Stéphane Mahé

French footballer (born 1968)

Stéphane Mahé
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-09-23) 23 September 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth	Puteaux, France
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Auxerre
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1995	Auxerre	?
1995–1996	Paris Saint-Germain
1996–1997	Rennes
1997–2001	Celtic	76	(4)
2001–2003	Hearts	46	(2)
Total		122+	(6+)
Managerial career
2003–2007	Saint Nazaire
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stéphane Mahé (born 23 September 1968) is a French former professional footballer and former manager of Saint Nazaire FC (now Stade Nazairien).

Playing career

Mahé was born in Puteaux. He started his career in the AJ Auxerre youth academy, graduating to the first team under Guy Roux's tutelage in 1989. He suffered a setback when involved in a car accident in 1992, missing six months through resultant injuries. Upon his return in 1993 he helped Auxerre reach the UEFA Cup semifinals, where they lost to Borussia Dortmund when Mahé missed the final penalty. The following year he earned his first winners' medal, as Auxerre defeated Montpellier 3–0 in the Coupe de France final.

Mahé moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 1995, spending a single season in the capital, during which PSG won the Cup-Winners Cup against Rapid Wien in Brussels. He played in both legs of the second round win over his future employers Celtic.^[1] After one season with Stade Rennais he left France, joining Scottish Premier League side Celtic in 1997.

In Glasgow, Mahé collected six trophies and was part of the side which ended arch-rivals Rangers run of consecutive championship wins at nine. He spent the last two years of his career with Hearts, scoring twice against Kilmarnock^[2] and Aberdeen,^[3] before retiring in 2003.

Coaching and managerial career

Mahe worked as manager of lower-league Saint-Nazaire, his home city, between August 2003 and March 2007.

Honours

Coupe de France: 1994
Trophée des Champions: 1995^[4]
Scottish Champion: 1997–98, 2000–01
Scottish Cup: 2001
Scottish League Cup: 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01

References

^ "Why Celtic's first ever French player Stephane Mahe is still indebted to the Glasgow club 22 years on". Glasgow Times. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
^ "Killie and Hearts share six goals". BBC Sport. 15 February 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
^ "Hearts fightback downs Dons". BBC Sport. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
^ "PSG – Nantes 2-2 (6-5 tab), 03/01/96, Trophée des Champions 95-96". archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.