Pierre Aristouy


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Pierre Aristouy (born 20 December 1979) is a French football manager and former player who played as a forward. He was most recently head coach of Ligue 1 club Nantes.

Pierre Aristouy

Aristouy in 2023

Personal information
Date of birth 30 December 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Mont-de-Marsan, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1993–1994 Stade Montois
1994–1999 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2001 Nantes B 5 (4)
1999–2004 Nantes 9 (0)
2002–2003 →Grenoble (loan) 19 (1)
2004–2005 Bayonne 34 (9)
2005–2006 Entente SSG 26 (10)
2006–2009 Pau 83 (29)
2009–2010 JA Dax
2010–2012 Mont-de-Marsan 39 (19)
Managerial career
2014–2017 Mont-de-Marsan
2017–2021 Nantes B
2021–2023 Nantes U19
2023 Nantes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aristouy was a promising youth player at Stade Montois, before moving to Nantes youth academy in 1994.[1] He began his senior career with them in 1999, and was part of the squad that won the 2000–01 French Division 1. He shortly after went on a short loan to Grenoble for the 2002–2003 season, and moved to Bayonne in 2004. He followed that up with a stint at Entente SSG in 2005, followed by Pau FC in 2006 where he became captain. He ended his career with his youth club Stade Montois in 2012.[2]

Aristouy began his managerial career with his childhood club Stade Montois in 2014, and helped them finish in the top half of the table on the 3 seasons he was there.[3] He moved to the reserves of Nantes in 2017, earning successive promotions from 2018 to 2019, finishing at the Championnat National 2.[4] In the summer of 2021, he was moved to Nantes U19 squad and again helped them win the league in his debut season.[5] On 9 May 2023, he was appointed the manager of the senior Nantes team in the Ligue 1.[6] The club was facing relegation in their last 4 games, but a win against Angers SCO on the last game of the season helped the club stay in Ligue 1.[7]

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