Reynald Pedros

Reynald Michel Sebastian Pedros (born 10 October 1971) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He recently managed the Morocco women's national team.

Reynald Pedros
Pedros as manager of Lyon Women in 2019
Personal information
Full name Reynald Michel Sebastian Pedros
Date of birth (1971-10-10) 10 October 1971
Place of birth Orléans, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Nantes B 70 (11)
1990–1996 Nantes 152 (22)
1996 Marseille 23 (0)
1997 Parma 4 (0)
1997 Napoli 3 (0)
1997–1998 Lyon 15 (2)
1998–1999 Parma 1 (0)
1999–2000 Montpellier 3 (0)
1999–2000 Montpellier B 4 (1)
2000–2001 Toulouse 8 (1)
2001–2003 Bastia 15 (0)
2001–2002 Bastia B 7 (0)
2004–2005 Al-Khor
2005–2006 Sud Nivernais Imphy Decize
2006–2007 Bouchemaine La Baule-Escoublac
2007–2009 Baulmes 12 (1)
Total 317 (38)
International career
1993–1996 France 25 (4)
Managerial career
2008–2009 St-Jean-Ruelle
2009–2012 St-Pryvé St-Hilaire
2015–2017 Orléans (president adviser)
2017–2019 Lyon Women
2021–2023 Morocco Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life and club career

Reynald Michel Sebastian Pedros[2] was born on 10 October 1971[1] in Orléans, Loiret,[3] and is of Portuguese[4] and Spanish descent.[5] He played as a left-footed attacking midfielder, formed in Nantes. He was part of the magic trio of FC Nantes with Patrice Loko and Nicolas Ouédec. He won the Ligue 1 title with Nantes in 1995. The following year he reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.

International career

Pedros played for the France national team. His career bears some similarity to David Ginola's – a mistake in the last 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match leading to French elimination, and subsequently being dropped from the national team.

Before UEFA Euro 1996, he was considered one of the best French midfielders, on par with Zinedine Zidane, and was selected for the tournament. France reached the semi-final to face the Czech Republic, and the two teams could not be separated over ninety minutes. The match thus went into extra time and subsequently a penalty shoot-out. After five successful penalties for each team, Pedros was to take the first of the penalties in sudden death. His shot was weak and slow, and was easily saved by the Czech goalkeeper, Petr Kouba. Miroslav Kadlec came to take the next penalty, scored it, and knocked France out of the tournament.

Following this elimination, Pedros was made a pariah by the media and was greatly disliked by French fans. He attempted to make a comeback, in Ligue 2, but he was never able to come back to the top of his game.

Managerial career

Pedros worked as president adviser at Orléans for two years.[6] On 2 June 2017, he took over as head coach of Olympique Lyonnais Féminin.[7] He led them to retain the Division 1 Féminine championship for the 12th and 13th time. He also succeeded in guiding the team to retaining the UEFA Women's Champions League for the 3rd and 4th time.[8][9]

In November 2020, Pedros became the coach of the Moroccan women's national team. This recruitment took place in the context of the effort made by the FRMF and its President Fouzi Lekjaa to develop women's football in Morocco, particularly mass football, with the aim of becoming a stronghold of women's football at continental and world level.[10] His first tournament was the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, at which he guided Morocco to reach the final of the WAFCON for the first time in its only third appearance. This included a win on penalties win over African powerhouse Nigeria in the semi-finals, which was seen as a redemption for his penalty defeat in Euro 1996.[11][12]

In August 2023, he took Morocco women's team to the knockout stages of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on their debut appearance at the tournament.[13]

Career statistics

International goals
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pedros goal.
List of international goals scored by Reynald Pedros
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
16 September 1995Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France Azerbaijan4–010–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualification[14]
224 January 1996Parc des Princes, Paris, France Portugal3–23–2Friendly[15]
329 May 1996Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg, France Finland2–02–0Friendly[16]
49 October 1996Parc des Princes, Paris, France Turkey2–04–0Friendly[17]

Honours

Manager

Lyon[8]

Morocco

References
  1. "Reynald Pedros". L'Équipe. Paris. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. "Squad List: FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023: Morocco (MAR)" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2023. p. 17. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. "Reynald Pedros". Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ASACAF37400 (27 October 2008). "REYNALD PEYDROS". Skyrock (in French). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  5. Cassiau-Haurie, Christophe (21 December 2009). "La migration des footballeurs africains en Europe – Africultures".
  6. "Reynald Pedros nouveau conseiller des présidents de l'US Orléans" (in French). larep.fr. 2 June 2015.
  7. Mishner, Katie (9 June 2022). "Olympique Lyonnais confirm Reynald Pedros as new manager". VAVEL. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  8. "Reynald Pedros - Stats and titles won".
  9. UEFA.com. "Lyon-Barcelona | UEFA Women's Champions League 2018/19". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  10. "MOROCCO IS SET TO HAVE A NEW COACH FOR ITS WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM". 26 November 2020.
  11. "WAFCON Final 2022: A story of two coaches". 23 July 2022.
  12. Edwards, Piers (23 July 2022). "South Africa beat Morocco to win first Wafcon title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  13. "Morocco makes more Women's World Cup history, reaching knockout rounds with a 1-0 win over Colombia". Associated Press. 3 August 2023.
  14. Fiere, Rémy (7 September 1995). "Les Bleus surfent sur les Azéris Hier à Auxerre, l'équipe de France a battu l'Azerbaïdjan 10 à 0". Libération (in French). Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  15. "Portugais rejoints et dépassés" (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). 25 January 1996. p. 15. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  16. Michaud, Pierre (30 May 1996). "Balade finlandaise pour les Bleus avant l'Euro". L'Humanité (in French). Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  17. "Blanc fires France to impressive win". New Straits Times. 11 October 1996. p. 45. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  18. "Lyon sweep to Women's Champions League win over 10-player Wolfsburg". the Guardian. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  19. "Lyon Women part ways with Pedros after treble-winning season | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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