Jérémie Janot (born 11 October 1977) is a French former professional

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

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. He played for

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

for 16 years of his career, and last played for

Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...

. He set a record of 1,534 minutes without letting in a goal at the

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Stade Geoffroy-Guichard is a multi-purpose stadium in Saint-Étienne, France. It is used primarily for football matches, and tournaments such as the UEFA Euro 1984 and 2016, the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. It i ...

and was voted "goalkeeper of the year" by

L'Équipe ''L'Équipe'' (, French for "the team") is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sport, owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury. The paper is noted for coverage of association football, rugby football, rugby, motorsport, and cycle sport, ...

after the 2006–07 season.

Playing career

Janot signed a three-year contract with

on 2 August 2012.

Coaching career

In the summer 2014 Janot was appointed manager of US Villars' U19 squad. In the following season, he became manager of FCO Firminy. In December 2015, he became the head coach of the PHR team of Firminy. On 11 July 2016, Janot revealed on Twitter, that he had returned to

as a goalkeeper coach for the youth teams of the club. In the following season, he joined

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division o ...

, still as a goalkeeper coach. In June 2019, he joined

Valenciennes FC Valenciennes Football Club (; commonly known as Valenciennes or USVA) is a French association football club based in Valenciennes. The club was founded in 1913 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Valenciennes play ...

as a goalkeeper coach.Ligue 2 : Jérémie Janot nommé entraîneur des gardiens de Valenciennes
lequipe.fr, 15 June 2019

References

External links

Official Site of Jérémie Janot

ASSE official profile

* 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Valenciennes Association football goalkeepers French footballers AS Saint-Étienne players FC Lorient players Le Mans FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players French football managers Footballers from Hauts-de-France Association football goalkeeping coaches {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub