Jean-Louis Coustillet (7 January 1943 – 14 March 2021) was a French football player and coach who played as a midfielder.[1]

Jean-Louis Coustillet
Personal information
Date of birth 7 January 1943
Place of birth Bayel, France
Date of death 14 March 2021(2021-03-14) (aged 78)
Place of death Bayel, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
ES Bar-Bayel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
ES Bar-Bayel
1969–1971 Lens 27 (13)
1971–1975 AAJ Blois 78 (9)
1975–1978 ES Viry-Châtillon
Managerial career
1974–1975 AAJ Blois
1975–1984 ES Viry-Châtillon
1984–1988 Saint-Lô
1988–1992 Troyes
1994–2001 FC Argentan [fr]
2014 AS Sainte-Savine
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

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Born in Bayel, Coustillet grew up playing for the local football team. He began playing for RC Lens at the age of 25, where he played for two seasons before joining AAJ Blois. He retired from playing in 1978 as a member of ES Viry-Châtillon.

After he retired from his playing career, Coustillet continued his involvement with ES Viry-Châtillon as a coach, where he stayed for nine years. He coached the only Châtillon team to ever play in Division 2 from 1982 to 1983.[2] He then joined FC Saint-Lô Manche, where he coached from 1984 to 1988.[3] In 1988, he became the coach of Troyes AC, which was struggling to compete in Division 4 [fr]. However, Coustillet coached them into Division 3 [fr] and helped the club reach the round of 16 in 1991–92 Coupe de France, where they were defeated by US Saint-Omer. He left the club in 1992.[4]

Coustillet died of Alzheimer's disease in Bayel on 14 March 2021 at the age of 78.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Football. L'ancien entraîneur d'Argentan, Jean-Louis Coustillet, est décédé". Ouest-France (in French). 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Viry-Châtillon". AllezRedStar.com (in French).
  3. ^ "Saison 1988-1989". ESTAC Troyes (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Jean Louis Coustillet". Planete-Estac (in French).
  5. ^ "Monsieur Jean-Louis COUSTILLET". Mémoire (in French). 17 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Jean-Louis Coustillet, figure de l'ATAC, nous a quittés". L'Est-Éclair (in French). 16 March 2021.