Jérémie Roger Janot (; born 11 October 1977) is a French former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. He played for

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

for 16 years of his career, and last played for

Le Mans Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...

. He set a record of 1,534 minutes without letting in a goal at the

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Stade Geoffroy-Guichard () is a multi-purpose stadium in Saint-Étienne, France. It is used primarily for football matches, and tournaments such as the UEFA Euro 1984 and 2016, the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. It i ...

and was voted "goalkeeper of the year" by

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after the 2006–07 season.

Playing career

Janot signed a three-year contract with

on 2 August 2012.

Coaching career

In the summer 2014, Janot was appointed manager of US Villars' U19 squad. In the following season, he became manager of FCO Firminy. In December 2015, he became the head coach of the PHR team of Firminy. On 11 July 2016, Janot revealed on Twitter, that he had returned to

as a goalkeeper coach for the youth teams of the club. In the following season, he joined

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or by the abbreviation AJA, is a French professional association football, football club based in the Communes of France, commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club plays in L ...

, still as a goalkeeper coach. In June 2019, he joined

Valenciennes FC Valenciennes Football Club (; commonly known as Valenciennes, VA or VAFC) is a French professional football club based in Valenciennes. The club was founded in 1914 and currently play in Championnat National, the third tier of French footbal ...

as a goalkeeper coach.Ligue 2 : Jérémie Janot nommé entraîneur des gardiens de Valenciennes
lequipe.fr, 15 June 2019

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* 1977 births Living people Footballers from Valenciennes French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers AS Saint-Étienne players FC Lorient players Le Mans FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players French football managers Association football goalkeeping coaches {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub