Sébastien Gimenez (born 21 March 1974) is a French football coach and former professional

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who is a goalkeeping coach for the

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under-19 team.

Playing career

Gimenez mainly played football at the lower level for Castelnau Le Crès and

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, before moving to

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in 2005, a club which had recently won promotion to

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. He made his professional debut for Sète on 13 January 2006, replacing injured starter Olivier Labruna in the 22nd minute of a 2–0 home loss to Lorient. This remained his only professional appearance.

Coaching career

Following his retirement at the end of the 2009–10 season as part of

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, Gimenez remained with Nîmes and becaming goalkeeping coach on Jean-Michel Cavalli's coaching staff. He remained in this position until 2022, where he became goalkeeping coach for the

under-19s.

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