Mickaël Pontal

Mickaël Pontal
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-30) 30 April 1980
Place of birth Guilherand-Granges, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
1997–2004 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Saint-Étienne 11 (0)
2004–2005 ASOA Valence
2005 Stade Saint-Raphaël
2006 Cannes
2007–2008 AFC Compiègne
2008–2010 Hyères FC
Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC
Managerial career
2021–2013 Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC B
2013–2014 Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC U19
2013–214 Savigneux
2014–2015 Louhans-Csx
2017–2019 Feurs
2020–2022 Veauche
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mickaël Pontal (born 30 April 1980) is a French football manager and former player. A defender, he played 132 matches and won seven trophies across different leagues. He played at the professional level in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for Saint-Étienne. He also played in Valence, St Raphaël, Cannes, Compiègne, Hyères, Andrézieux before starting a coaching career in Andrézieux, Savigneux-Montbrison and Louhans-Cuiseaux.[1]

Playing career

Pontal started his professional football career at Saint-Étienne (also known as ASSE) in the 1997–98 season. He played for the club between 1997 until 2004 in different divisions and scoring 7 goals. In between this time, he moved for one season in 2002 to Angers to get more playing time.[1]

In the 2004–05 season, he was loaned to ASOA Valence in the National Ligue where he stayed for one year.[1]

In the 2005–06 season, he played for Cannes, making 36 appearances before moving to Saint-Raphaël  for the rest of the 2006–07 season. In 2007–08 season he played for Compiègne and moved to Hyères from 2008 till 2010 making 55 appearances for the club.[1]

His last professional club was Andrézieux in 2010 where he retired 2012.[1]

Coaching career

Pontal started his coaching career at Andrézieux coaching the B and Under 19 teams between 2012 and 2013. He then moved to coach Savigneux for a short spell in 2014 before moving to Louhans as head coach for the 2014–15 season. He returned to coach the Under 17 team at AS Saint-Étienne before moving to Feurs for a three-year coaching role. In 2019, he left Feurs to Veauche.[2] He left the coaching role at Veache at the end of 2022.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mickaël Pontal". toutsurlasse.free.fr. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Football. Mickaël Pontal : " La réputation et le projet de Veauche m'ont séduit "". www.leprogres.fr (in French). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ Yo (1 December 2022). "[Communiqué Officiel] Mickaël Pontal n'est plus l'entraineur de l'équipe première". | Site officiel de l'ES Veauche Football (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2023.