Olivier Pantaloni
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_98.jpg) Pantaloni as Ajaccio manager in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 December 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Bastia, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[citation needed] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lorient (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1981 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| 1982–1983 | Ajaccio | ||
| 1983–1985 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| 1985–1988 | Nice | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Bastia | 44 | (7) |
| 1990–1994 | Saint-Étienne | 4 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | → Martigues (loan) | 29 | (6) |
| 1992–1993 | → Gazélec Ajaccio (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 1994–2000 | Ajaccio | 146 | (37) |
| Total | 243 | (52) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2012 | Ajaccio | ||
| 2013–2014 | Tours | ||
| 2014–2024 | Ajaccio | ||
| 2024– | Lorient | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Olivier Pantaloni (born 13 December 1966)[1] is a French football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of Ligue 1 club Lorient.
Pantaloni played as a striker for Nice, Bastia, Saint-Étienne, Martigues, Gazélec Ajaccio and Ajaccio.[2]
Managerial career
Pantaloni has held various positions in AC Ajaccio's staff since 2001.[3] When assistant coach in September 2004, he was put in interim charge when Dominique Bijotat was sacked with the team in last place in Ligue 1,[4] and held this position for a month until the appointment of Rolland Courbis.[5]
In December 2008, Pantaloni ended a six-month hiatus by returning to Ligue 2 Ajaccio, being named assistant to José Pasqualetti in the new year and succeeding him upon his resignation in February.[6] In 2010–11, his first full season, he led the club to promotion as runners-up behind Évian TG, ending a five-year exile from the top flight; he resigned in June 2012, having kept them up with a 16th-place finish.[7]
Pantaloni had his first job outside of ACA in June 2013, signing a two-year deal at Ligue 2 club Tours FC.[8] He resigned in October 2014 with the club second from last, having lost eight of eleven fixtures.[9] He returned to familiar surroundings days later, replacing the sacked Christian Bracconi at 12th-place Ajaccio.[10] In 2017–18, he led the club to a promotion play-off place, and they defeated Le Havre before a 4–0 aggregate loss to Toulouse.[11] He led Ajaccio to a 2nd place finish in the 2021–22 season, securing promotion to Ligue 1.
