Pascal Zaremba (born 2 September 1959) is a French former professional
football
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player and manager.
Club career
A youth graduate of
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, Zaremba was a versatile
centre-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
and
defensive midfielder in his playing days. He notably scored from a free-kick in the
1983 Coupe de France Final
The 1983 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris on 11 June 1983. Paris Saint-Germain FC defeated FC Nantes 3–2 thanks to goals by Pascal Zaremba, Safet Sušić and Nabatingue Toko.
Match details
In p ...
for
Paris Saint-Germain in a 3–2 win over
Nantes
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.
International career
Zaremba was a
U21 international for France. He also played for the
France B team.
Managerial career
Zaremba retired from football in 1994. He initially went to coach children in the Valenciennes youth academy before becoming the U17 team's coach in 1997. He stayed in this role from only July to December 1997, and became the assistant manager for the Valenciennes B team in January 1998.
In June 1998, Zaremba left his role as B team assistant to become assistant for the senior A team of the club. In 2001, he returned to the B team as assistant coach.
Personal life
Pascal's older brother
Bruno
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was also a footballer.
Honours
Paris Saint-Germain
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Coupe de France:
1982–83
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
French footballers
French football managers
Sportspeople from Nord (French department)
Association football defenders
Association football midfielders
Valenciennes FC players
Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
RC Lens players
Le Havre AC players
AS Nancy Lorraine players
AS Beauvais Oise players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Footballers from Hauts-de-France