Erick Mombaerts (born 21 April 1955) is a French football manager and former player.

Erick Mombaerts
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-04-21) 21 April 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Chantecoq, France[1]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Youth career
INF Vichy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1978 Nœux-les-Mines
1978–1984 Montluçon
Managerial career
1987–1988 Paris Saint-Germain
1989–1990 Guingamp
1992 Cannes
2001–2006 Toulouse
2007–2008 France U18
2008–2012 France U21
2012–2014 Le Havre
2015–2018 Yokohama F. Marinos
2019–2020 Melbourne City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Mombaerts is a youth product of INF Vichy.[3] He went on to play for Nœux-les-Mines and Montluçon before retiring in 1984.[1]

Coaching career

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Mombaerts began his coaching career with Paris Saint-Germain, taking charge between October 1987 and February 1988.[4] Mombaerts was manager of Guingamp during the 1989–90 season.[4] He then managed Cannes between January 1992 and December 1992,[4] and Toulouse from 2001 to 2006.[4] While with Toulouse he won the Ligue 2 championship in 2003.[5]

After coaching their under-18 team, Mombaerts became manager of the French under-21 team in April 2008.[5] He left that position in October 2012.[6]

Mombaerts became manager at Le Havre in December 2012.[7] He resigned in December 2014.[8]

He was appointed as the head coach of Japanese club Yokohama F. Marinos in December 2014.[9]

Mombaerts stepped down as head coach of the Marinos at the succession of the 2017 Emperor's Cup, on 1 January 2018.[10][11]

Mombaerts was appointed manager of Melbourne City on 27 June 2019.[12] On 3 September 2020, he stood down from the coaching role at City to return to France, handing the coaching reins over to his assistant Patrick Kisnorbo.[13]

Managerial statistics

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As of 10 May 2022[14]
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Paris Saint-Germain   October 1987 February 1988 20 6 8 6 030.00
Toulouse   2001 2006 167 59 42 66 035.33
France U21   29 April 2008 18 October 2012 43 27 8 8 062.79
Le Havre   21 December 2012 10 December 2014 79 29 25 25 036.71
Yokohama F. Marinos   14 December 2014 31 December 2017 138 65 34 39 047.10
Melbourne City FC   27 June 2019 3 September 2020 33 19 5 9 057.58
Total 480 205 122 153 042.71

References

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  1. ^ a b "Erick Mombaerts". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. ^ Gardel, Benjamin (23 November 2011). "Que sont-ils devenus : L'ancien milieu de l'EDSM est à la tête de l'équipe de France Espoirs depuis 2008". La Montagne (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Football - La belle aventure australienne des entraîneurs Erick Mombaerts (ex-EDSM) et Alain Fiard (ex-INF Vichy) stoppée par le coronavirus". www.lamontagne.fr. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Erik Garin (12 July 2007). "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b "France U21s turn to Mombaerts". UEFA. 29 April 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Mombaerts taken off France case". UEFA. 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Erick Mombaerts est le nouvel entraîneur du HAC" (in French). Le Havre AC. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Mombaerts quitte le club!" (in French). L'Equipe. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Yokohama F・Marinos name Erick Mombaerts as new head coach". Yokohama F. Marinos. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Marinos announce hiring of ex-Australia coach Ange Postecoglou". The Japan Times. 19 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Marinos' Erick Mombaerts to step down after season". The Japan Times. 2 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Melbourne City FC Appoints Erick Mombaerts as Head Coach". Melbourne City FC. 26 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Mombaerts quits City to return to France, Kisnorbo handed reins". The Age. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Erick Mombaerts". sofascore.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
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