Romain Revelli (born 22 August 1977) is a French professional

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manager and former player. As a player, he was a

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Playing career

A true "child of ''Les Verts''", Revelli began his playing career at

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 ...

; he played for the club's B team from 1995 to 1998 before switching over to Le Puy for the three final years of his career. He voluntarily retired from football in 2001, before the age of 25, in order to become a football manager.

Managerial career

After passing through

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, Revelli became a youth team coach for Saint-Étienne in 2007. He initially worked as the manager of the under-17 squad, and later coached the under-19s of the club. In 2011, Revelli was called by

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, ASSE manager since 2009, to become his assistant. He subsequently held the position of assistant coach at Saint-Étienne for four years, being on the bench for over 100

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matches. In 2015, Revelli became the assistant manager of

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club

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. The following year, he became head coach, but only until the club's

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in 2016. In 2017, Revelli returned to his home region, becoming the head coach of Andrézieux. He then would go on to coach

Cholet Cholet (, probably from Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers. ...

from 2018 to 2019 before returning to Andrézieux. In May 2021, he was appointed as head coach by Ligue 2 club

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, signing a two-year contract. He leave from the club in the end of 2022–23 season. Revelli appointment manager of

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club, Villefranche from 2023–24 season.

Personal life

Romain's brother Christophe was also a footballer. They played together at Saint-Étienne.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Revelli, Romain 1977 births Living people People from Saint-Chamond Footballers from Loire (department) French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders AS Saint-Étienne players Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne players French football managers Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC managers USL Dunkerque managers