Mickaël Pontal
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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
- ^ a b c d e "Mickaël Pontal". toutsurlasse.free.fr. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.