Pierre Aristouy (born 20 December 1979) is a French football manager and former player who played as a forward. He was most recently head coach of Ligue 1 club Nantes.

Pierre Aristouy
Aristouy in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-12-30) 30 December 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Mont-de-Marsan, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1993–1994 Stade Montois
1994–1999 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2001 Nantes B 5 (4)
1999–2004 Nantes 9 (0)
2002–2003Grenoble (loan) 19 (1)
2004–2005 Bayonne 34 (9)
2005–2006 Entente SSG 26 (10)
2006–2009 Pau 83 (29)
2009–2010 JA Dax
2010–2012 Mont-de-Marsan 39 (19)
Managerial career
2014–2017 Mont-de-Marsan
2017–2021 Nantes B
2021–2023 Nantes U19
2023 Nantes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Aristouy was a promising youth player at Stade Montois, before moving to Nantes youth academy in 1994.[1] He began his senior career with them in 1999, and was part of the squad that won the 2000–01 French Division 1. He shortly after went on a short loan to Grenoble for the 2002–2003 season, and moved to Bayonne in 2004. He followed that up with a stint at Entente SSG in 2005, followed by Pau FC in 2006 where he became captain. He ended his career with his youth club Stade Montois in 2012.[2]

Managerial career edit

Aristouy began his managerial career with his childhood club Stade Montois in 2014, and helped them finish in the top half of the table on the 3 seasons he was there.[3] He moved to the reserves of Nantes in 2017, earning successive promotions from 2018 to 2019, finishing at the Championnat National 2.[4] In the summer of 2021, he was moved to Nantes U19 squad and again helped them win the league in his debut season.[5] On 9 May 2023, he was appointed the manager of the senior Nantes team in the Ligue 1.[6] The club was facing relegation in their last 4 games, but a win against Angers SCO on the last game of the season helped the club stay in Ligue 1.[7]

Honours edit

Player edit

Nantes

References edit

  1. ^ "FC Nantes - Les 20 ans du titre. Pierre Aristouy : « Le collectif était très fort »". Ouest-France.fr. April 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "FC Nantes. Cinq choses à savoir sur Pierre Aristouy, le nouvel entraîneur du FCN". Ouest-France.fr. May 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "FC Nantes. Pierre Aristouy, l'artisan de la montée en N2 de la réserve". Ouest-France.fr. May 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "FC Nantes. Pierre Aristouy au chevet de la réserve". Ouest-France.fr. May 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "FC Nantes. Les Canaris remportent le championnat de France U19 et découvriront l'Europe". Ouest-France.fr. June 5, 2022.
  6. ^ Cazzola, Florian (2023-05-09). "FC Nantes : Antoine Kombouaré prend la porte, Pierre Aristouy assure l'intérim". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  7. ^ "Le FC Nantes maintenu en Ligue 1 au terme de la 38e journée si..." actu.fr. June 3, 2023.

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