Sylvain Ripoll | |
Fullname: | Sylvain Ripoll[1] |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1971 |
Birth Place: | Rennes, France |
Height: | 1.76 m[2] |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 1978–1986 |
Youthclubs1: | CPB Ginguené |
Youthyears2: | 1986–1990 |
Youthclubs2: | Rennes |
Years1: | 1990–1994 |
Clubs1: | Rennes |
Caps1: | 77 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1994–1995 |
Clubs2: | → Le Mans (loan) |
Caps2: | 33 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1995–2003 |
Clubs3: | Lorient |
Caps3: | 207 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Totalcaps: | 317 |
Totalgoals: | 5 |
Manageryears1: | 2014–2016 |
Managerclubs1: | Lorient |
Manageryears2: | 2017–2023 |
Managerclubs2: | France U21 |
Manageryears3: | 2021 |
Managerclubs3: | France Olympic |
Sylvain Ripoll (born 15 August 1971) is a French former football player and was most recently the manager of the French under-21 football team.[3]
As a player, Ripoll played with Stade Rennais, Le Mans and FC Lorient.
On 25 May 2014, he was appointed as the new manager of Lorient. He won his first game as a manager in the first Ligue 1 game of the season. Lorient managed to beat AS Monaco with 1–2 in their own Stade Louis II.[4]