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 Puygrenier in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sébastien Nicolas Puygrenier[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (age 43) | ||
| Place of birth | Limoges, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Auxerre B (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rennes | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Rennes | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | →Nancy (loan) | 47 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Nancy | 95 | (10) |
| 2008–2011 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 9 | (1) |
| 2009 | →Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | →Monaco (loan) | 67 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Nancy | 54 | (9) |
| 2013–2014 | Karabükspor | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Auxerre | 75 | (7) |
| 2016–2018 | Créteil | 38 | (6) |
| Total | 403 | (37) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2024 | Auxerre B (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Auxerre B | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sébastien Nicolas Puygrenier (born 28 January 1982) is a French retired professionalfootballer who played as acentre-back and current manager ofAJ Auxerre's B-team.
Born inLimoges, Puygrenier began his career atStade Rennais, Puygrenier made hisLigue 1 debut in the 4–1 defeat atLyon in 2003. He started the next two matches, but these were to be his last games for the club before joining Nancy on loan for the 2003–04 season.[citation needed]
After playing 27 games inLigue 2 that season, Puygrenier spent a further season on loan at Nancy, with 20 appearances as the club won promotion. League rules prevented him from staying on loan at a rival Ligue 1 club so he was signed permanently in 2005. Puygrenier scored his only league goal to date on 28 August in the 6–0 win over his old club. He also scored Nancy's opener in the 3–0 win overFeyenoord in theUEFA Cup. He was voted Fans' Player of the Year for 2006–07, and named in the Ligue 12007–08 team of the year the following season, where he helped Nancy stay unexpectedly in the top 3 for most of the season.[citation needed]
On 31 July 2008, he signed a four-year contract withZenit Saint Petersburg.[2] He took part in the team's victory in the2008 UEFA Super Cup,[3] but struggled to hold down a regular first-team berth. As Portuguese centre-halves Bruno Alves and Fernando Meira joined the club, it became increasingly evident that Puygrenier's future lay outside of Saint Petersburg, and a string of loan deals followed - firstly to Bolton Wanderers and then two spells atAS Monaco in Ligue 1. After failing to impress in France, Monaco declined the option to recruit Puygrenier permanently, and he returned to Zenit who made it known that he was instantly available for transfer, even being described as 'definitely a mistake of our scouts' by general director Maxim Mitrofanov, who also criticised the defender for refusing to lower his wage demands in order to engineer a move away from the club despite having no prospects of achieving any playing time and not being considered a part of the Zenit squad by manager Luciano Spalletti.[citation needed]
In January 2009, he joinedBolton Wanderers on loan for the rest of the season.[4] His one goal for Bolton came on 31 January, in a 3–2 home victory overTottenham Hotspur. It was Bolton's 4000th goal in the top division of English football.[5]
On 14 July 2009, Puygrenier agreed to a loan deal toAS Monaco.[citation needed]
Puygrenier moved toAS Nancy midway through the 2011–2012 league campaign.[citation needed]
He signed for Turkish teamKardemir Karabükspor in July 2013, agreeing to a two-year deal.[6]
In July 2014 he signed a one-year contract with French teamAJ Auxerre.[7]
In July 2016, Puygrenier joinedChampionnat National sideCréteil on a one-year contract with the option of second.[8]
After retiring in 2018, Puygrenier was appointed assistant coach of his former clubAJ Auxerre's reserve team, working under manager David Carré. After six years as assistant coach, he was promoted to head coach of the reserve team in June 2024.[9]
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