- Stéphane Paille
Football player infobox
playername= Stéphane Paille
fullname =
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|6|27
cityofbirth =Scionzier
countryofbirth =France
dateofdeath =
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position = Striker
youthyears =
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years = 1982-1989
1989
1990
1990-1991
1991-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995
1996
1996-1997
clubs = Sochaux
Montpellier
Girondins de Bordeaux
Porto
Caen
Girondins de BordeauxOlympique Lyonnais
Mulhouse
Servette
Heart of Midlothian
caps(goals) = 191 (67)
017 0(4)
016 0(1)
017 0(4)
071 (23)
031 (10)
016 0(4)
008 0(1)
017 0(5)
018 0(2)
nationalyears = 1986-1989
nationalteam = France
nationalcaps(goals) = 008 0(1)
manageryears = 2002-2004
2005
2005-2006
2007-2008
managerclubs =Besançon RC RC Paris Angers SCO AS Cannes 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 andScotland . 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 1987-88Coupe 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 "les 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 joinedGirondins de Bordeaux in December 1989, thenFC Porto in the summer of 1990. Following a two year spell atSM Caen between 1991 and 1993, he returned to Bordeaux for a single season. In 1994 he joinedOlympique Lyonnais , then moved to Swiss side Servette Geneva in 1995. After one season he returned to France withFC Mulhouse , then moved again, joining Scottish side Heart of Midlothian in 1997. He announced his retirement when he was released by theEdinburgh 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.External links
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=PAILLE%20St%E9phane Profile at French federation official site]
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