Grégory Vignal
French footballer (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Grégory Vignal (born 19 July 1981) is a French football coach and former professional player.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Grégory Vignal | ||
Date of birth | (1981-07-19) 19 July 1981 (age 42) | ||
Place of birth | Montpellier, France | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left back[2] | ||
Youth career | |||
Castelnau Le Crès FC[3] | |||
1989–1999 | Montpellier | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2000 | Montpellier | 0 | (0) |
2000–2005 | Liverpool[4][5] | 11 | (0) |
2003 | → Bastia (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2003 | → Rennes (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2004 | → Espanyol (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2004–2005 | → Rangers (loan)[4] | 30 | (3) |
2005–2006 | Portsmouth | 14 | (0) |
2006–2009 | Lens | 22 | (0) |
2007 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2007–2008 | → Southampton (loan) | 20 | (3) |
2009–2010 | Birmingham City | 8 | (0) |
2010 | Atromitos | 4 | (0) |
2012 | Dundee United | 0 | (0) |
2013 | AS Béziers | 13 | (1) |
Total | 159 | (9) | |
International career | |||
2001 | France U20 | 9 | (0) |
2002–2003 | France U21[6] | 4 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2019–2020 | Rangers Women | ||
2023–2024 | Versailles | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A left back, Vignal played in the top division in five countries – England, France, Spain, Scotland and Greece – and in the second tier in a sixth, Germany.[7][4][8] At international level, he was a member of the France under-18 team that won the 2000 European Championships,[9] represented France at under-20 level in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship,[10] and was capped four times at under-21 level.[6][11]
He was head coach of Scottish Women's Premier League club Rangers from 2019 to 2020, and worked in Marseille's academy before returning to Scotland as a youth coach at Dundee. After completing his UEFA Pro Licence, he spent three months as manager of Championnat National club Versailles.