Mathieu Chabert (born 5 December 1978) is a French

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manager and a former player who played as a

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. He was recently the manager of

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Playing career

Chabert was a

and was part of

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 ...

's youth academy, and briefly joined

Udinese Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a fo ...

in Italy, and Ayr United in Scotland before spending the rest of his playing career in the lower leagues of France.

Managerial career

Chabert joined

Béziers Béziers (; oc, Besièrs) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Every August Béziers hos ...

in 2011 as an assistant and became the senior coach in 2013. Chabert helped promote AS Béziers into the French

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 ...

for the first time in their history in 2018. In late October 2019 Chabert left Béziers to manage

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Football ...

, dropping a league in what was reported as a surprise move. He led Bastia to promotion to

in the 2020–21 season. On 22 September 2021, he was dismissed by Bastia after gaining 7 points in the first 9 games of the Ligue 2 season. On 14 October 2021, he was hired by Châteauroux, returning to

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 ...

. More than a year later he was sacked on November 29th. On 2 March 2023, he succeeded Romain Revelli as manager of

Dunkerque Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.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 ...

. He managed to get the club promoted to

, but on 24 September 2023, he was sacked with the club in 17th position.

References

External links

Anciens Verts Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chabert, Mathieu 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Béziers Footballers from Hérault Men's association football goalkeepers French men's footballers Udinese Calcio players Ayr United F.C. players FC Rouen players AS Béziers Hérault (football) players Serie A players Scottish Professional Football League players Championnat National 2 players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Italy French football managers AS Béziers (2007) managers FC Sète 34 managers SC Bastia managers LB Châteauroux managers Ligue 2 managers Championnat National managers