2023-05-10 03:33:08
Tough task than that entrusted to Pierre Aristouy, in the wake of the dismissal of Antoine Kombouaré on Tuesday: to maintain in Ligue 1 FC Nantes, 17th and first relegation, two points from Auxerre, 16th, four games from the end…
Twentieth coach of the Canaries of the Waldemar Kita era started in 2007, Aristouy, 43, from Mont-de-Marsan, presents a form of legitimacy for the position. Even if he does not hold the BEPF and Nantes will therefore have to pay a fine of €25,000 per match. “He is a great coach who for the moment does not have the recognition he deserves for not having been able to pass his diploma”, confides one of his relatives.
Trained at the club from the age of 14, the former centre-forward, mainly played with the reserve of FC Nantes between 1999 and 2004. However, he played around ten matches in the elite with the Canaries, and thus was crowned champion of France 2001, in the wake of Landreau, Armand, Carrière, Piocelle, Monterrubio and other Ziani.
In the Nantes jersey, Aristouy even made an appearance in the UEFA Cup (2000) as well as one in the Champions League – a 1-0 defeat at Galatasaray in 2001. During the 2005-2006 season, he arrived in the region Parisian and committed to the Entente Sannois-Saint-Gratien, then in National, which aims for accession to L2. “He’s a straight and extremely loyal person,” says Didier Caignard, his former coach, straight away. When I was fired, he was one of the only players in the squad able to call me and tell the managers it was a mistake. I remember a very professional player. We had been following him for a long time and he came from Aviron Bayonnais (CFA). Pierre moved in the left lane with a game focused on the attack. He was very demanding both on and off the pitch. »
He favored the outbreak of Kolo Muani
Reconverted coach, Aristouy hardened his skills on the Stade Montois bench (National 2) for three seasons, before returning to Nantes in the summer of 2017. First in charge of the Canaries reserve, he brought him up to National 2 in his first season, then won the title of champion of France the following day. He has, in particular, participated in the emergence of players such as Kolo Muani, Louza or Basila. After which, Nantes entrusted his U19 team to him in the summer of 2021. The club won the title of French champion under his orders by beating AS Monaco in the final (3-2), crowning the 2003-2004 generations.
At the helm of the first team as of Tuesday, Aristouy, who for some time had been coveting an assistant position within a professional staff, should be supported by Oswaldo Vizcarrondo, former central defender of the club and current women’s coach. (D2F). Julien Le Pape, close to Aristouy and former member of the staff of Sergio Conceiçao, should occupy the functions of physical trainer.
If by chance, FC Nantes, which remains on eleven games without a win, were to be relegated, it would be the third descent in Ligue 2 of the club eight times champions, after the sad precedents of 2007 and 2009. Next deadline for FC Nantes Aristouy version: Toulouse – Nantes, Sunday 3 p.m., in an improbable remake of the final of the Coupe de France, so painful in the hearts of Nantes, rolled 5-1 at the Stade de France at the end of April.
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