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Stéphane Le Mignan (born 4 June 1974) is a French
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. He is the
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. After a lower-league playing career, he began managing at
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in 2002, winning the
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in
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and finishing runners-up in the
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in
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. He also won the Championnat National with
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Career


Vannes

Le Mignan spent his entire playing career in the French lower leagues with Montagnarde,
Pontivy Pontivy (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Morbihan Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. ...
,
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and
Vannes Vannes (; , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Morbihan, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic ...
. In November 2002, after dismissing Denis Goavec, Vannes hired recently retired Le Mignan as manager. The team achieved promotion from the fourth-tier
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to the
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under him in 2005. In the
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, Vannes won 2–0 after extra time in the last 16 away to
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team
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, then lost 5–0 at
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in the quarter-finals. Vannes won the
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to earn promotion to
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for the first time. This also meant a debut campaign in the
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, beating top-flight
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and
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at the
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. In the
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, the team were relegated in 18th place on the final day, and the budget for the following season was thereby reduced from €8.5 million to €4 million, resulting in 14 players being released. On 27 December 2012, after over a decade in charge, Le Mignan was dismissed with the team 7th in the third tier, six points off Poiré-sur-Vie in third.


Boulogne

In June 2013, Le Mignan was hired by third-tier
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. On his debut on 6 August, the team lost on penalties at home to
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in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue. Le Mignan led his team to the quarter-finals of the
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in 2014–15, beating second-tier opposition
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in the eighth round and Quevilly in the last 16. On 3 March 2015, the team were eliminated on penalties at their
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by top-flight
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. Le Mignan was dismissed on 21 February 2016, with the club in 10th place and two points above the relegation zone.


Créteil

On 9 January 2017, Le Mignan was hired at Créteil, ranked 14th in the third tier. On his debut four days later, the team won 2–1 at home to Consolat Marseille. He was dismissed on 21 November, with the team in the same place as when he took them over. In June 2018, Le Mignan had the first foreign experience of his career, being chosen as assistant for a year at
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in the
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, under fellow Breton
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.


Concarneau

On 14 March 2020, Le Mignan returned to France's third tier, being named manager at 11th-placed
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in his native region. As the season was annulled due to the
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, he did not debut until 21 August, when his team began the new campaign with a 2–0 win at
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. In May 2022, he extended his contract for three more years. Le Mignan took on his former club Vannes on 29 October 2022 in the seventh round of the Coupe de France, losing on penalties. The following 26 May, with a 2–1 final day win at
Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
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to play in Ligue 2 for the first time in their history.


Honours

Vannes *
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: 2007–08 Concarneau *
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:
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Mignan, Stephane 1974 births People from Auray Footballers from Morbihan Living people French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders GSI Pontivy players Saint-Colomban Sportive Locminé players Vannes OC players French football managers Ligue 2 managers Championnat National managers Championnat National 2 managers Ligue 1 managers Vannes OC managers US Boulogne managers US Concarneau managers FC Metz managers French expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Qatar French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar