Mathieu Chabert (born 5 December 1978) is a French

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manager and a former player who played as a

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. who was most recently head coach of club

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, and head o ...

Playing career

Chabert was a

and was part of

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

's youth academy, and briefly joined

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

in Italy, and

Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the , the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is The Honest Men, fro ...

in Scotland before spending the rest of his playing career in the lower leagues of France.

Managerial career

Chabert joined

Béziers Béziers (; ) is a city in southern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region. Every August Béziers ho ...

in 2011 as an assistant and became the senior coach in 2013. Chabert helped promote AS Béziers into the French

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 ...

for the first time in their history in 2018. In late October 2019 Chabert left Béziers to manage

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

, dropping a league in what was reported as a surprise move. He led Bastia to promotion to

in the 2020–21 season. On 22 September 2021, he was dismissed by Bastia after gaining 7 points in the first 9 games of the Ligue 2 season. On 14 October 2021, he was hired by

Châteauroux Châteauroux ( ; ; ) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French. Climate Châteauroux te ...

, returning to

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

. More than a year later he was sacked on 29 November. On 2 March 2023, he succeeded Romain Revelli as manager of

Dunkerque Dunkirk ( ; ; ; Picard language, Picard: ''Dunkèke''; ; or ) is a major port city in the Departments of France, department of Nord (French department), Nord in northern France. It lies from the Belgium, Belgian border. It has the third-larg ...

in the

. He managed to get the club promoted to

, but on 24 September 2023, he was sacked with the club in 17th position.

References

External links

Anciens Verts Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chabert, Mathieu 1978 births Living people Footballers from Béziers Men's association football goalkeepers French men's footballers Udinese Calcio players Ayr United F.C. players FC Rouen players AS Béziers Hérault (football) players Serie A players Scottish Professional Football League players Championnat National 2 players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Italy French football managers AS Béziers (2007) managers FC Sète 34 managers SC Bastia managers LB Châteauroux managers Le Mans FC managers AC Ajaccio managers Ligue 2 managers Championnat National managers