.jpg) Stéphan asQueens Park Rangers manager in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1980-09-18)18 September 1980 (age 45)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Rennes, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[citation needed] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder[citation needed] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Queens Park Rangers (Head Coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Paris Saint-Germain B | 6 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Toulouse | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | RC Paris | 19 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | Stade Briochin | 51 | (3) |
| 2005–2008 | Drouais | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Rennes U19 | ||
| 2015–2018 | Rennes B | ||
| 2018–2021 | Rennes | ||
| 2021–2023 | Strasbourg | ||
| 2023–2024 | Rennes | ||
| 2025– | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Julien Stéphan (born 18 September 1980) is a French professionalfootball manager and former player who is the current head coach ofEFL Championship clubQueens Park Rangers.
As a player, he was as adefensive midfielder. From December 2018 to March 2021, Stéphan managed his hometown club Rennes, winning the2018–19 Coupe de France, before managing Strasbourg from July 2021 to January 2023. In November 2023, he was reappointed as manager of Rennes before being sacked a year later.
Stéphan was born inRennes,Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[1]
On 3 December 2018,Sabri Lamouchi was sacked as manager ofLigue 1 clubRennes due to poor results. While initially given a role asinterim manager, Stéphan was given the permanent role nine days later after a string of victories including againstAstana in theUEFA Europa League, qualifying Rennes for their first ever European knockout round.[2] After dispatchingReal Betis, the club lost 4–3 on aggregate toArsenal in the last 16.[3]
Stéphan led Rennes to their first trophy in 48 years on 27 April 2019 in theCoupe de France, beatingParis Saint-Germain 6–5 in a penalty shoot-out in thefinal after drawing 2–2.[4] He faced the same opponents on 3 August in the2019 Trophée des Champions, a 2–1 loss.[5][6] In the2019–20 season, Stéphan's Rennes team finished in third place when the season was curtailed by theCOVID-19 pandemic, therefore qualifying for the first time to theUEFA Champions League.[7] He resigned on 1 March 2021, after four straight defeats and seven games without a win.[8]
In July 2021, Stéphan was appointed as manager of Ligue 1 clubStrasbourg. In his first season, he led the club to a sixth-place finish in the top flight, a first since the1979–80 season.[9] In January 2023, with Strasbourg sitting in nineteenth place with one win from seventeen games, Stéphan was sacked.[10]
On 19 June 2025, rumours emerged that Stephan had been in talks withQueens Park Rangers over the manager position at the Championship club and was on the verge of signing a two year deal.[11] His appointment was officially confirmed on 25 June.[12]
Stéphan is the son ofFrance national team assistant managerGuy Stéphan and the brother ofGuillaume Stéphan, also a former footballer.[13]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Rennes B | 1 July 2015 | 3 December 2018 | 97 | 43 | 28 | 26 | 142 | 109 | +33 | 044.33 | |
| Rennes | 3 December 2018 | 1 March 2021 | 110 | 46 | 28 | 36 | 157 | 130 | +27 | 041.82 | [14][15][16][17] |
| Strasbourg | 1 July 2021 | 9 January 2023 | 58 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 81 | 75 | +6 | 032.76 | |
| Rennes | 19 November 2023 | 7 November 2024 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 043.90 | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 25 June 2025 | Present | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 035.29 | |
| Total | 323 | 132 | 88 | 103 | 472 | 400 | +72 | 040.87 | |||
Rennes B
Rennes
