Oswald Tanchot (born 7 August 1973) is a French professional

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and former player.

Playing career

Tanchot started his career with

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, and played 12

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matches for the club in the 1994–95 season. He went on to play in the French lower leagues for five different clubs in a ten-year period.

Managerial career

In 2005, Tanchot was appointed manager of Division d'Honneur side La Vitréenne and led the team to promotion in his first season. He remained with La Vitréenne until July 2011 when he was hired as the new manager of

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, replacing Alain Ferrand. In 2016, he was named assistant manager of

club Le Havre AC. Following Bob Bradley's departure to

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Tanchot was named new manager of Le Havre. He left the post at the end of the 2018–19 season. Incredibly, after just one game in charge of Volos NPS in August 2022 he was sacked. Tanchot managed Volos to a 3-3 draw against Asteras Tripolis.

Managerial statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanchot, Oswald 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Mayenne French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Ligue 2 players Stade Lavallois players USF Fécamp players AS Vitré players US Avranches players Canet Roussillon FC players La Vitréenne FC players French football managers Le Havre AC managers Amiens SC managers FC Sochaux-Montbéliard managers Ligue 2 managers Footballers from Pays de la Loire