Olivier Pantaloni (born 13 December 1966)[1] is a French football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of Ligue 1 club Nice.
Club career
Pantaloni played as a striker for Nice, Bastia, Saint-Étienne, Martigues, Gazélec Ajaccio and Ajaccio.[2]
Managerial career
Pantaloni has held various positions in AC Ajaccio's staff since 2001.[3] When assistant coach in September 2004, he was put in interim charge when Dominique Bijotat was sacked with the team in last place in Ligue 1,[4] and held this position for a month until the appointment of Rolland Courbis.[5]
In December 2008, Pantaloni ended a six-month hiatus by returning to Ligue 2 Ajaccio, being named assistant to José Pasqualetti in the new year and succeeding him upon his resignation in February.[6] In 2010–11, his first full season, he led the club to promotion as runners-up behind Évian TG, ending a five-year exile from the top flight; he resigned in June 2012, having kept them up with a 16th-place finish.[7]
Pantaloni had his first job outside of ACA in June 2013, signing a two-year deal at Ligue 2 club Tours FC.[8] He resigned in October 2014 with the club second from last, having lost eight of eleven fixtures.[9] He returned to familiar surroundings days later, replacing the sacked Christian Bracconi at 12th-place Ajaccio.[10] In 2017–18, he led the club to a promotion play-off place, and they defeated Le Havre before a 4–0 aggregate loss to Toulouse.[11] He led Ajaccio to a 2nd place finish in the 2021–22 season, securing promotion to Ligue 1.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 17 May 2026
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Ajaccio | 23 February 2009 | 13 June 2012 | 140 | 49 | 41 | 50 | 35.00 |
| Tours | 1 July 2013 | 21 October 2014 | 55 | 21 | 10 | 24 | 38.18 |
| Ajaccio | 6 November 2014 | 30 June 2024 | 386 | 135 | 97 | 154 | 34.97 |
| Lorient | 1 July 2024 | 17 May 2026 | 76 | 39 | 18 | 19 | 51.32 |
| Nice | 17 June 2026 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Total | 657 | 244 | 166 | 247 | 37.14 | ||
Honours
Manager
Lorient
Individual
- UNFP Ligue 2 Manager of the Year: 2024–25[13]
References
- ↑ La fiche de Olivier Pantaloni – Football – L'Equipe.fr
- ↑
- ↑ "Coach Bijotat is sacked by Ajaccio". CNN. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ↑ "Le retour de Courbis" [The return of Courbis]. Le Parisien (in French). 27 October 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ↑ "Ajaccio. Pantaloni remplace pasqualetti [sic]" [Ajaccio. Pantaloni replaces Pasqualetti]. Le Télégramme (in French). 24 February 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ↑ "Pantaloni leaves Ajaccio". Eurosport. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ↑ "Pantaloni : deux ans au TFC" [Pantaloni: to TFC for two years]. La Nouvelle République (in French). 22 June 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ↑ Launay, Ch. (21 October 2014). "Olivier Pantaloni démissionne du Tours FC" [Olivier Pantaloni resigns from Tours FC]. France 3. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ↑ Mangon, Angélique (5 November 2014). "Olivier Pantaloni de retour à l'ACA" [Olivier Pantaloni back at ACA] (in French). France 3. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ↑ "Ligue 1. Toulouse, vainqueur face à Ajaccio, est maintenu" [Ligue 1. Toulouse, winner against Ajaccio, survives]. Ouest France (in French). 27 May 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ↑ Lacaille, Tom (10 May 2025). "Lorient champion de Ligue 2, Martigues relégué en National, Guingamp jouera les play-offs de montée". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ Alvarez, Bruno (12 May 2025). "Trophées UNFP. Dembélé, Doué, Luis Enrique… Le palmarès complet des meilleurs de la saison de L1". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2025.