Stéphane Le Mignan (born 4 June 1974) is a French

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coach and a former

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. He manages

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Concarneau Concarneau (, meaning ''Bay of Cornouaille'') is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Concarneau is bordered to the west by the Baie de La Forêt. The town has two distinct areas: the modern town on the main ...

Playing career

Le Mignan spent his entire playing career in the French lower leagues with Montagnarde,

Pontivy Pontivy (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. Inhabitants of Pontivy are called ''Pontivyens'' in French. Map History ...

Locminé Locminé (; br, Logunec'h) is a commune in the Morbihan department and Brittany region of north-western France. Toponymy The name Locminé comes from the Breton ''Loc'h menec'h'', itself from the Latin ''Locus monachorum'' – (sacred) place of ...

and

Vannes Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic Era The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who lived ...

Coaching career

He took up coaching following his retirement in 2001 and the following year, aged 28, he was appointed manager of Vannes following the departure of Denis Goavec. In 2005, Le Mignan led the team to the

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Group D title and subsequent promotion to the Championnat National. Three years later, Vannes were crowned champions of the National as they finished four points ahead of

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. Le Mignan guided the team to safety in their first season in the professional

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in 2008–09. Vannes remained in the second tier of French football until 2011, when they were relegated back to the National. On 27 December 2012, he left Vannes where he spent almost ten years as manager. On 14 March 2020, he was hired by Championnat National club

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