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Mickaël Pontal

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Mickaël Pontal
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-30) 30 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Guilherand-Granges, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1997–2004 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Saint-Étienne 11 (0)
2004–2005 ASOA Valence
2005 Stade Saint-Raphaël
2006 AS Cannes
2007–2008 AFC Compiègne
2008–2010 Hyères FC
Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC
Managerial career
2021-2013 Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC B
2013-2014 Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC U-19
2013-2014 Savigneux
2014-2015 Louhans-Csx
2017-2019 Feurs
2020-2022 Veauche
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:28, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Mickaël Pontal (born 30 April 1980) is a former French professional footballer. He retired from playing in 2012 and is now a professional soccer coach. His position was that of a defender, and positionally, a centre-back. As a player, he played 132 matches and won 7 trophies across different leagues.[1]

Pontal played at the professional level in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for AS Saint-Étienne. He also played in Valence, St Raphaël, Cannes, Compiègne, Hyères, Andrézieux before starting a coaching career in Andrézieux, Savigneux-Montbrison and Louhans-Cuiseaux.[1][2]

Club career

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Pontal started his professional football career at AS Saint-Étienne (also known as ASSE) in the 1997-1998 season. He played for the club between 1997 until 2004 in different divisions and scoring 7 goals. In between this time, he moved for one season in 2002 to Angers to get more playing time.[2]

In the 2004-2005 season, he was loaned to ASOA Valence in the National Ligue where he stayed for one year.[1][2]

In the 2005-2006 season, he played for Cannes, making 36 appearances before moving to Saint-Raphaël  for the rest of the 2006-2007 season. In 2007-2008 season he played for Compiègne and moved to Hyères from 2008 till 2010 making 55 appearances for the club.[1][2] His last professional club was Andrézieux in 2010 where he retired 2012.[1][2]

Season Club Division Games Played Goals Scored Natioanal Cups
1997-1998 Saint-Étienne CFA2 2 - -
1998-1999 Saint-Étienne D2 1 (21 in CFA2) - -
1999-2000 Saint-Étienne D1 0 (22 in CFA2) 3 in CFA2 -
2000-2001 Saint-Étienne D1 6 (17 in CFA) 3 in CFA -
2001-2002 Saint-Étienne D2 2 (19 in CFA) - -
2002-2003 Saint-Étienne L2 0 (14 in CFA) - -
2003-2004 Saint-Étienne L2 2 (20 in CFA) 1 in CFA -
2004-2005 Valence Nat 36 2 1
2005-2006 St-Raphaël CFA2 - - -
Cannes -> February 6 Nat 10 0 1
2006-2007 St-Raphaël   CFA2 - - -
2007-2008 AFC Compiègne CFA - - -
2008-2009 Hyères CFA 30 2 -
2009-2010 Hyères N 25 0 -
2010-2011 Andrézieux CFA2 7 2 1
2011-2012 Andrézieux CFA2 1 - -

Coaching career

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Pontal started his coaching career at Andrézieux coaching the B and Under 19 teams between 2012 and 2013. He then moved to coach Savigneux for a short spell in 2014 before moving to Louhans as head coach for the 2014-2015 season. He returned to coach the Under 17 team at AS Saint-Étienne before moving to Feurs for a 3 year coaching role. In 2019, he left Feurs to Veauche.[3] He left the coahcing role at Veache at the end of 2022.[4]

Saison Club
2012-2013 Andrézieux
2013-2014 Savigneux-Montbrison (PHR)
2014-2015 Louhans-Cuiseaux (CFA2)
2015-2016 ASSE (U17 Régionaux)
2016-2017 Lausanne Université Club Dorigny
2017-2018 US Feurs
2018-2019 US Feurs
2019-déc 2019 US Feurs
2020 - 2022 Veauche

Honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Mickaël Pontal - Stats et palmarès - 23/24". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Mickaël Pontal". toutsurlasse.free.fr. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Football. Mickaël Pontal : " La réputation et le projet de Veauche m'ont séduit "". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ^ Yo (1 December 2022). "[Communiqué Officiel] Mickaël Pontal n'est plus l'entraineur de l'équipe première". | Site officiel de l'ES Veauche Football (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2023.