Sylvain Didot (born 8 October 1975) is a French

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and former

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who currently manages Granville in French

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. He played professionally in

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for

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and in Ligue 2 for Toulouse and

Stade de Reims Stade de Reims () is a French professional football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1931 and plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of football in France. Reims plays home matches at the Stade Auguste Delaune. Reims is one of the mo ...

Club career

Born in

Lannion Lannion ( ; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of Côtes-d'Armor, the capital of Trégor and the center of an urban area of almost 60,000 inhabitants. Climate Lannion h ...

, Didot was a youth player at

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

before moving to the CFA, first with

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and then with Brest. In 2003, he was part of the Brest side, which won promotion from the CFA, through being champions of Group D. In the summer of 2002, Didot signed for

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team

. On 16 May 2003, he scored the goal, which secured promotion for Toulouse to

. On 17 June 2004, with two years still remaining on his contract at Toulouse, Didot agreed to terminate the deal and signed for newly-promoted Ligue 2 side

. He was a regular player in four of his five seasons with Reims. In October 2006, Didot suffered a serious leg injury, which prevented him from playing for the rest of the season. With Stade de Reims relegated to the

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at the end of the 2008–09 season, Didot left the club and signed for newly promoted CFA side

US Avranches L’Union Sportive Avranches Mont Saint Michel, shortly known as US Avranches is a French Association football, football club based in Avranches, in the Departments of France, department of Manche, and founded in 1897. Since 2014, it plays in th ...

on a two-year contract. He was made club captain in his last match on 29 May 2010. In June 2011, Didot signed for

Stade Briochin Stade Briochin, founded in 1904, is a French football club based in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany. As of the 2024–25 season, the club plays in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier in the French football league system. Home matches are played a ...

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, retiring from playing in 2013 to concentrate on managing the team.

Managerial career

Didot's time as player-manager of Stade Briochin saw them achieve successive promotions from Ligue de Bretagne Division Supérieure Élite (seventh tier) to the CFA. In April 2017, Didot was appointed coach of

reserves, replacing Coco Michel. He took joint caretaker control of the first team for a week at Guingamp in November 2018, following the sacking of

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. In May 2019, Didot was promoted to assistant manager by

Patrice Lair Patrice Lair (born 16 June 1961) is a French football coach and a former player. He is the current head coach of Liga MX Femenil club Toluca. Career As a footballer Lair played in the lower categories in France. After spending a decade in Sta ...

. When Lair was sacked in September 2019, Didot once again took the caretaker role. He was given the job officially on 7 October 2019. On 30 August 2020, he was sacked from coaching Guingamp, after two matches in the

2020–21 Ligue 2 The 2020–21 Ligue 2 season, also known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, was the 82nd season of second-division football in France, and the 19th season since the division was rebranded as Ligue 2 from Division 2. Due to the uncertainty ca ...

season. On 19 April 2021, Didot was announced as the new manager of

side

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Personal life

His younger brother,

Étienne Didot Étienne Didot (born 24 July 1983) is a French former professional footballer who primarily played as a centre midfielder. Didot made over 400 appearances in Ligue 1 playing for Stade Rennais F.C., Toulouse FC, and En Avant de Guingamp. Club c ...

, was also a professional footballer who played for

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

, Toulouse and Guingamp. His son

Mathéo Didot Mathéo Didot (born 25 April 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 3 club Saint-Pierre Milizac. Club career Didot made his debut with Guingamp in a 2–0 Ligue 2 win over AC Ajaccio on 13 M ...

is also a professional footballer.

Honours

Player

Brest *

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: 1999–2000 Toulouse *

: 2002–03

Manager

Stade Briochin *Ligue de Bretagne Division Honneur: 2012–13

References

External links

Sylvain Didot managerial profile
at Soccerway {{DEFAULTSORT:Didot, Sylvain 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Lannion Footballers from Côtes-d'Armor Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players Stade Brestois 29 players Toulouse FC players Stade de Reims players US Avranches players GSI Pontivy players Stade Briochin players En Avant Guingamp managers Ligue 1 managers Ligue 2 managers French football managers