Julien François

Julien François (born 21 September 1979) is a retired French professional footballer who played as a midfielder. They currently manager of Thionville.

Career Born in Metz, Julien started his career at FC Metz, and also played for Gazélec Ajaccio and Grenoble, in Ligue 2. He played at Grenoble for four seasons before returning to FC Metz in the summer of 2006. He signed for Tours FC in January 2009. In June 2010, AC Le Havre signed the midfielder on a two-year contract, he joined on a free transfers from Tours FC.

Managerial career On 28 July 2021, François was announce official manager of Thionville which had just merged to Regional 2, through the president of the Thionville Club, François Ventrici, whom he had known during his time at CSO Amnéville.