plays in the Champ ...

in June 2016. However, he resigned in May 2017 and was succeeded by

Albert Cartier Albert Cartier (born 22 November 1960) is a French professional football manager and former player. Coaching career Cartier was fired by FC Brussels in January 2008 for bad results and did not reach a new agreement with RAEC Mons. On 12 January ...

.Gazélec Ajaccio: Albert Cartier remplace Jean-Luc Vannuchi
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* 1970 births Living people French men's footballers Footballers from Marseille Men's association football defenders Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players OGC Nice players En Avant Guingamp players AS Cannes players Nîmes Olympique players French football managers Ligue 2 managers Nîmes Olympique managers Paris FC managers FC Martigues managers Gazélec Ajaccio managers AJ Auxerre managers {{France-footy-defender-1970s-stub