Following Guy Lacombe’s departure, Frédéric Antonetti was appointed as Rennes’ new manager in June 2009. A former midfielder, he spent most of his football player career in second division teams. After becoming a coach for the Academy of his favourite club, the SC Bastia, he unexpectedly took the reins of the professional team in October 1994. Since then, his volcanic behaviour made most of his reputation, but he is also known to be a real team-leader, always obtaining good results despite (…)
An experienced man in the French football, Pierre Dréossi played near to 500 games in the French First and Second divisions (for 10 european games) in a 16 years long playing career. After signing his first professional contract with Lille in 1976, the young centre back left his home region to join the FC Sochaux. He then played for Nice, Paris Saint Germain and Cannes, where he ended his career as a player to become the Academy’s coach. He went on to manage the professional team for one and (…)
A former player for SC Bastia, Jean-Marie De Zerbi was involved, early in his career, in the Corsican club’s epopee in the 1977-1978 Uefa Cup (losing in final against the PSV Eindhoven). At the end of a relatively modest career as a player, De Zerbi reconverted in the insurance business, to finally come back to football as Frédéric Antonetti’s assistant at Bastia’s Academy. From then, the two men remained together in all occasions, except when Antonetti went to spend a year coaching in Japan.
Born in Brittany (Cotes d’Armor), Christophe Revel had a rather unusual career. As a player, he travelled from Guingamp to Vannes, via Beveren (Belgium) and the Stade Rennais, where he played for the Amateur and Regional team as well as with the professionals. The highlight of his playing career his certainly the ascencion of Vannes, where he went from the CFA (4th division) to Ligue 2 and a Coupe de la Ligue final in 2009. A goalkeeper coach in Rennes’ Academy between 2003 and 2005, Revel (…)
A young physio, Nicolas Dyon aimed to make a career as a footballer. Trained in Louhans Cuiseaux and Dijon, a bad injury ended up his dream of professional football. He then decided to pursue studies, in order to become a physio. In 1999, aged 21, he took charge of the young players at Saint Etienne’s Academy. After a short spell in Qatar, he came back to Forez and met Frédéric Antonetti. From then on, he has remained part of Antonetti's coaching team, following him to Nice, and then to the (…)
An historical figure of the Stade Rennais, this pure-bred Rennes man made his way as one of the best goalkeepers to ever play for the club. Winner in the 1973 Gambardella Cup, along with Jean-Luc Arribart and Christian Gourcuff, he quickly became the first choice as a keeper in the professional team. The team’s financial difficulties force him to leave for Bastia, where he won a Coupe de France, made his way to the UEFA Cup final and received his first and only cap with France. Back in (…)
A former professional player, having notably played for the Girondins de Bordeaux, Éric Guérit first aimed to reconvert as a manager, a function he first experienced for 7 matchs, while still a player for Bordeaux. A team-mate of Pierre Dréossi in Cannes, Guérit was called in January 2007 by the Stade Rennais manager, and since holds a position as a Scout in Rennes’ staff.
Before becoming a scout, Marcel Campagnac was known as a good striker. Trained in Lille where he played alongside Pierre Dréossi, he then went on playing for several Division 2 teams, even becoming the league’s top goalscorer in 1980-1981. At the end of his career, he managed regional teams, before joining his “longtime friend”, Pierre Dréossi, in Lille. When Dréossi left to Rennes, he naturally followed him, to hold a position as a scout in Rennes’ staff.