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Nicolas Usaï

Usaï with Châteauroux in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-05-01) 1 May 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Pau (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1995	Marseille B	1	(0)
1995–2000	Istres	32	(0)
2000–2001	Valenciennes	31	(0)
2001–2002	Alès	26	(0)
2002–2003	Angoulême	34	(0)
2003–2005	Cherbourg	32	(0)
2005–2007	Athlético Marseille
Total		156+	(0+)
Managerial career
2008–2014	Istres
2014–2016	GS Consolat
2016–2018	Sedan
2018	Athlético Marseille
2018–2020	Châteauroux
2022	Nîmes
2022–2023	Orléans
2023–	Pau
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolas Usaï (born 1 May 1974) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Ligue 2 club Pau FC. As a player, he was a left-back.

Managerial career

Usaï had a career as a semi-amateur footballer, before he began his managerial career in the lower divisions of France. He was named the best manager of the 2015–16 Championnat National.

On 24 October 2018, Usaï was named the manager of Ligue 2 club Châteauroux. He was sacked by the club in December 2020.

On 4 January 2022, Usaï became the new manager of Ligue 2 club Nîmes. On 16 November 2022, he was relieved of his duties.

On 28 December 2022, Usaï was hired by Championnat National club Orléans.

References

1. "Nicolas Usai - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport.
2. "Bienvenue Nicolas ! - La Berrichonne Football". www.berrichonne.net.
3. foot-national.com (20 May 2016). "Nicolas Usaï, meilleur entraîneur de National : L'interview". Foot National. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
4. "Ligue 2 : Nicolas Usaï est le nouvel entraîneur de la Berrichonne". France Bleu. 24 October 2018.
5. "Châteauroux limoge son entraîneur Nicolas Usaï - Fil Info - Ligue 2 - Football". Sport24 (in French). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
6. "Nicolas Usaï nouvel entraîneur de Nîmes (officiel)". L'Équipe (in French). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
7. "Nîmes se sépare de son entraîneur Nicolas Usaï". L'Équipe (in French). 16 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
8. "Nicolas Usaï, le nouvel entraîneur de l'US Orléans !" (in French). US Orléans. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

External links

• LFP Profile
• Nicolas Usaï at L'Équipe Football (in French)

• 1974 births
• Living people
• Footballers from Marseille
• Men's association football fullbacks
• French men's footballers
• Istres FC players
• Valenciennes FC players
• Olympique Alès players
• Angoulême Charente FC players
• AS Cherbourg Football players
• French football managers
• Ligue 2 managers
• Pau FC managers
• CS Sedan Ardennes managers
• LB Châteauroux managers
• Nîmes Olympique managers
• US Orléans managers