Régis Le Bris

Régis Le Bris
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-12-06) 6 December 1975 (age 49)[1]
Place of birth Pont-l'Abbé, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland (head coach)
Youth career
0000–1987 US Plonéour
1987–19?? AS Ergué-Armel
19??–1991 Quimper
1991–1994 Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1999 Rennes 34 (0)
1999–2002 Laval 57 (0)
2002–2003 Ronse 5 (0)
Total 93 (0)
International career
1990–1991 France U15 2 (0)
1991–1992 France U16 3 (0)
1992–1993 France U17 5 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2022 Lorient B
2022–2024 Lorient
2024– Sunderland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Régis Le Bris (born 6 December 1975) is a French football manager and former footballer who is currently the head coach of EFL Championship club Sunderland.[2][3]

Club career

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Le Bris played as a defender for French clubs Rennes and Laval, as well as Belgian club Ronse, during his playing career.[3][4]

Managerial career

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Rennes and Lorient

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Le Bris became a certified sports instructor in 2004,[5] and started his managerial career as a youth coach for Wasquehal, before joining the youth sector of Rennes in the same role.[4] During his stint with the club's under-19 squad, he led the team to the victory of the Championnat National U19 in 2007, before winning the Coupe Gambardella the following year.[4][6]

In July 2012, after rejecting an offer to renew his contract with Rennes,[4] Le Bris was appointed as the head of youth development at Lorient.[4][6] He also served as the coach of the under-17 squad, with whom he would win the Championnat National U17 with in 2015, before being appointed as the manager of the club's reserve team later the same year.[4][6] While serving in the role, he coached several footballers who would go on to play for the first team, including Mattéo Guendouzi, Illan Meslier, Alexis Claude-Maurice and Enzo Le Fée.[4][6]

In May 2022, Le Bris obtained a professional coaching license [fr];[4][7] on 27 June of the same year, he was appointed as the head coach of Lorient's first team, signing a three-year contract.[6][8] In his first season at the club, he led the team to a tenth-place finish in the league;[2] in March 2023, he extended his contract with Lorient until 2027.[9][10] Following their relegation to the Ligue 2 at the end of the 2023–24 campaign,[11][12] Le Bris officially left the club by mutual consent on 22 June 2024.[13][14]

Sunderland

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On 22 June 2024, it was announced that Le Bris would be appointed as the head coach of EFL Championship club Sunderland on 1 July, signing a three-year contract in the process.[2][3][15] He made a dream start to his time in charge of the club, having a 100% record across the first month of the season, scoring ten goals and conceding only one, being awarded the EFL Championship Manager of the Month for August.[16]

Personal life

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Le Bris is the brother of fellow former footballer Benoît Le Bris,[4][17] as well as the uncle of Théo Le Bris, whom he managed at Lorient.[17]

In 2006, he obtained a doctorate in sport physiology and biomechanics at Rennes 2 University,[4] having presented a study on accelerometer-based running as his thesis.[18] He would then graduate with a DU on mental training of high-level athletes from the same university in 2010.[4]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 21 December 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Lorient 27 June 2022 22 June 2024 76 23 20 33 104 123 −19 030.26 [19]
Sunderland 1 July 2024 present 23 12 7 4 34 20 +14 052.17
Total 99 35 27 37 138 143 −5 035.35 —

Honours

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Régis Le Bris football database profile". footballdatabase. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Sunderland appoint Le Bris as head coach". BBC Sport. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Onyeagwara, Nnamdi (22 June 2024). "Sunderland appoint Le Bris as new manager". The Athletic. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Régis Le Bris, de la formation au banc du FC Lorient" (in French). L'Équipe. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Site Officiel de la F.F.F. - La formation" (in French). 12 June 2004. Archived from the original on 18 October 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e Gouzerh, Paul-Marie (27 June 2022). "Le FC Lorient ouvre une nouvelle page de son histoire : Régis Le Bris nommé entraineur" (in French). FC Lorient. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Zoumana Camara (entraîneur des U19 du PSG) diplômé du BEPF" (in French). L'Équipe. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Régis Le Bris nommé nouvel entraîneur du FC Lorient" (in French). L'Équipe. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Régis Le Bris et son staff prolongent jusqu'en 2027" (in French). FC Lorient. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Régis Le Bris à Lorient jusqu'en 2027" (in French). L'Équipe. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  11. ^ Calvet, Nicolas (19 May 2024). "Malgré la victoire du PSG à Metz et son carton contre Clermont, Lorient relégué en Ligue 2 pour un petit but" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  12. ^ Cogné, Baptiste (30 May 2024). "FC Lorient. Régis Le Bris, une longue attente" (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  13. ^ Gouzerh, Paul-Marie (22 June 2024). "Régis Le Bris n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Lorient" (in French). FC Lorient. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  14. ^ Abautret, Olivier (22 June 2024). "FC Lorient. Régis Le Bris n'est plus l'entraîneur des Merlus" (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Welcome to Sunderland: Régis Le Bris". Sunderland Association Football Club. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  16. ^ a b "August's Sky Bet Championship Manager & Player of the Month winners". www.efl.com. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  17. ^ a b "Chez Théo Le Bris, le foot c'est de famille !" (in French). Ouest-France. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  18. ^ Le Bris, Régis (2006). Etude biomécanique de la course à pied par une méthode accélérométrique : comparaisons méthodologiques et applications. Rennes 2 University (Thesis) (in French) – via theses.fr.
  19. ^ "Football Club Lorient Bretagne - Results and fixtures". Soccerway.
  20. ^ EFL (8 November 2024). "Sky Bet Championship: Manager & Player of the Month October winners". EFL. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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