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Éric Chelle
Personal information
Chelle with Lens in 2009
Full name	Éric Sékou Chelle
Date of birth	(1977-11-11) 11 November 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2003	Martigues	74	(0)
2003–2008	Valenciennes	142	(10)
2008–2011	Lens	82	(0)
2011–2013	Istres	60	(1)
2013–2014	Chamois Niortais	17	(0)
Total		375	(11)
International career
2004–2006	Mali	5	(0)
Managerial career
2014–2016	GS Consolat (assistant manager)
2016–2017	GS Consolat
2017–2021	FC Martigues
2021	Boulogne
2022–2024	Mali
2024–2025	MC Oran
2025–	Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Éric Sékou Chelle (born 11 November 1977) is a professional football manager and a former player who played as a centre-back. Born in Ivory Coast to a French father and a Malian mother, he made five appearances for the Mali national team.

Playing career

Chelle holds French nationality and spent his whole career in France, appearing for Martigues, Valenciennes, Lens, Istres, and Chamois Niortais. At international level, he represented Mali.

Coaching career

In May 2021 was appointed head coach of US Boulogne. He was dismissed by Boulogne on 11 December 2021, after the club gained three points in preceding ten games.

In 2022, Chelle was appointed manager of Mali. He was dismissed on 13 June 2024.

On January 7 2025, Chelle was announced by the Nigeria Football Federation as the Coach of the Nigeria Senior Football National Team, the Super Eagles. The announcement was greeted by widespread resistance and criticism by Nigerian football fans who labeled Chelle "a French Ligue 2 Veteran".

Managerial statistics

As of 13 June 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
GS Consolat	17 September 2016	30 June 2017	30	16	6	8	053.33
FC Martigues	1 November 2017	10 May 2021	80	35	24	21	043.75
Boulogne	21 May 2021	11 December 2021	16	2	5	9	012.50
Mali	6 May 2022	13 June 2024	22	14	5	3	063.64
MC Oran	9 October 2024		7	2	1	4	028.57
Nigeria	7 January 2025	Present	0	0	0	0	-
Total			148	67	40	41	045.27

References

"National. Eric Chelle nommé entraîneur de l'US Boulogne Côte d'Opale" (in French). footamateur.fr. 21 May 2021.
"DÉPART D'ÉRIC CHELLE" (Press release) (in French). Boulogne. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
"Eric Chelle: New Mali coach ready for challenge". BBC Sport. 9 May 2022.
"Mali sack head coach Chelle". SuperSport. 14 June 2024.
"NFF appoints Éric Chelle as Head Coach of the Super Eagles – The NFF Official Website". Retrieved 7 January 2025.

External links

Éric Chelle at L'Équipe Football (in French)
Éric Chelle – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Éric Chelle coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com
Éric Chelle coach profile at Soccerway

v t e MC Oran – current squad
1 Aggoune 2 Guessoum 3 Mammar 5 Aggoun 6 Chadli 7 Baakoh 8 Aguieb 9 Aribi 10 Boukholda 11 Boussalem 12 Belharrane 13 Senhadji 14 Ardji 16 Rahmani 17 Motrani 18 Sylla 19 Dahar 20 Mendil 21 Salah 22 Gnoleba 23 Benamara 24 Kerroum 25 Hamache 26 Dahar 27 Aliane 28 Mahadene 29 Benatia Manager: Chelle

v t e Mali squad – 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Diawara 2 H. Traoré (c) 3 Danté 4 Haidara 5 Kouyaté 6 S. Niakaté 7 M. Doumbia 8 Samassékou 9 Sissoko 10 Bissouma 11 Coulibaly 12 Camara 13 M. Diarra 14 Doucouré 15 Fofana 16 D. Diarra 17 Sacko 18 Y. Niakaté 19 Diabaté 20 Koïta 21 A. Traoré 22 A. Doumbia 23 Dieng 24 B. Traoré 25 Sinayoko 26 K. Doumbia 27 Nene Coach: Chelle

Awards

v t e 2005–06 Ligue 2 UNFP Team of the Year
GK: Audard DF: Ducourtioux DF: Chelle DF: Marchal DF: Belhadj MF: Zubar MF: Noro MF: Camadini MF: Ziani FW: Lesage FW: Savidan

v t e 2008–09 Ligue 2 UNFP Team of the Year
GK: Runje DF: Demont DF: Koscielny DF: Chelle DF: M. Ramos MF: Cá MF: Cohade MF: T. Costa FW: Thil FW: Alo'o FW: Montaño

Managerial positions

US Boulogne – managers

Blaud (1936–37)
Payne (1937–39)
Bourbotte & Hauvespré (1950–53)
Bourbotte (1953–56)
Prouff (1956–58)
Meerseman (1959–61)
Prévost (1961–62)
Cheuva (1962–66)
Grizzetti (1966–67)
Schultz (1967)
Laune (1967–69)
Muller & Aubert (1969)
Langrand (1969–73)
Pruvost (1973)
Deladerrière (1973)
Favre (1973–74)
Oliver (1974–75)
Augustine (1975)
Langrand (1975–76)
Langrand & Douglas (1976–79)
Douglas (1979–82)
Souilliez (1982–86)
Zoonekynd (1986–88)
Bodji (1988–89)
Baraffe (1989–90)
Souilliez (1990–92)
Ellena (1992–94)
Langlois (1994–96)
Dupuis (1996–97)
Dupont (1997–98)
Dewilder (1998–99)
Dupuis (1999–2001)
Colinet (2001–03)
Langlois (2003)
Brown (2003–04)
Dupuis (2004)
Montanier (2004–09)
Guyot (2009–10)
Estevan (2010–11)
Plancque (2011–12)
Tournay (2012–13)
Le Mignan (2013–16)
Pochat (2016–17)
Frapolli (2017–19)
Guyot (2019–21)
Chelle (2021)
Jobard (2021–22)
Raymond (2022–23)
Dagneaux & Lecointe (2023–)

Mali national football team – managers

Sy (1960–66)
Tóth (196x–70)
Weigang (1970–73)
Holovko (1979–1982)
Diallo (198x–89)
Sissoko (19xx–93)
Keïta (1993–97)
Sarramagna (1998–2000)
Mattè (2000–01)
Kasperczak (2001–02)
Dalger (2002–03)
Stambouli (2003–04)
Moizan (2004)
Keïta (2004–05)
Lechantre (2005–06)
Diallo (2006)
Jodar (2006–08)
Keshi (2008–10)
Giresse (2010–12)
Diallo (2012)
Carteron (2012–13)
Diallo (2013)
Kasperczak (2013–15)
Giresse (2015–17)
Magassouba (2017–19)
Magassouba (2019–22)
Chelle (2022–24)
Saintfiet (2024–)

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