Daniel Leclercq
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 September 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Trith-Saint-Léger, France | ||
| Date of death | 22 November 2019 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Martinique, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1961–1967 | Valenciennes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1970 | Valenciennes | 30 | (3) |
| 1970–1974 | Marseille | 75 | (4) |
| 1971–1972 | → Angoulême (loan) | 14 | (4) |
| 1974–1983 | Lens | 289 | (27) |
| 1983–1984 | Valenciennes | 33 | (2) |
| Total | 441 | (40) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1986–1987 | Valenciennes | ||
| 1997–1999 | Lens | ||
| 2001 | La Louvière | ||
| 2003–2005 | Valenciennes | ||
| 2009–2016 | Arleux-Fechain | ||
| 2017 | Douai | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Daniel Leclercq (4 September 1949 – 22 November 2019) was a French football defender and manager. He played 440 matches from 1967 to 1984 for US Valenciennes, Olympique de Marseille and RC Lens. He later managed clubs from 1986 to 2017.
He remains the only manager to have led RC Lens to the Ligue 1 championship.[1]
Leclercq died in Martinique on 22 November 2019 from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 70.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "le «Druide» Daniel Leclercq, ancien entrainuer du RC Lens et VA, est mort". Le Voix du Nord (in French). 22 November 2019.
- ↑ "Daniel Leclercq, entraîneur champion de France avec Lens en 1998, est mort". L’Equipe (in French). 22 November 2019.
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