Mickaël Pontal

Mickaël Pontal (born 30 April 1980) is a French football manager and former player. A defender, he played 132 matches and won seven trophies across different leagues. He played at the professional level in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for Saint-Étienne. He also played in Valence, St Raphaël, Cannes, Compiègne, Hyères, Andrézieux before starting a coaching career in Andrézieux, Savigneux-Montbrison and Louhans-Cuiseaux.

Playing career Pontal started his professional football career at Saint-Étienne (also known as ASSE) in the 1997–98 season. He played for the club between 1997 until 2004 in different divisions and scoring 7 goals. In between this time, he moved for one season in 2002 to Angers to get more playing time. He left the coaching role at Veache at the end of 2022.