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Mickaël Debève (born 1 December 1970) is a French footballer manager and former
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player who played as a
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he is the currently assistant manager
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club of
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.


Football career

Born in
Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of ...
, Debève began his career at
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; after a slow start - only four first-team appearances in three seasons, he became a main squad member. His first match in the top level came on 5 June 1987, in a 1–0 home win against
RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), come ...
. The most important part of Debève's career was spent at Lens, who he helped win the
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in
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, adding the
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the following year. In the
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, he scored the game's only goal at
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, against English champions
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, making Lens the first club from France to win at that ground. After totalling more than 400 official matches in his country, Debève moved to
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with
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in February 2002, arriving for free and rejoining former Lens mate
Franck Queudrue Franck Roger Queudrue (born 27 August 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left back. He began his career with Lens, for whom he played in Ligue 1, and went on to play in the Premier League for Middlesbrough, Fulha ...
. He made his debut as a substitute in the
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6th round victory over Everton. He was then thrust into the starting line up for the semi-final against
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due to various injuries, making only his second Boro appearance against the team he had knocked out of the
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four years earlier. However, he could not prevent Boro losing 1–0. He left in the summer, and closed out his career in France's second level, with
SC Amiens Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second ...
.


Managerial career

Immediately after retiring, Debève became a manager, starting as
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with hometown side SC Abbevillois Football. Debève was named manager of Toulouse, the club where he started his playing career, on 23 January 2018, replacing
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. Upon his appointment, Toulouse was 19th in
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on 20 points from 22 matches (5 wins, 5 draws, 12 losses), and facing relegation. In his first match in charge of Toulouse, they lost 2–0 away to
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in the 2017-18 Coupe de France Round of 32.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Debeve, Mickael 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Abbeville Footballers from Somme (department) French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Toulouse FC players RC Lens players Le Havre AC players Amiens SC players SC Abbeville players Middlesbrough F.C. players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Premier League players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England French football managers Toulouse FC managers Ligue 1 managers France men's youth international footballers French expatriate sportspeople in England Association football coaches