Éric Chelle
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Chelle with Lens in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Éric Sékou Chelle | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Nigeria (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2003 | Martigues | 74 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Valenciennes | 142 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Lens | 82 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Istres | 60 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Chamois Niortais | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 375 | (11) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Mali | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | GS Consolat (assistant manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | GS Consolat | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | FC Martigues | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Boulogne | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Mali | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | MC Oran | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Éric Sékou Chelle (born 11 November 1977) is a football manager and former player who played for the Malian national team, and currently serves as head coach of the Nigeria national football team and mainly played as a centre-back. Born in Ivory Coast to a French father and a Malian mother, he made five appearances for the Mali national team.