Frédéric Michel Roger Née (born 18 April 1975) is a French

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and former professional player who played as a striker and is the assistant manager of

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of French ...

. His playing career was mostly linked to SC Bastia in two spells, in between which he represented

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and won

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in both of his seasons.

Playing career

Born in Bayeux in

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, Née began his career at

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club in 1996–97, in which he had a three-month injury and they were instantly relegated. He turned down a move to

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to play one more season in

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, then took Bastia's offer over those of Lyon and

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in the summer of 1998. In 2000–01, he scored 16 top-flight goals for the Corsicans. Née was signed by Lyon in 2001 to replace

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, who in the end did not leave the

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, and the further arrival of Peguy Luyindula limited his playing chances more. He was due to start a

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match away to

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because of the former's injury, but the game was postponed due to the

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, after which the Brazilian recovered and returned to the starting eleven. In January 2002, he suffered a knee injury in a

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match and was ruled out for six months. He announced his retirement at the end of the 2006–07 season because of a recurrent injury. Née was selected in the

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's squad that won the

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in South Korea and Japan. He earned his only senior

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on 1 June in a 1–0 loss to Australia, starting the game and having a goal ruled out for offside.

Coaching career

After retiring, Née worked as a forwards coach for SC Bastia,

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...

and the French women's team, before being named manager of

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in the fifth-tier

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in 2017. In May 2018, Née returned to SC Bastia of the same division, as assistant to Stéphane Rossi. He was made interim manager of the ''Turchini'' on 23 October 2019 when the latter was dismissed from the club, now in

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. Less than a week later, the position was filled by

Mathieu Chabert Mathieu Chabert (born 5 December 1978) is a French football manager and a former player who played as a goalkeeper. He was recently the manager of Dunkerque in Ligue 2. Playing career Chabert was a goalkeeper and was part of Saint-Étienne's you ...

Honours

* Division/Ligue 1: 2001–02, 2002–03

Career statistics

References

External links

Player profile - SC-Bastia.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nee, Frederic 1975 births Living people People from Bayeux Sportspeople from Calvados (department) French men's footballers Men's association football forwards France men's international footballers SC Bastia players Stade Malherbe Caen players Olympique Lyonnais players Ligue 1 players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players French football managers SC Bastia managers Ligue 2 players Footballers from Normandy