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Jean-Marie Elie (born 30 September 1950) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. As of the 2021–22 season, he is the head coach of Championnat National 3 club Cherbourg.[2] During his playing career of fourteen years, he played for Lens and Saint-Étienne, notably winning the Division 1 in the 1980–81 season with the latter.[3]

Jean-Marie Elie

Elie with Lens in 1975
Personal information
Date of birth	(1950-09-30) 30 September 1950 (age 71)
Place of birth	Longchamp-sur-Aujon, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Cherbourg (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1978	Lens	272+[lower-alpha 1]	(54+)
1978–1981	Saint-Étienne	90	(8)
Total		362+	(62+)
National team
1973	France B	1	(0)
Teams managed
1984–2007	UST Equeurdreville
2019–	Cherbourg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Elie made one appearance for the France B national team in a 1–1 friendly draw to Cercle Brugge on 20 November 1973.[4]

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.[2] He would then go on to be the manager of UST Equeurdreville from 1984 to 2007, a managerial reign of twenty-three years.[2] 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.[5]

From 2017 to 2019, Elie worked as a member of staff at Cherbourg.[2] In January 2019, he took over the club's head coach position.[6]

Honours

Lens

• Division 2: 1972–73[2]
• Coupe de France runner-up: 1974–75[2]

Saint-Étienne

• Division 1: 1980–81[3]
• Coupe de France runner-up: 1980–81[2]

Notes

References

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