Jean-Luc Vannuchi (born 13 September 1970) is a French former professional

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and

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who played as a defender.

Playing career

Vannuchi started his career with

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

in 1994. He went on to play for

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

Cannes Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...

and

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...

before retiring in 2004. In the 1997 Coupe de France Final, Vannuchi came on as a substitute for Guingamp but was on the losing side as his former club Nice won the match in a

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Managerial career

Following his retirement from playing, Vannuchi took up coaching and was appointed as manager of Nîmes B in 2005. Two years later, he took charge of the Nîmes senior team but left the club in December 2008. Vannuchi was hired as manager of

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in the summer of 2009 and spent two seasons with the

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side. In February 2012, he joined National club Martigues following the departure of

Jérôme Erceau Jérôme Erceau (born 14 January 1973 in La Roche-sur-Yon) is a French former professional football player and current coach. Between June 2011 and February 2012, he managed FC Martigues in the Championnat National. He played professionally in ...

. In March 2014, Vannuchi replaced

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as manager of

Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...

. Vannuchi was named as the new manager of

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in June 2016. However, he resigned in May 2017 and was succeeded by

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.Gazélec Ajaccio: Albert Cartier remplace Jean-Luc Vannuchi
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* 1970 births Living people French men's footballers Footballers from Marseille Men's association football defenders Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players OGC Nice players En Avant Guingamp players AS Cannes players Nîmes Olympique players French football managers Ligue 2 managers Nîmes Olympique managers Paris FC managers FC Martigues managers Gazélec Ajaccio managers AJ Auxerre managers French people of Italian descent 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-defender-1970s-stub