Dominique Leclercq

Dominique Leclercq (born 30 November 1957) is a French former professional football player and manager. In his playing days, he was a goalkeeper.

Dominique Leclercq
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-11-30) 30 November 1957[1]
Place of birth Hazebrouck, France[2]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1970–1974 Béthune
1974–1976 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1976 Lens B
1976–1980 Lens 27 (0)
1980–1985 Nantes 19 (0)
1981–1985 Nantes B
1985–1987 RC Paris 10 (0)
1987–1989 Lille 4 (0)
1989–1990 Lens 3 (0)
1990–1992 Paris Saint-Germain 0 (0)
Total 63+ (0+)
Managerial career
1992–1999 Paris Saint-Germain B
2005 Paris Saint-Germain (assistant)
2007–2008 Amiens B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Leclercq is an academy graduate of Lens. He made his debut for the club's senior side in the 1976–77 season in the Division 1.[4] After having made 27 league appearances for the club, he joined Nantes in 1980. At Nantes, Leclercq made 21 first-team appearances, while also playing for the club's reserve side across his spell at the club. He left in 1985 when he joined RC Paris.[4]

At RC Paris, Leclercq won promotion from the Division 2 to the Division 1 in the 1985–86 season. He played nine games for the side in the Division 1 before signing for Lille in 1987. Two years later, Leclercq returned to Lens.[4] Following a season at the club, he signed for his final team before retiring, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). He made no appearances for PSG and retired in 1992.[4]

International career

Leclercq was a France youth international. He represented his nation at under-21 level.[5]

Post-playing career

Following his retirement in 1992, Leclercq became the manager of Paris Saint-Germain's reserve team. He stayed in this position for seven years, becoming the goalkeeping coach of the club's senior team in 1999.[4] In February 2005, Leclercq's role within the coaching staff changed, and he became an assistant manager at the club. In December 2005, he left his role as PSG assistant coach to join neighboring club Paris FC as sporting director and youth coach.[4][6]

In 2007, after two years at Paris FC, Leclercq joined Amiens as reserve team manager.[4] He only coached the side for a season before switching to the role of first-team goalkeeping coach. In 2012, Leclercq retired from coaching, leaving Amiens.[4]

Honours

RC Paris

References
  1. Dominique Leclercq at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Dominique LECLERCQ". PSG70 (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  3. Herbet, Lionel. "Dominique LECLERCQ « Le bon gardien est celui qui ne prend pas de but »" [Dominique LECLERCQ "The good goalkeeper is the one that does not concede goals"] (in French). Comité Départemental Olympique et Sportif de la Somme. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  4. Dominique Leclercq at FootballDatabase.eu
  5. "Dominique LECLERCQ". SiteRCL (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. Pruneta, Laurent (25 October 2006). "Le nouveau Paris de Dominique Leclercq" [The new Paris of Dominique Leclercq]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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