OGC Nice backroom staff
We hold the names of 47 people on OGC Nice's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Claude Puel manages the first team, with Cédric Varrault as assistant manager. OGC Nice's is the joint 5th longest staff list of the 18 Ligue 1 clubs we hold.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 16 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Puel | Manager | First team | 63 | France |  |
| Orlando Silvestri | Manager | Under-19s | 52 | France |  |
| Raphaël Cosmidis | Manager | Reserves | 34 | France | - |
| Cédric Varrault | Assistant manager | First team | 45 | France | - |
| Clément Cédil | Assistant manager | Under-19s | 32 | France | - |
| Zakaria Rehmani | Assistant manager | Under-19s | 27 | France | - |
| Florent Routier | Coach | First team | 47 | France | - |
| Stéphane Cassard | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 52 | France |  |
| Grégory Choquenet | Goalkeeping coach | Under-19s | 39 | France | - |
| Jérémy Quiez | Goalkeeping coach | Reserves | 32 | France | - |
| Christopher Juras | Fitness coach | First team | 36 | France | - |
| Jérémy Marec | Fitness coach | First team | 34 | France |  |
| Manuel Lacroix | Fitness coach | First team | 43 | France | - |
| Maxime Verdier | Fitness coach | First team | 33 | France | - |
| Julie Bastière | Fitness coach | Under-19s | 33 | - |  |
| Arthur Leblanc | Fitness coach | Reserves | 31 | France | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 10 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Marc Laborderie | Chief doctor | Club-wide | 60 | France |  |
| Jean-Christophe Garcia | Club doctor | First team | 40 | France | - |
| Paul Landzberg | Club doctor | Reserves | 44 | France | - |
| Frédéric Mankowski | Physio | First team | 66 | France |  |
| Julio Huecas | Physio | First team | 44 | Spain | - |
| Loïc Schwartze | Physio | First team | 39 | France |  |
| Tom Galbois | Physio | First team | 29 | France | - |
| Mélody Agnoux | Physio | Under-19s | 24 | - | - |
| Thomas Planchenault | Physio | Under-19s | 22 | Belgium | - |
| Magali Collet | Physio | Reserves | 27 | - | - |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 15 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Boullier | Chief scout | Club-wide | 47 | France | - |
| Eric Cubilier | Scout | Club-wide | 45 | France | - |
| Frédéric Brando | Scout | Club-wide | 51 | France | - |
| Henrique | Scout | Club-wide | 42 | Brazil | - |
| Jean-Philippe Mattio | Scout | Club-wide | 60 | France | - |
| Mickaël Marsiglia | Scout | Club-wide | 49 | France | - |
| Serge Recordier | Scout | Club-wide | 63 | France |  |
| César Arghirudis | Head performance analyst | Club-wide | 38 | France |  |
| Benoît Delaval | Performance analyst | First team | 41 | France |  |
| Jérémy Rossi | Performance analyst | First team | 41 | France | - |
| Kevin Jeffries | Performance analyst | First team | 35 | France | - |
| Sebastien Besombes | Performance analyst | First team | 41 | France | - |
| Tanguy Michel | Performance analyst | Under-19s | 35 | France | - |
| Valentin Candas | Performance analyst | Under-19s | 27 | France |  |
| Valentin Oberkugler | Performance analyst | Reserves | 24 | France | - |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 2 people
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julien Sablé | Head of youth development | 44 | France | |
| Frédéric Gioria | Loan manager | 55 | France | - |
Owners and directors
Who owns OGC Nice and sits on its board
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Ratcliffe | Owner | 72 | England | - |
| Jean-Pierre Rivère | Chair | 67 | France | - |
| Florian Maurice | Director | 51 | France | |
| Maurice Cohen | Director | 70 | France | - |
Backroom staff at every Ligue 1 club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
OGC Nice's list is the joint 5th longest of the 18, against a median of 44 across the division. AS Monaco names the most, 61. Le Mans FC names the fewest, 18.
OGC Nice against the Ligue 1, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | OGC NICE | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 16 | 15 | 18 | |
| Medical and sports science | 10 | 11 | 22 | |
| Scouting and analysis | 15 | 9 | 16 | |
| Football management | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Owners and directors | 4 | 5 | 9 |  |
Backrooms the size of OGC Nice's, in every league
OGC Nice's 47 names make the joint 104th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96 |  | Serie B | 48 |
| 96 |  | Premier League | 48 |
| 96 |  | Serie B | 48 |
| 96 |  | Premier League | 48 |
| 104 |  | La Liga | 47 |
| 104 |  | La Liga | 47 |
| 104 |  | Super Liga | 47 |
| 104 |  | Super Liga | 47 |
| 104 |  | Primeira Liga | 47 |
| 104 |  | Ligue 1 | 47 |
| 104 | | Ligue 1 | 47 |
| 104 |  | Championship | 47 |
| 104 |  | Championship | 47 |
| 104 |  | Serie B | 47 |
| 114 | AC Sparta Praha | Czech First League | 46 |
| 114 | | Ligue 2 | 46 |
| 114 |  | Championship | 46 |
| 114 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 46 |
| 114 |  | Danish Superliga | 46 |
| 114 | | Ligue 1 | 46 |
| 114 |  | Ligue 1 | 46 |
Where OGC Nice's staff come from
5 nationalities across the 44 staff whose nationality we hold
France supplies 40 of the 44, 91%. The median age is 41. The oldest is Jim Ratcliffe, owner, at 72, and the youngest Thomas Planchenault, physio, at 22. 14 members of staff came from another club, most often AS Saint-Étienne (2).
Where OGC Nice's former staff work now
On OGC Nice's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 21 people
Frequently asked questions
Who is OGC Nice's manager?
Claude Puel is the OGC Nice first-team manager, aged 63. Cédric Varrault is the assistant manager.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at OGC Nice?
Stéphane Cassard coaches the OGC Nice first-team goalkeepers.
Who is OGC Nice's chief scout?
Morgan Boullier is chief scout at OGC Nice.
How many backroom staff do OGC Nice have?
We hold the names of 47 people on OGC Nice's staff for 2025/26: 16 in coaching, 10 in medical and sports science, 15 in scouting and analysis, 2 in football management and 4 owners and directors. That is the joint 5th longest list of the 18 Ligue 1 clubs we hold, against a median of 44. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 104th longest of 815.
Where to next
For what OGC Nice pays its squad, see OGC Nice player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Claude Puel. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Ligue 1 wages.