Stéphane Léoni (born 5 March 1976) is a French former

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, who was most recently manager of Progrès Niederkorn.

Playing career

Léoni was born in

Saint-Mihiel Saint-Mihiel () is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in Northeastern France. Geography Saint-Mihiel lies on the banks of the river Meuse. History A Benedictine abbey was established here in 708 or 709 by Count Wulfoalde ...

. A defender, he initially joined Metz as a youth player but failed to break through to the first team. After leaving the club in 1998 he sought to continue his career in

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, signing for

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, where he spent two seasons and scored his only goal for the club in an

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tie against

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in January 1999. In 2000, he had a four-month spell with

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in the

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before returning to France. Since then, he has spent a season each with

CS Sedan Ardennes Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes, commonly referred to as CS Sedan or simply Sedan (), is a football club based in Sedan, France. The club was formed in 1919 and plays its home matches at the Stade Louis Dugauguez located within the city. Despite ...

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and

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prior to rejoining his first club, Metz, in June 2006, before signed in summer 2009 for

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Coaching career

Returning to

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in June 2012, Léoni was hired as a playing assistant coach. After manager Francis De Taddeo was fired on 15 September 2013, Léoni was appointed manager on interim basis. Léoni left Amiens 10 days later, as

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was hired. After a three-year spell as FC Trémery's manager, Léoni was appointed manager of US Sarre-Union in June 2018. He left the club in May 2020, in the wake of financial difficulties caused by the

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. At the end of November 2020, Léoni was appointed manager of Luxembourgian club

FC Progrès Niederkorn Football Club Progrès Niederkorn is a professional football club based in Niederkorn, Luxembourg. History During the German occupation of Luxembourg, the club played in the Gauliga Moselland under the name of FK Niederkorn, where it finishe ...

, signing a deal until June 2023. However, after difficult second part of the 2021-22 season, Leóni left the club at the end of the campaign, one year before his contract expired.Leoni et le Progrès, c’est fin
mental.lu, 25 May 2022

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* 1976 births Living people People from Saint-Mihiel Footballers from Meuse (department) French men's footballers Men's association football defenders AS Beauvais Oise players FC Metz players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Dundee United F.C. players FC Sète 34 players CS Sedan Ardennes players FC Rouen players AS Cannes players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players English Football League players Scottish Premier League players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland French expatriate sportspeople in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg FC Differdange 03 players French football managers French expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Luxembourg FC Progrès Niederkorn managers 20th-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-defender-1970s-stub