Pascal Théault (born 10 December 1956) is a French former

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and football

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. Pascal Théault was contracted to

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 ...

for his entire football career, including a role as manager starting in November 2000.

Biography

Théault started at SM Caen in 1964, aged 8. He was captain of the cup-winning youth team in 1973, and played for the first team between 1974 and 1986, becoming the key libéro and captain of the team. In 1984, he was voted best player in Division 2 by the magazine France Football. He spent six of his twelve seasons in Division 2, during which he played 104 games, and scored 3 goals. At 19, he also began a career as a coach, in parallel with his career as a player. Responsible for the youth team at Stade Malherbe until he became manager from 1992 to 1997, he was responsible for the development of generations of players, including

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. In November 1997, he was named first-team manager (for which he had been assistant between 1988 and 1992) after a catastrophic first season. He held the role for three seasons. The club finished 5th and 6th in D2 in 1999 and 2000. Graduating in November 2000, he left the club soon afterwards. Between 2003 and 2008, he was the first-team coach and coach of

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, the youth academy of

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. Since 2010 works as Head coach by the Salé based Académie Mohammed VI in Morocco.Académie Mohammed VI de football

Career

Player

* 1974-1986 : SM Caen

Coach

* 1976-1988 : youth manager - SM Caen * 1988-1990 : assistant manager and youth manager - SM Caen * 1990-1992 : assistant manager - SM Caen * 1992-nov. 1997 : youth manager - SM Caen * Nov. 1997-nov. 2000 : manager- SM Caen * 2003-2008 : manager

Honours

Player

* 1973 : winner of youth Coupe de France ( SM Caen) * 1980 : champion of groupe Ouest of

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* 1984 : promoted to division 2 * 1984 : voted of player of the year in D2 by France Football

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Theault, Pascal 1956 births Living people Footballers from Caen French men's footballers Stade Malherbe Caen players French football managers Stade Malherbe Caen managers Men's association football midfielders