Grégory Vignal
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Vignal in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Grégory Vignal | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Montpellier, Hérault, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Blackburn Rovers (Under 21s Head Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Castelnau Le Crès FC | |||
| 1989–1999 | Montpellier | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Montpellier | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2005 | Liverpool | 11 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Bastia (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Rennes (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Espanyol (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → Rangers (loan) | 30 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Portsmouth | 14 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Lens | 22 | (0) |
| 2007 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Southampton (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | Birmingham City | 8 | (0) |
| 2010 | Atromitos | 4 | (0) |
| 2012 | Dundee United | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | AS Béziers | 13 | (1) |
| Total | 159 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | France U20 | 9 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | France U21 | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Rangers Women | ||
| 2023–2024 | Versailles | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Grégory Vignal (born 19 July 1981) is a French football coach and former professional player.
A left back, Vignal played in the top division in five countries – England, France, Spain, Scotland and Greece – and in the second tier in a sixth, Germany. At international level, he was a member of the France under-18 team that won the 2000 European Championships, represented France at under-20 level in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, and was capped four times at under-21 level.
He was head coach of Scottish Women's Premier League club Rangers from 2019 to 2020, and worked in Marseille's academy before returning to Scotland as a youth coach at Dundee. After completing his UEFA Pro Licence, he spent three months as manager of Championnat National club Versailles.