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Pascal Plancque (born 20 August 1963) is a French professional
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, who was most recently in charge of
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Playing career

During a 15-year playing career, Plancque made more than 200 league appearances for four clubs.


Managerial career

Plancque began his managerial career with amateur side Arin Luzien in 1995, and went on to coach Pau and
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reserves before becoming
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's new manager in 2011. One year later, he was appointed in the managerial role of
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reserves, where he stayed until 2015. On 30 June 2016, Plancque joined English club
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as assistant first team coach to manager
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. He joined Puel as assistant manager at his next club,
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. However, on 3 August 2018, Plancque left his role at the club. On 14 January 2019, Plancque took over the vacant managerial position at
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in
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, following the sacking, despite unexpectedly convincing results of
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. After disappointing results, Plancque was relieved of his duties on 5 January 2020.


Honours

Auxerre *
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: 1987


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* 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Cherbourg-Octeville Footballers from Manche French men's footballers France men's under-21 international footballers France men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Lille OSC players AJ Auxerre players Stade Lavallois players Pau FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players French football managers Pau FC managers US Boulogne managers Chamois Niortais FC managers Nîmes Olympique managers Southampton F.C. non-playing staff Leicester City F.C. non-playing staff Ligue 2 managers 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub