Thierry Oleksiak

Thierry Oleksiak (born 11 September 1961) is a French professional football manager and former player who most recently worked as an assistant coach at Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, under the direction of head coach Christophe Galtier.[2] As a player, Oleksiak was a defensive midfielder and centre-back.

Thierry Oleksiak
Oleksiak with Lille in 1993
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-09-11) 11 September 1961
Place of birth Saint-Étienne, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Youth career
1971–1979 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 Saint-Étienne B
1979–1986 Saint-Étienne 134 (6)
1986–1989 Nice 97 (2)
1989–1991 Metz 63 (0)
1991–1993 Lille 47 (1)
1993–1994 Angers 15 (0)
1994–1997 Aurillac
Total 356+ (10+)
International career
1982–1984 France U21 12 (0)
1988 France Olympic 1 (0)
Managerial career
1994–1999 Aurillac
1999–2000 Amiens (assistant)
2001–2008 Aurillac
2008 Libourne Saint-Seurin (assistant)
2008–2011 Libourne[lower-alpha 1]
2013–2015 Saint-Étienne B
2015–2017 Saint-Étienne (assistant)
2017 Liaoning (assistant)
2018–2021 Lille (assistant)
2021–2022 Nice (assistant)
2022–2023 Paris Saint-Germain (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Saint-Étienne, Oleksiak began his career at his hometown club of Saint-Étienne. He played seven seasons for the club's first team from 1979 to 1986, winning the Division 1 title in the 1980–81 season.[3] In 1986, he joined Nice, where he would play three seasons.[4] In 1989, Oleksiak signed for Metz, before joining Lille in 1991. In 1993, he signed for Angers, where he met then-teammate Christophe Galtier; they would go on to work together extensively as coaches in the 21st century.[2] In the 1993–94 season with Angers, Oleksiak suffered relegation from the Division 1. The season was also his final as a professional, as he joined amateur side Aurillac in 1994.[5]

International career

Oleksiak represented France at under-21 level in the early 1980s,[4] and made a total of twelve appearances for the team.[3] In 1988, he was selected by Jacky Braun, coach of the France Olympic football team, for a match against Sweden. France had already been eliminated in the race for qualification for the 1988 Summer Olympics, and lost the match to Sweden by a score of 2–1.[3]

Coaching career

In 1994, Oleksiak joined Aurillac as a player-manager. His team won promotion from the Championnat National 3 in the 1994–95 season.[5] In 1997, he retired from playing, and became solely the manager of the team.[5] From 1999 to 2000, Oleksiak worked as an assistant coach to his former Nice teammate René Marsiglia for Amiens,[4] before returning to coach Aurillac in 2001.[5] In 2008, Oleksiak joined Libourne Saint-Seurin (later renamed Libourne), where he was initially an assistant coach before becoming the head coach.[5]

In 2012, Oleksiak returned to his hometown club Saint-Étienne, initially as a scout,[4] before becoming the manager of the reserve team in 2013.[5] In 2015, he joined his former Angers teammate Christophe Galtier's coaching staff in Sainté's first team as an assistant coach.[2][6] Besides a small stint as an assistant coach for Chinese club Liaoning in 2017,[5] Oleksiak followed Galtier to Lille, where he contributed to a Ligue 1 title in the 2020–21 season.[4] In the 2021–22 season, Oleksiak was with Galtier at Nice.[4] They both joined Paris Saint-Germain in July 2022, leaving after one season.[7][8]

Personal life

Thierry's father Jean is also a former professional footballer. They both played for Saint-Étienne and Lille in their careers.[9] Jean's father, Thierry's grandfather, was a political refugee from Poland.[10]

Honours

Player

Saint-Étienne

Manager

Aurillac

Saint-Étienne B

Notes
  1. In 2009, FC Libourne Saint-Seurin became FC Libourne.

References
  1. "Thierry Oleksiak avec l'ASSE" [Thierry Oleksiak with ASSE]. ASSE-Stats.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. Quarez, Benjamin; Aflalo, Alexandre (8 July 2022). "Thierry Oleksiak, l'homme qui murmure à l'oreille de Christophe Galtier : «C'est comme s'ils étaient des frères»" [Thierry Oleksiak, the man who murmurs in Christophe Galtier's ear: "It is as if they were brothers"]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. "Thierry Oleksiak". Toutsurlasse.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. "Thierry Oleksiak" (in French). OGC Nice. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  5. Thierry Oleksiak at FootballDatabase.eu
  6. Verdelet, Arthur (9 July 2022). "À la découverte du staff de Galtier au PSG, dont Oleksiak, son discret premier adjoint" [Discovering Galtier's staff at PSG, including Oleksiak, his discreet first assistant]. CulturePSG (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. "Thierry Oleksiak, l'adjoint très important de Galtier" [Thierry Oleksiak, the very important assistant of Galtier]. ParisFans (in French). 10 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  8. "Le Paris Saint-Germain remercie Christophe Galtier". PSG.FR (in French). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  9. Pousset, Maxime (11 December 2018). "Oleksiak, Lillois de père en fils" [Oleksiak, Lillois from father to son] (in French). Lille OSC. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  10. "Jean Oleksiak : "Gagner la Coupe de France, c'est merveilleux !"" [Jean Oleksiak: "Winning the Coupe de France, it's marvellous!"]. Poteaux Carrés (in French). 14 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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