Lilian Bernard Pierre Nalis (born 29 September 1971) is a French

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coach and former player he is the currently assistant head coach of

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club

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for

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

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 ...

Le Havre Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ...

and

Bastia Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...

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Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona. History The name came from t ...

, the

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for

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, and

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for Leicester,

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and

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Playing career

Born in

Nogent-sur-Marne Nogent-sur-Marne () is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a ''Subprefectures in France, sous-préfecture'' of the Val-de-Marne ''Depar ...

, Nalis started his career in his home country of France, playing for a wide variety of French clubs including

and

. After three seasons with Bastia, Nalis moved onto the Italian side

. After a bad spell of form at Chievo, Nalis was sold to English side

in 2003 who had just earned promotion to the Premiership. Despite Leicester being relegated straight back to the

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, Nalis stayed with the team. His only goal in the Premiership for City was one of his best, scoring against

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with a smashing 25-yard volley in 2003. During the summer 2005, Nalis was transferred to

but after losing his place in the side early in the season, he went on loan with

before moving to

in January 2006. Nalis was voted the fans player of the year for the 2006–07 season and signed a one-year extension to his contract. It was announced in April 2008 that Nalis would be released by Plymouth Argyle when his contract expired in June. On 31 July 2008, Nalis signed for

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following a brief trial. After his final season in England, Nalis returned to France, by signing for the

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-based side of

CA Bastia Cercle Athlétique Bastiais or CA Bastia was a French football club from Bastia, Corsica. The team's highest point was playing in Ligue 2, the second tier of the French football league system, in 2013–14. Their historic home stadium was the ...

Coaching career

After retiring at the end of the 2009–10 season, Nalis was appointed assistant manager of

. He worked for the club until the summer 2014, where he was appointed assistant manager of Laval. He was at the club for two and a half years, before joining

, also as an assistant manager. On 10 July 2019,

announced that Nalis had returned to the club as a technical advisor for the club's academy. On 9 May 2020, it was announced that Nalis would be joining

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as one of the assistants to

Franck Haise Franck Armel Gérard Haise (born 15 April 1971) is a French professional football manager and former player who is currently head coach of Ligue 1 club Nice. As a player, he was a midfielder, spending most of his career in Ligue 2. Early life Fr ...

.Lens : « La récompense d’un travail de plusieurs années », se réjouit Franck Haise
lavoixdunord.fr, 9 May 2020

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