Olivier Pickeu

French footballer
Olivier Pickeu
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-02-24) 24 February 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Armentières, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989-1993 SM Caen 35 (4)
1990-1991 → Tours FC 32 (6)
1992-1993 → Montpellier HSC 30 (8)
1993-1995 Toulouse FC 47 (8)
1995-1998 Amiens SC 118 (46)
1998-1999 Lille OSC 34 (7)
1999-2001 Le Mans UC 45 (9)
2001-2002 Varzim SC 12 (1)
2002-2003 Stade de Reims 25 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olivier Pickeu (born 24 February 1970 in Armentières) is a French retired football forward.

Pickeu started his playing career at Stade Malherbe Caen. He later played at FC Tours and Montpellier HSC (on loan from Caen), Toulouse FC, Amiens SC, Lille OSC, Le Mans Union Club 72, Varzim SC in Portugal, and then Stade de Reims.[1]

After his playing career ended, Pickeu joined the Angers SCO as general manager / sporting director. From 2006 to 2020, he was instrumental in the successes of his club, as it gradually moves from the Championnat National to the middle of Ligue 1.[1][2] He was laid off in 2020.[3][4]

He was appointed as Stade Malherbe Caen chairman in 2020, after club takeover by US fund Oaktree Capital Management.[5]

Honours

Player

Montpellier

References

  1. ^ a b Durand D. "Olivier Pickeu : « Je suis dans ma vie, en plein dedans ». Sport". angers.maville.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  2. ^ Kefi, Ramsès. "Au SCO Angers, «90% de nos joueurs sont des paris»". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  3. ^ "Angers Sco. Olivier Pickeu, le golden-boy définitivement poussé vers la sortie". ouest-france.fr (in French).
  4. ^ "Olivier Pickeu and Angers: An ugly divorce to end a fruitful marriage". Breaking The Lines. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  5. ^ Presse, AFP-Agence France. "US Fund Leads Takeover Of Struggling Ligue 2 Club Caen". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  6. ^ "France League Cup 1991/92". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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