Fabrice Vandeputte

Fabrice Vandeputte (born 22 September 1969) is a French professional football manager and former player. As a player, he was a midfielder.

Club career Vandeputte, who was a midfielder, started out his career at Standard FC de Montataire, joining Lille, where he would feature for the B team, later on. In 1989, he moved to Division 2 Louhans-Cuiseaux. In four seasons at the club, he made a total of 109 league appearances, and scored 14 goals. He would then sign for Beauvais, a club also in the Division 2; there, he made 23 appearances in one season under the coaching of Vahid Halilhodžić. However, he eventually went back to his role of B team coach in July 2019. In November 2020, Vandeputte was appointed as head of youth development at the club.

On 23 March 2021, Vandeputte was appointed as head coach of Caen following the sacking of Pascal Dupraz. Cédric Hengbart, Vandeputte's assistant in the reserve side, joined him as assistant manager of the senior side. At the end of the season, Caen managed to stay in Ligue 2, finishing 17th. Vandeputte would return to coach the reserve side, and was succeeded by Stéphane Moulin.

Personal life Vandeputte was born in Mazingarbe, a town near Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department.

While in parallel playing with Lille, he completed his military service at Bataillon de Joinville, a military unit of the French Army composed of athletes. Here, he met footballers such as Zinedine Zidane, Pascal Nouma, Nicolas Ouédec, Xavier Gravelaine, and Guillaume Warmuz.

Honours

Manager Dijon B Championnat de France Amateur 2:

Lens U19 Coupe Gambardella runner-up: 2015–16 Caen B

Championnat National 3: 2019–20