Sylvain Didot (born 8 October 1975) is a French

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and former

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who currently manages Granville in French

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. He played professionally in

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for

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and in Ligue 2 for Toulouse and

Stade de Reims Stade de Reims () is a French professional association football, football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1910 and plays in Ligue 1, the top level of Football in France, having been promoted from Ligue 2 in 2017–18 Ligue 2, 2018. ...

Club career

Born in

Lannion Lannion ( ; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of Côtes-d'Armor, the capital of Trégor and the center of an urban area of almost 60,000 inhabitants. Climate Lannion has a ...

, Didot was a youth player at

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guinga ...

before moving to the CFA, first with

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and then with

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. In 2003, he was part of the Brest side, which won promotion from the CFA, through being champions of Group D. In the summer of 2002, Didot signed for

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team

. On 16 May 2003, he scored the goal, which secured promotion for Toulouse to

. On 17 June 2004, with two years still remaining on his contract at Toulouse, Didot agreed to terminate the deal and signed for newly-promoted Ligue 2 side

. He was a regular player in four of his five seasons with Reims. In October 2006, Didot suffered a serious leg injury, which prevented him from playing for the rest of the season. With Stade de Reims relegated to the

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at the end of the 2008–09 season, Didot left the club and signed for newly promoted CFA side

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on a two-year contract. He was made club captain in his last match on 29 May 2010. In June 2011, Didot signed for

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, retiring from playing in 2013 to concentrate on managing the team.

Managerial career

Didot's time as player-manager of Stade Briochin saw them achieve successive promotions from Ligue de Bretagne Division Supérieure Élite (seventh tier) to the CFA. In April 2017, Didot was appointed coach of

reserves, replacing Coco Michel. He took joint caretaker control of the first team for a week at Guingamp in November 2018, following the sacking of

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. In May 2019, Didot was promoted to assistant manager by

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. When Lair was sacked in September 2019, Didot once again took the caretaker role. He was given the job officially on 7 October 2019. On 30 August 2020, he was sacked from coaching Guingamp, after two matches in the

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season. On 19 April 2021, Didot was announced as the new manager of

side

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Personal life

His younger brother,

Étienne Didot Étienne Didot (born 24 July 1983) is a French former professional footballer who primarily played as a centre midfielder. Didot made over 400 appearances in Ligue 1 playing for Stade Rennais F.C., Toulouse FC, and En Avant de Guingamp. Club ca ...

, was also a professional footballer who played for

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

, Toulouse and Guingamp. His son Mathéo Didot is also a professional footballer.

Honours

Player

Brest *

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: 1999–2000 Toulouse *

: 2002–03

Manager

Stade Briochin *Ligue de Bretagne Division Honneur: 2012–13

References

External links

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Sylvain Didot managerial profile
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