Olivier Pickeu (born 24 February 1970 in

Armentières Armentières (; vls, Armentiers) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. The motto of the town is ''Pauvre mais fière'' (Poor but proud). Geogra ...

) is a French retired

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. Pickeu started his playing career at

Stade Malherbe Caen Stade Malherbe Caen (; commonly known as SM Caen, SMC, or simply Caen) is a French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy, that competes in the Ligue 2. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 by the merger of ''C ...

. He later played at

FC Tours Tours Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tours (), is a Football in France, French association football club based in Tours, the capital city of the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department. The club was formed in 1919 and cu ...

and Montpellier HSC (on loan from Caen),

Toulouse FC Toulouse Football Club is French professional football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the premier division of French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium de Toulouse lo ...

Amiens SC 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 d ...

Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Lille has played its ...

Le Mans Union Club 72 Le Mans Football Club (; commonly referred to as Le Mans FC, formerly referred as Le Muc) is a French association football club based in Le Mans. The club was founded in 1985 as a result of a merger under the name Le Mans Union Club 72. In 2010 ...

Varzim SC Varzim Sport Club () is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football team based in Póvoa de Varzim, near Porto in the north of the country. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club si ...

in Portugal, and then

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. After his playing career ended, Pickeu joined the Angers SCO as general manager / sporting director. From 2006 to 2020, he was instrumental in the successes of his club, as it gradually moves from the

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to the middle of

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. He was laid off in 2020. He was appointed as

chairman in 2020, after club takeover by US fund

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickeu, Olivier 1970 births Living people French footballers Stade Malherbe Caen players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players People from Armentières Sportspeople from Nord (French department) Tours FC players Montpellier HSC players Toulouse FC players Amiens SC players Lille OSC players Le Mans FC players Varzim S.C. players Stade de Reims players French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal French football chairmen and investors INF Vichy players France youth international footballers Association football forwards Footballers from Hauts-de-France