Frédéric Taquin

Frédéric Taquin
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-06-02) 2 June 1975
Place of birth Nivelles, Belgium
Team information
Current team
 La Louvière
Managerial career
Years Team
2010–2013 Sartois
2013–2017 Villers
2017– La Louvière

Frédéric Taquin (born 2 June 1975) is a Belgian football manager who is the manager of Belgian Pro League club La Louvière.

Taquin worked for Carglass while managing Sartois, earning promotion from the fourth to second division of the Belgian Provincial Leagues in Walloon Brabant, and retaining his role as manager of Villers following a merger in 2015. He was appointed at La Louvière following their re-establishment in 2017, and led them to four promotions in eight years from the national fifth tier to the first, including three titles.

Early and personal life

Taquin was born in Nivelles in Walloon Brabant. He has two sisters, including Caroline Taquin, mayor of Courcelles and former member of the Chamber of Representatives.[1]

Taquin had been a youth player at Anderlecht and joined Olympic Charleroi at 16.[2] A skiing accident ruled him out for 18 months with a knee injury, of which the effects lasted for decades.[2]

Taquin worked as a flight attendant.[1] He was an employee of Carglass for 19 years up to 2020, working in management in the Brussels area.[3]

Career

Sartois / Villers

Taquin began coaching at RC Sartois, a team in the fourth provincial division.[4] He worked for 40 to 50 hours per week at Carglass while coaching two nights a week, studying coaching courses a further two nights, and leading his team at the weekend.[3] In June 2013, the club finished in 4th place, their best position in their 50-year history; mergers of other clubs meant that they were promoted to the second provincial division.[5] In April 2015, his club merged with Villers Matima to make RC Villers-la-Ville, with him in charge.[6]

La Louvière

Taquin was appointed as manager of the re-established RAAL La Louvière in February 2017, being informed of the news while he watched a Bayern Munich match at the Allianz Arena.[1] Starting in the fifth tier, he won promotion as champions in 2017–18. Following two seasons curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, a second promotion as champions of the fourth tier followed in 2021–22.[7] The team returned to professional football by winning the third tier in 2023–24.[8] On 10 March 2024, in a 1–0 win away to Royal Cappellen, he was in charge of the club for the 200th time.[9] In 2024–25, the club were promoted from the Challenger Pro League as runners-up to SV Zulte Waregem, concluding a run of four promotions in eight years and three titles.[10]

On 26 July 2025, in La Louvière's first Belgian Pro League game since 2006, Taquin lost 2–0 at home to Standard Liège.[11] The team gained a first victory in the third game on 10 August, 1–0 at home to Royal Charleroi via an Etienne Camara own goal; their previous win on 3 December 2005 was against the same team.[12] On 4 October, he marked his 250th game with a goalless draw against visitors Zulte Waregem.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c Dumont, Nathalie (14 March 2024). "Ancien steward, une soeur bourgmestre, il a appris sa nomination à la RAAL au Bayern… : 8 choses à savoir sur Frédéric Taquin, le coach de la RAAL" [Former steward, a mayor for a sister, he learned of his appointment to RAAL at Bayern... : 8 things to know about Frédéric Taquin, the manager of RAAL]. La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ a b Laurent, François (8 August 2025). "Les racines carolos de Fred Taquin, le coach de la RAAL La Louvière passé par l'Olympic : « Le seul match qu'on voulait tous jouer étant petits, c'était contre le Sporting de Charleroi »" [The Charleroi roots of Fred Taquin, the coach of RAAL La Louvière who spent time at Olympic: "The only match that we all wanted to play when we were little, was against Sporting de Charleroi"]. Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ a b Verdelet, Arthur (20 August 2025). "De Carglass à la Jupiler Pro League : l'itinéraire fou de Frédéric Taquin, l'entraîneur qui a gravi les échelons avec La Louvière" [From Carglass to the Jupiler Pro League: the crazy career path of Frédéric Taquin, the manager who climbed the divisions with La Louvière]. L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ Dumont, Nathalie (26 July 2025). "De la P4 à la Jupiler Pro League, le parcours de rêve de Frédéric Taquin, le coach de la RAAL : "La D1A, ce n'est pas suffisant pour moi"". La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ Sterpigny, Sébastien (4 June 2013). "Montée historique pour Sartois" [Historic promotion for Sartois]. La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  6. ^ Braun, Sébastien (24 April 2015). "Le RC Villers-la-Ville est sur les rails" [RC Villers-la-Ville is launched]. L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  7. ^ Dumont, Nathalie (29 April 2022). "Nouveau centre d'entraînement pour la RAAL La Louvière: "Un tel outil donne de la crédibilité au projet"" [New training centre for RAAL La Louvière: "A tool such as this gives credibility to the project"]. L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Challenger Pro League : La RAAL La Louvière veut effectuer un retour serein et ambitieux au niveau professionnel" [Challenger Pro League: RAAL La Louvière want to pull off a serene and ambitious return to the professional level] (in French). RTBF. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  9. ^ Dumont, Nathalie (15 March 2024). "Frédéric Taquin revient sur ses 200 matchs à la RAAL et l'accession du club en D1B : "Je voulais être le coach qui ramenait la RAAL dans le monde pro"" [Frédéric Taquin looks back on his 200 matches for RAAL and the club's promotion to D1B: "I wanted to be the coach who brought RAAL to the pro world"]. La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  10. ^ Dumont, Nathalie. "2017-2025, Frédéric Taquin a été de toutes les montées avec la nouvelle RAAL : "On est le champion moral"" [2017-2025, Frédéric Taquin has been in all promotions with the new RAAL: "We are the moral champions"]. La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Retour contrarié: le Standard et ses recrues gâchent la fête à La Louvière" [Frustrated return: Standard and their new signings spoil the party in La Louvière] (in French). 7 sur 7. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  12. ^ "La Louvière maîtrise Charleroi et tient sa 1re victoire en Pro League" [La Louvière master Charleroi and get their 1st victory in Pro League] (in French). RTBF. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  13. ^ Laurent, François (5 October 2025). "Fred Taquin a fêté son 250e match à la tête de la RAAL La Louvière : « Voici les trois matches qui m'ont vraiment marqué »" [Fred Taquin celebrated his 250th match at the helm of RAAL La Louvière: "Here are the three matches that truly shaped me"]. Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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