Stéphane Mazzolini (born 28 November 1966) is a French former

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player and now

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. During his playing days, he played as a defender. In his early career, he won

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for the

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. He retired from playing in 2002, and is currently the manager of

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club Chaumont. Mazzolini was born in

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and joined local junior football club Lunel in 1975, and played there for six years before he was spotted by

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in 1981, at the age of fourteen. After a number of seasons in the youths and reserves at the club, including the Auxerre reserves' Division 3 championship-winning season in 1985–86, Mazzolini was promoted to the first team at the start of the 1987–88 season. He made his Division 1 début for the club on 20 September 1987, in the 0–1 defeat away to

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. His first goal for Auxerre came in the 61st minute of the 2–0 victory over

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on 16 September 1989. In a total of six seasons with the club, he went on to play 128 times in the league, 17 games in the

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and 16

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matches. He transferred to Division 1 rivals

FC Martigues Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club based in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône. It competes in Championnat National from 2025–26, the third level of football in France, having ...

in 1993, but stayed with the club for only one season before moving to then Division 2 side

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in the summer of 1994. In his first season with the side, Mazzolini played 20 league matches as Marseille claimed the Division 2 championship. However, after promotion to Division 1, he made just eight appearances the following season and signed for National 2 outfit

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at the end of the 1995–96 campaign. He played for the

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outfit for the following two seasons, and was a part of the side that won

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to the National 1 in 1996–97. In 1998, he moved into French

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when he was signed by Chaumont. He played for the club for four seasons before being appointed as manager of the

Group C side in 2002.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mazzolini, Stephane 1966 births Living people Footballers from Reims French men's footballers French football managers Men's association football defenders AJ Auxerre players FC Martigues players Olympique de Marseille players AC Ajaccio players Ligue 1 players 20th-century French sportsmen