Pablo Alejandro Correa Velázquez (born 14 March 1967) is a Uruguayan former

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player. After his retirement as a player, he became the head coach of three French football clubs.

Playing career

Correa started his footballing career as a player in Uruguay, where he played for

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, Rentistas,

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...

and

Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievemen ...

. In 1993, he joined

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or simply San Lorenzo (in English: ''Saint Lawrence''), is a sports club of Argentina in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team ...

in Argentina, but returned to Uruguay after only 3 games with the club, to join

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. In 1995 Correa moved to France, where he played the remainder of his career in

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and

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for

AS Nancy Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (), commonly known as AS Nancy Lorraine, or simply Nancy, is a French association football club founded in 1967 in Nancy, Grand Est and located in Tomblaine, in the inner suburbs of Nancy. The club currently ...

,. Correa played up front with

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and became a hit with the AS Nancy fans.

Managerial career

After his retirement as a player, he joined the coaching staff at AS Nancy and was appointed as the club manager in 2002. In the summer of 2005, Correa secured Nancy's promotion to

by winning the

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title and after spending the previous five seasons in

. Correa guided Nancy to the 2006 Coupe de la Ligue Final final against

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, in which Nancy won 2–1, giving them a spot in the

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. Nancy survived their first Ligue 1 season of the 21st century, finishing in 12th position and notably beating

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2–0 and

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6–0 in home Ligue 1 matches. On 25 May 2011, Correa announced he would terminate his contract after the end of the season. He had been Nancy's club manager for nine consecutive years since 2002. On 2 January 2012, Correa was named as new coach of Ligue 1 side Évian Thonon Gaillard F.C., replacing

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. Following a poor start to the 2012–13 season during which the club lost 3 and drew 1 of their first 4 2012–13 Ligue 1 matches, he was sacked on 3 September 2012 and replaced by

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. Correa returned to

on 12 October 2013 replacing

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. Following relegation from

in the summer of 2017 and a poor start to the 2017-18 Ligue 2 season, he was sacked on 29 August 2017. On 20 December 2017, Correa was named new coach of

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 ...

. Following a run of four consecutive

defeats, he was sacked on 18 March 2019. In December 2021, he became new manager of Belgian club

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. He left the club in July 2022.

Managerial statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Correa, Pablo 1967 births Living people Association football forwards Uruguayan footballers Uruguayan expatriate footballers Uruguayan football managers Club Nacional de Football players Peñarol players Defensor Sporting players Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in France AS Nancy Lorraine players Uruguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players AS Nancy Lorraine managers Thonon Evian Grand Genève F.C. managers AJ Auxerre managers Ligue 1 managers R.E. Virton managers