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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Alejandro Correa Velázquez | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-03-14)14 March 1967 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nancy (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1986 | Nacional | ||
| 1986–1988 | Rentistas | ||
| 1988–1990 | Peñarol | ||
| 1990–1991 | Rentistas | ||
| 1991–1993 | Defensor Sporting | ||
| 1993–1994 | San Lorenzo | 3 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||
| 1995–2000 | Nancy | 119 | (28) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2011 | Nancy | ||
| 2012 | Évian Thonon Gaillard | ||
| 2013–2017 | Nancy | ||
| 2017–2019 | Auxerre | ||
| 2021–2022 | Virton | ||
| 2023– | Nancy | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pablo Alejandro Correa Velázquez (born 14 March 1967) is a Uruguayanfootball coach and a former player who is the manager of FrenchChampionnat National clubNancy. After his retirement as a player, he became the head coach of three French football clubs.
Correa started his footballing career as a player in Uruguay, where he played forNacional,Rentistas,Peñarol andDefensor Sporting.
In 1993, he joinedSan Lorenzo de Almagro in Argentina, but returned to Uruguay after only 3 games with the club, to joinMontevideo Wanderers.
In 1995 Correa moved to France, where he played the remainder of his career inLigue 1 andLigue 2 forAS Nancy,[1]. Correa played up front withTony Cascarino and became a hit with the AS Nancy fans.
After his retirement as a player, he joined the coaching staff at AS Nancy and was appointed as the club manager in 2002.
In the summer of 2005, Correa secured Nancy's promotion toLigue 1 by winning the2004–05 Ligue 2 title and after spending the previous five seasons inLigue 2. Correa guided Nancy to the2006 Coupe de la Ligue Final final againstNice, in which Nancy won 2–1, giving them a spot in the2006–07 UEFA Cup. Nancy survivedtheir first Ligue 1 season of the 21st century, finishing in 12th position and notably beatingAS Saint-Étienne 2–0 andRennes 6–0 in home Ligue 1 matches.
On 25 May 2011, Correa announced he would terminate his contract after the end of the season. He had been Nancy's club manager for nine consecutive years since 2002.
On 2 January 2012, Correa was named as new coach of Ligue 1 sideÉvian Thonon Gaillard F.C., replacingBernard Casoni.[2] Following a poor start to the 2012–13 season during which the club lost 3 and drew 1 of their first 42012–13 Ligue 1 matches, he was sacked on 3 September 2012 and replaced byPascal Dupraz.[3]
Correa returned toAS Nancy on 12 October 2013 replacingPatrick Gabriel.[4] Following relegation fromLigue 1 in the summer of 2017 and a poor start to the2017–18 Ligue 2 season, he was sacked on 29 August 2017.[5]
On 20 December 2017, Correa was named new coach ofAJ Auxerre.[6] Following a run of four consecutiveLigue 2 defeats, he was sacked on 18 March 2019.[7]
In December 2021, he became new manager of Belgian clubR.E. Virton.[8] He left the club in July 2022.[9]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Nancy |  | 6 November 2002 | 5 June 2011 | 384 | 143 | 111 | 130 | 037.24 |
| Évian Thonon Gaillard | | 2 January 2012 | 3 September 2012 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 034.62 |
| Nancy | | 12 October 2013 | 29 August 2017 | 166 | 69 | 45 | 52 | 041.57 |
| Auxerre | | 20 December 2017 | 18 March 2019 | 55 | 21 | 10 | 24 | 038.18 |
| Virton |  | 22 December 2021 | 30 June 2022 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 016.67 |
| Total | 643 | 244 | 173 | 226 | 037.95 | |||
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