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Jimmy Modeste
Personal information
Full name Jimmy Modeste
Date of birth (1981-07-08) 8 July 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Entente SSG (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2008 Paris FC 179 (3)
2000–2001Le Mans (loan) 1 (0)
2002–2003Brest (loan) 13 (0)
2008–2009 Chamois Niortais 21 (0)
2009–2010 Bohemians Prague 10 (0)
2010–2011 AEP Paphos 21 (0)
2011–2013 Nea Salamina 59 (0)
2013–2015 Glyfada 6 (0)
2015–2016 Aubervilliers 24 (2)
International career
2002–2005 Cape Verde[1] 13 (1)
Managerial career
2016–2019 Entente SSG (assistant)
2017–2019 Noisy-le-Grand (assistant)
2019–2021 Red Star (assistant)
2022– Entente SSG
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jimmy Modeste (born 8 July 1981 in Paris, France) is a Cape Verdean former professional football defender and current manager of French club Entente SSG.

Coaching career

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Entente SSG and Noisy-le-Grand

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In the summer of 2016, when Modeste also retired as an active footballer, he was hired as an assistant coach for Entente SSG under head coach Vincent Bordot.[2] In the 2017-18 season, Modeste also became an assistant coach at Noisy-le-Grand FC under Moussa Sidibé, alongside his assistant coaching position at Entente SSG. In addition to this, he was in the same, Modeste was also coaching at Noisy-le-Grand's academy (from under-6s to under-15s).[3]

In January 2019, the two clubs where Modeste held the assistant manager role both knocked out professional opposition in the ninth round of the Coupe de France on consecutive days. Entente SSG beat Ligue 1 side Montpellier HSC on 5 January and Noisy-le-Grand FC beat Ligue 2 side Gazélec Ajaccio on 6 January.[4]

Red Star FC

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He followed ESSG manager Vincent Bordot to Red Star FC in the summer of 2019, keeping an assistant manager role.[5] The duo left the club on September 13, 2021.[6]

Return to Entente SSG

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On May 31, 2022, Entente SSG confirmed that Modeste was the club's new head coach from the upcoming 2022-23 season.[7] Ahead of the 2023-24 season, Modeste extended his deal with Entente.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Cape Verde Islands - Record International Players".
  2. ^ National 3. Jimmy Modeste de retour à l'Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien en tant qu'entraîneur, actu.fr, 10 June 2022
  3. ^ Coupe de France : l’incroyable week-end de Jimmy Modeste, leparisien.fr, 6 January 2019
  4. ^ "Jimmy Modeste savoure ses deux qualifications en coupe de France". footamateur.fr. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. ^ à 17h56, Par Stéphane CorbyLe 26 juin 2019 (26 June 2019). "National : coach, recrues, une directrice du pôle professionnel, le nouveau Red Star se dévoile jeudi". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Communiqué Officiel, redstar.fr, 13 September 2021
  7. ^ COMMUNIQUE I ARRIVEE DE JIMMY MODESTE, entente-ssg.footeo.com, 31 May 2022
  8. ^ JIMMY MODESTE POURSUIT L'AVENTURE !, entente-ssg.footeo.com, 29 June 2023
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