Stéphane Paille
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| Stéphane Paille | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | June 27, 1965 | |
| Place of birth | Scionzier, France | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1982-1989 1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1993 1993-1994 1994 1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 |
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Montpellier HSC Girondins de Bordeaux F.C. Porto SM Caen Girondins de Bordeaux Olympique Lyonnais Servette FC FC Mulhouse Hearts of Midlothian |
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| National team | ||
| 1986-1989 | France | 8 (1) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2002-2004 2005 2005-2006 2007-2008 |
Besançon RC RC Paris Angers SCO AS Cannes |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Stéphane Paille (born 27 June 1965 in Scionzer, Rhône-Alpes) is a French former professional footballer who played for the French national team as well as for various clubs sides in France, Portugal, Switzerland and Scotland. Since his playing retirement he has developed a career in football management.
Paille started out with Sochaux, with whom he played for 7 seasons between 1982 and 1989. He helped the Montbéliard side reach the 1987-88 Coupe de France final, and was voted French Player of the Year at that seasons end. He also earned his eight caps for France between 1986 and 1989, scoring a single goal for le Bleus.
The rest of Paille's playing career was somewhat nomadic: after leaving Sochaux for Montpellier HSC in 1989, he spent no more than 2 seasons at the same club during the next 9 years. He joined Girondins de Bordeaux in December 1989, then FC Porto in the summer of 1990. Following a two year spell at SM Caen between 1991 and 1993, he returned to Bordeaux for a single season. In 1994 he joined Olympique Lyonnais, then moved to Swiss side Servette Geneva in 1995. After one season he returned to France with FC Mulhouse, then moved again, joining Scottish side Heart of Midlothian in 1997. He announced his retirement when he was released by the Edinburgh club in early 1998.
Paille then returned to first club Sochaux, where he held a coaching position for three years between 1999 and 2002. He gained his first executive role when he was appointed head coach of Besançon RC but left in 2004. He was briefly head coach at Racing Club Paris in 2005, before being approached by Angers in May 2005. He left the Blanc et Noir in June 2006.
