Régis Le Bris
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 December 1975[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Pont-l'Abbé, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sunderland (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1987 | US Plonéour | ||
| 1987–19?? | AS Ergué-Armel | ||
| 19??–1991 | Quimper | ||
| 1991–1994 | Rennes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1999 | Rennes | 34 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Laval | 57 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Ronse | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 93 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1991 | France U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | France U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | France U17 | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2022 | Lorient B | ||
| 2022–2024 | Lorient | ||
| 2024– | Sunderland | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Régis Le Bris (born 6 December 1975) is a French football manager and former footballer who is currently the head coach of EFL Championship club Sunderland.[2][3]
Club career
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Le Bris played as a defender for French clubs Rennes and Laval, as well as Belgian club Ronse, during his playing career.[3][4]
Managerial career
[edit]Rennes and Lorient
[edit]Le Bris became a certified sports instructor in 2004,[5] and started his managerial career as a youth coach for Wasquehal, before joining the youth sector of Rennes in the same role.[4] During his stint with the club's under-19 squad, he led the team to the victory of the Championnat National U19 in 2007, before winning the Coupe Gambardella the following year.[4][6]
In July 2012, after rejecting an offer to renew his contract with Rennes,[4] Le Bris was appointed as the head of youth development at Lorient.[4][6] He also served as the coach of the under-17 squad, with whom he would win the Championnat National U17 with in 2015, before being appointed as the manager of the club's reserve team later the same year.[4][6] While serving in the role, he coached several footballers who would go on to play for the first team, including Mattéo Guendouzi, Illan Meslier, Alexis Claude-Maurice and Enzo Le Fée.[4][6]
In May 2022, Le Bris obtained a professional coaching license;[4][7] on 27 June of the same year, he was appointed as the head coach of Lorient's first team, signing a three-year contract.[6][8] In his first season at the club, he led the team to a tenth-place finish in the league;[2] in March 2023, he extended his contract with Lorient until 2027.[9][10] Following their relegation to the Ligue 2 at the end of the 2023–24 campaign,[11][12] Le Bris officially left the club by mutual consent on 22 June 2024.[13][14]
Sunderland
[edit]On 22 June 2024, it was announced that Le Bris would be appointed as the head coach of EFL Championship club Sunderland on 1 July, signing a three-year contract in the process.[2][3][15] He made a dream start to his time in charge of the club, having a 100% record across the first month of the season, scoring ten goals and conceding only one, being awarded the EFL Championship Manager of the Month for August.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Le Bris is the brother of fellow former footballer Benoît Le Bris,[4][17] as well as the uncle of Théo Le Bris, whom he managed at Lorient.[17]
In 2006, he obtained a doctorate in sport physiology and biomechanics at Rennes 2 University,[4] having presented a study on accelerometer-based running as his thesis.[18] He would then graduate with a DU on mental training of high-level athletes from the same university in 2010.[4]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of match played 21 December 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Lorient | 27 June 2022 | 22 June 2024 | 76 | 23 | 20 | 33 | 104 | 123 | −19 | 30.26 | [19] |
| Sunderland | 1 July 2024 | present | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 52.17 | |
| Total | 99 | 35 | 27 | 37 | 138 | 143 | −5 | 35.35 | — | ||
Honours
[edit]Individual
- EFL Championship Manager of the Month: August 2024,[16] October 2024[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Régis Le Bris football database profile". footballdatabase. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Sunderland appoint Le Bris as head coach". BBC Sport. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ a b c Onyeagwara, Nnamdi (22 June 2024). "Sunderland appoint Le Bris as new manager". The Athletic. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Régis Le Bris, de la formation au banc du FC Lorient" (in French). L'Équipe. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Site Officiel de la F.F.F. - La formation" (in French). 12 June 2004. Archived from the original on 18 October 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Gouzerh, Paul-Marie (27 June 2022). "Le FC Lorient ouvre une nouvelle page de son histoire : Régis Le Bris nommé entraineur" (in French). FC Lorient. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Zoumana Camara (entraîneur des U19 du PSG) diplômé du BEPF" (in French). L'Équipe. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Régis Le Bris nommé nouvel entraîneur du FC Lorient" (in French). L'Équipe. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Régis Le Bris et son staff prolongent jusqu'en 2027" (in French). FC Lorient. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Régis Le Bris à Lorient jusqu'en 2027" (in French). L'Équipe. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Calvet, Nicolas (19 May 2024). "Malgré la victoire du PSG à Metz et son carton contre Clermont, Lorient relégué en Ligue 2 pour un petit but" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Cogné, Baptiste (30 May 2024). "FC Lorient. Régis Le Bris, une longue attente" (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Gouzerh, Paul-Marie (22 June 2024). "Régis Le Bris n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Lorient" (in French). FC Lorient. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Abautret, Olivier (22 June 2024). "FC Lorient. Régis Le Bris n'est plus l'entraîneur des Merlus" (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Welcome to Sunderland: Régis Le Bris". Sunderland Association Football Club. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ a b "August's Sky Bet Championship Manager & Player of the Month winners". www.efl.com. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Chez Théo Le Bris, le foot c'est de famille !" (in French). Ouest-France. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Le Bris, Régis (2006). Etude biomécanique de la course à pied par une méthode accélérométrique : comparaisons méthodologiques et applications. Rennes 2 University (Thesis) (in French) – via theses.fr.
- ^ "Football Club Lorient Bretagne - Results and fixtures". Soccerway.
- ^ EFL (8 November 2024). "Sky Bet Championship: Manager & Player of the Month October winners". EFL. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Régis Le Bris – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French