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Also known as Claude Jacques Puel

French football manager (born 1961)

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Claude Puel, born Claude Jacques Puel on 2 September 1961 in Castres, is a French association football player and coach. He played midfielder for AS Monaco FC and the France national under-21 team, and has coached AS Monaco FC, Lille OSC, Olympique Lyonnais and OGC Nice. He speaks French, and his children are Grégoire Puel and Paulin Puel. According to Thesportsdb, he holds the position of manager with Nice.

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Type
Group
Active from
2007

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan
b. 1961
Nationality
FR
Language
fre
Gender
Male

Recorded by 4 libraries

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Key facts

2025
Nice
Full name
Claude Jacques Puel
Date of birth
( 1961-09-02 ) 2 September 1961 (age 64)
Place of birth
Castres , Tarn, France
Height
1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position
Defensive midfielder
Current team
Nice (head coach)
1970 1977
Castres
1977 1979
Monaco
Years
Team
1979 1996
Monaco
1999 2001
Monaco
2002 2008
Lille
2008 2011
Lyon
2012 2016
Nice
2016 2017
Southampton
2017 2019
Leicester City
2019 2021
Saint-Étienne

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Nice
Position
Manager
Nationality
France

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jacques
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Castres
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Position played
midfielder
Country for sport
France
Image
Claude Puel (cropped).jpg
Height
178
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Commons category
Claude Puel
date of birth
1961-09-02
name in native language
Claude Puel
birth name
Claude Jacques Puel
coach of sports team
OGC Nice
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Encyclopedic overview

Claude Jacques Puel ( French pronunciation: [klod pɥɛl]; born 2 September 1961) is a French football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Ligue 1 club Nice.

He played as a midfielder. He spent his entire playing career with Monaco, before becoming manager of the club, leading them to the league title in his first full season in charge. He has also managed Lille, Lyon, Nice and Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1, and Southampton and Leicester City in England's Premier League.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Claude Puel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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