Chelle with Lens in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Éric Sékou Chelle | ||
| Date of birth | (1977-11-11) 11 November 1977 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| 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 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Éric Sékou Chelle (born 11 November 1977) is a professional football manager and a former player who 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.
Chelle holds French nationality and spent his whole career in France, appearing for Martigues, Valenciennes, Lens, Istres, and Chamois Niortais. At international level, he represented Mali.
In May 2021 was appointed head coach of US Boulogne.[1] He was dismissed by Boulogne on 11 December 2021, after the club gained three points in preceding ten games.[2]
In 2022, Chelle was appointed manager of Mali.[3] He was dismissed on 13 June 2024.[4]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| GS Consolat | 17 September 2016 | 30 June 2017 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 053.33 |
| FC Martigues | 1 November 2017 | 10 May 2021 | 80 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 043.75 |
| Boulogne | 21 May 2021 | 11 December 2021 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 012.50 |
| Mali | 6 May 2022 | present | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 063.64 |
| Total | 148 | 67 | 40 | 41 | 045.27 | ||
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