Jean-Marie Elie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 Elie with Lens in 1975 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 September 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Longchamp-sur-Aujon, France | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1978 | Lens | 272+[a] | (54+) |
| 1978–1981 | Saint-Étienne | 90 | (8) |
| Total | 362+ | (62+) | |
| International career | |||
| 1973 | France B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1984–2007 | UST Equeurdreville | ||
| 2019–2023 | Cherbourg | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jean-Marie Elie (born 30 September 1950) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. During his career of fourteen years, he played for Lens and Saint-Étienne, notably winning the Division 1 in the 1980–81 season with the latter.[2]
Elie made one appearance for the France B national team in a 1–1 friendly draw to Cercle Brugge on 20 November 1973.[3]
Post-playing career
Elie retired from football in 1981. From 1983 to 1984, he worked as the sporting director of his former club Saint-Étienne. He would then go on to be the manager of UST Equeurdreville from 1984 to 2007, a managerial reign of twenty-three years. Later, he started working as a sport educator and coach for the Lecanu futsal team. In September 2009, he received the Trophée Georges-Boulogne, a trophy awarded by the Amicale des éducateurs de football.[4]
From 2017 to 2019, Elie worked as a member of staff at Cherbourg. In January 2019, he took over the club's head coach position.[5]
