Sébastien Piocelle (born 10 November 1978) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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. He is the sporting director of AC Arles-Avignon.

Playing career

Born in Gouvieux,

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, Piocelle started his career at

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, where his made his debut on 16 October 1998, against

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. He was loaned to league rival

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in September 2000 and the deal became permanent in summer 2001. He broke his right knee in February 2002 and again in February 2004, made him miss the rest of the 2001–02 and 2003–04 season. In his last season for Bastia, he managed to return to football on 13 November 2004 against AS Saint-Étienne, but the club finished second from bottom and Piocelle left for Crotone of

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that summer. In summer 2007, after Crotone fall to Serie C1, newly promoted Serie B club

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signed Piocelle. He was then signed by Serie C1 club

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, but failed to impress there and was consequently released on 24 June 2008. On 29 June 2009, Arles-Avignon signed the French midfielder from Italian third division club

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. He captained Arles-Avignon from 2009 to 2011. Piocelle won the

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with

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Coaching and managerial career

In May 2014, Piocelle worked in a recruitment role at . He left the position in January 2015 Ahead of the 2016–17 season, he was appointed manager of French club ARC Cavaillon. However, in December 2017, he left the position as manager to become the club's sporting director. He worked for the club until the end of the 2017–18 season, and then joined Olympique Mallemortais in May 2018, still as a sporting director. Alongside, he also worked as a consultant and TV commentator for French TV channel RMC Sport, which he joined at the end of 2017. In July 2019, Piocelle was hired as sporting director by AC Arles-Avignon.

Honours

Nantes *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

: 1998–99 *

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1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

References

External links

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Profile at USGrosseto.com
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