Julien Stéphan

Julien Stéphan
Stéphan as Queens Park Rangers manager in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-09-18) 18 September 1980
Place of birth Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Queens Park Rangers (Head Coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Paris Saint-Germain B 6 (0)
2001–2002 Toulouse 4 (0)
2002–2003 RC Paris 19 (1)
2003–2005 Stade Briochin 51 (3)
2005–2008 Drouais
Managerial career
2015–2018 Rennes II
2018–2021 Rennes
2021–2023 Strasbourg
2023–2024 Rennes
2025– Queens Park Rangers
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julien Stéphan (born 18 September 1980) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers.

As a player, he was as a defensive midfielder. From December 2018 to March 2021, Stéphan managed his hometown club Rennes, winning the 2018–19 Coupe de France, before managing Strasbourg from July 2021 to January 2023. In November 2023, he was reappointed as manager of Rennes before being dismissed a year later.