Stéphane Pounewatchy
Stéphane Zeusnagapa Pounewatchy (born 10 February 1968) is a French former footballer, turned football agent. He was a defender who plied his trade in France, England and Scotland.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stéphane Zeusnagapa Pounewatchy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1987 | CS Sedan Ardennes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1989 | AS Beaune | ||
| 1989–1995 | FC Martigues | 166 | (7) |
| 1995–1996 | Gueugnon | 30 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Carlisle United | 81 | (3) |
| 1998 | Dundee | 3 | (0) |
| 1998 | Port Vale | 2 | (0) |
| 1999 | Colchester United | 15 | (1) |
| 2000 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 297 | (11) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Pounewatchy played in his native France for CS Sedan Ardennes from 1985 to 1987, suffering relegation from Ligue 2 in the 1985–86 season. In 1989, he returned to the second tier with FC Martigues and helped them to the Ligue 2 title and promotion to Ligue 1 in 1992–93. The club consolidated their top-flight status in 1993–94 and 1994–95, in part due to Didier Tholot's 13 league goals in both seasons. Pounewatchy spent the 1995–96 season with FC Gueugnon, though both Gueugnon and Martigues suffered relegation to Ligue 2.
Pounewatchy moved to England for the start of the 1996–97 season where he was a permanent fixture in the Third Division Carlisle United team in both 1996–97 and 1997–98. The club celebrated promotion to the Second Division in the former season and relegation from it in the latter. He was named as man of the match as Carlisle won the 1997 Football League Trophy Final at Wembley with a penalty shoot-out victory over Colchester United following a 0–0 draw.[2]
Pounewatchy then briefly moved north to Scotland for the 1997–98 season, spending August with Dundee in the SPL,[3] playing four games before joining Port Vale of the English Football League First Division on a monthly basis. He was only at Vale Park for September, playing just two games. On 20 February, he joined Colchester United, signing a contract to run for the rest of the season.[4] He said: "I am very happy to be in the Second Division because when you are a professional footballer you want to play at the highest level you can." He played fifteen games that season and was released on 8 May.[5]
On 25 January 2000, he turned out for Scunthorpe United in a 2–1 defeat by Chesterfield at Glanford Park in the Football League Trophy.
Statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | National Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| FC Martigues | 1989–90 | Division 2 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 1990–91 | Division 2 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 1991–92 | Division 2 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
| 1992–93 | Division 2 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 1993–94 | Division 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 1994–95 | Division 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| Total | 166 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 8 | ||
| Gueugnon | 1995–96 | Division 1 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Carlisle United | 1996–97 | Third Division | 42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 57 | 2 |
| 1997–98 | Second Division | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 3 | |
| Total | 81 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 102 | 5 | ||
| Dundee | 1998–99 | Scottish Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Port Vale | 1998–99 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Colchester United | 1998–99 | Second Division | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Scunthorpe United | 1999–2000 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 297 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 333 | 14 | ||
Honours
- FC Martigues
- Carlisle United
- Football League Trophy winner: 1997[5]
- Football League Third Division third place promotion: 1996–97
References
- "Stéphane Pounewatchy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- Haylett, Trevor (21 April 1997). "Football: Happy ending for Carlisle". Independent. London. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- White, Clive; Harris, Nick (15 August 1998). "The Sweeper: Big Brother is watching Palace". The Independent. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- "Soccer: Pounewatchy signs for Colchester United". Braintree and Witham Times. 19 February 1999. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- "Stephane Pounewatchy - Players - Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- Profile footballdatabase.eu
- Stéphane Pounewatchy at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- Stephane Pounewatchy at Soccerbase