Olivier Pantaloni

Olivier Pantaloni (born 13 December 1966)[2] is French football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Ligue 2 side AC Ajaccio.

Olivier Pantaloni
Pantaloni during a press conference as Ajaccio manager in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-12-13) 13 December 1966
Place of birth Bastia, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Ajaccio (manager)
Youth career
1976–1981 Gazélec Ajaccio
1982–1983 Ajaccio
1983–1985 Gazélec Ajaccio
1985–1988 Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Bastia 44 (7)
1990–1994 Saint-Étienne 4 (0)
1990–1991 → Martigues (loan) 29 (6)
1992–1993 → Gazélec Ajaccio (loan) 20 (2)
1994–2000 Ajaccio 146 (37)
Total 243 (52)
Teams managed
2004 Ajaccio
2009–2012 Ajaccio
2013–2014 Tours
2014– Ajaccio
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Pantaloni played as a striker for Nice, SC Bastia, AS Saint-Étienne, Martigues, Gazélec Ajaccio and AC Ajaccio.[3]

Managerial career

Pantaloni has held various positions in AC Ajaccio's staff since 2001.[4] When assistant coach in September 2004, he was put in interim charge when Dominique Bijotat was sacked with the team in last place in Ligue 1,[5] and held this position for a month until the appointment of Rolland Courbis.[6]

In December 2008, Pantaloni ended a six-month hiatus by returning to Ligue 2 Ajaccio, being named assistant to José Pasqualetti in the new year and succeeding him upon his resignation in February.[7] In 2010–11, his first full season, he led the club to promotion as runners-up behind Évian TG, ending a five-year exile from the top flight; he resigned in June 2012, having kept them up with a 16th-place finish.[8]

Pantaloni had his first job outside of ACA in June 2013, signing a two-year deal at Ligue 2 club Tours FC.[9] He resigned in October 2014 with the club second from last, having lost eight of eleven fixtures.[10] He returned to familiar surroundings days later, replacing the sacked Christian Bracconi at 12th-place Ajaccio.[11] In 2017–18, he led the club to a promotion play-off place, and they defeated Le Havre before a 4–0 aggregate loss to Toulouse.[12]

References
  1. Olivier Pantaloni at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. La fiche de Olivier Pantaloni – Football – L'Equipe.fr
  3. Olivier Pantaloni Ajaccio AC
  4. La saison le staff technique Olivier Pantaloni
  5. "Coach Bijotat is sacked by Ajaccio". CNN. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. "Le retour de Courbis" [The return of Courbis]. Le Parisien (in French). 27 October 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. "Ajaccio. Pantaloni remplace pasqualetti [sic]" [Ajaccio. Pantaloni replaces Pasqualetti]. Le Télégramme (in French). 24 February 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. "Pantaloni leaves Ajaccio". Eurosport. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  9. "Pantaloni : deux ans au TFC" [Pantaloni: to TFC for two years]. La Nouvelle République (in French). 22 June 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  10. Launay, Ch. (21 October 2014). "Olivier Pantaloni démissionne du Tours FC" [Olivier Pantaloni resigns from Tours FC]. France 3. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  11. Mangon, Angélique (5 November 2014). "Olivier Pantaloni de retour à l'ACA" [Olivier Pantaloni back at ACA] (in French). France 3. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  12. "Ligue 1. Toulouse, vainqueur face à Ajaccio, est maintenu" [Ligue 1. Toulouse, winner against Ajaccio, survives]. Ouest France (in French). 27 May 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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