Joël Cloarec

Joël Cloarec (born 5 February 1966) is a French football manager and former player who is the head coach of French club La Vitréenne. As a player, he was a forward.

Club career Cloarec made his first steps as a pro with Concarneau in 1984. He would go on to play for the club until 1986, when he joined fellow Breton club Brest.

Post-playing career From 2000 to 2002, Cloarec was a player-manager for Vitré. In 2002, he retired from football to take on the full role of manager at the club, a role in which he would stay in until 2011. Cloarec coached Vitré to two Coupe de France round of 16 appearances – one in 2006 and another in 2009. In 2011, he became the head coach of Bonchamp.

During the 2013–14 season, Cloarec was the manager of La Vitréenne. However, he left that role at the end of the season to become a youth coach for the club. In 2016, after two years as a youth coach, he returned to manage the first team for one season. In the 2017–18 season, Cloarec held the position of assistant manager in the first team of La Vitréenne, while simultaneously being the club's sporting director. In 2018, he stopped being assistant manager in order to be solely the sporting director. In 2020, after two years as sporting director, Cloarec returned to coach La Vitréenne.

Honours

Manager Vitré

Championnat de France Amateur 2: