BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

FC Metz backroom staff

We hold the names of 30 people on FC Metz's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Benoît Tavenot manages the first team, with Danilson Da Cruz as assistant manager. FC Metz's is the joint 8th longest staff list of the 20 Ligue 2 clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED30

COACHING9

MEDICAL8

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS5

NATIONALITIES5

MEDIAN AGE50

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 9 people

FC Metz coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Benoît Tavenot	Manager	First team	48	France	Dijon FCO before that RC Strasbourg Alsace, KSV Cercle Brugge and SC Bastia
Stéphane Léoni	Manager	Under-19s	49	France	-
Danilson Da Cruz	Assistant manager	First team	39	Cape Verde	US Concarneau
Mehdi Bourtal	Assistant manager	Under-19s	29	France	-
Toifilou Maoulida	Coach	Under-19s	46	Mayotte	Olympique de Marseille before that Nîmes Olympique
Christophe Marichez	Goalkeeping coach	First team	50	France	-
Michaël Ménétrier	Goalkeeping coach	Reserves	46	France	-
Hugues Prévost	Fitness coach	First team	35	France	US Concarneau before that FC Lorient
Bertrand Barbier	Fitness coach	Reserves	51	France	-

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 8 people

FC Metz medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Patrice L'Huillier	Chief doctor	Club-wide	63	France	-
Bruno Grandidier	Club doctor	Reserves	60	France	-
Jacques Muller	Head physio	Club-wide	52	France	-
Gautier Hochstrasser	Physio	First team	34	France	-
Jean-Nicolas Perrin	Physio	First team	30	France	-
Jean Gustin	Physio	Under-19s	37	France	Angers SCO
Luc Labeeu	Physio	Reserves	62	Belgium	-
Thibaut Meyer	Head of sports science	Club-wide	37	France	Yellow Red KV Mechelen before that RSC Anderlecht, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, KAS Eupen, AS Nancy Lorraine and Paris FC

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 5 people

FC Metz scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Eric Atta	Chief scout	Club-wide	51	Benin	FC Lorient
Cyril Serredszum	Scout	Club-wide	53	France	-
Gaëtan Lenert	Scout	Club-wide	45	France	-
Antoine Guyot	Head performance analyst	Club-wide	31	France	-
Christophe Metais	Performance analyst	Reserves	57	France	-

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person

FC Metz football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Francis De Taddéo	Head of youth development	67	France	Montpellier Hérault SC before that Stade Malherbe Caen

Owners and directors

Who owns FC Metz and sits on its board

FC Metz owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Bernard Serin	Chair	74	France
Hélène Schrub	Managing director	42	-
Alain Falc	Director	66	France
Carlo Molinari	Director	92	France
Frédéric Arpinon	Director	56	France
Nicolas Serin	Director	50	France
René Franceschetti	Director	77	France

Backroom staff at every Ligue 2 club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

FC Metz's list is the joint 8th longest of the 20, against a median of 27 across the division. AS Saint-Étienne names the most, 46. Rodez Aveyron Football names the fewest, 15.

FC Metz against the Ligue 2, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

FC Metz staff by department against the Ligue 2 average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	FC METZ	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	9	11	15	AS Saint-Étienne
Medical and sports science	8	6	12	AS Saint-Étienne
Scouting and analysis	5	5	14	AS Saint-Étienne
Football management	1	1	2	Stade de Reims
Owners and directors	7	4	10	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Backrooms the size of FC Metz's, in every league

FC Metz's 30 names make the joint 328th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 310th to 328th, with FC Metz among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
310	Sport-Club Freiburg	Bundesliga	31
310	Tenerife	La Liga 2	31
310	Tromsø IL	Eliteserien	31
310	USL Dunkerque	Ligue 2	31
310	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	Championship	31
328	Barnsley	League One	30
328	Club Atlético Patronato de la Juventud Católica	-	30
328	Club Atlético Tucumán	Super Liga	30
328	En Avant Guingamp	Ligue 2	30
328	Excelsior Rotterdam	Eredivisie	30
328	FC Metz	Ligue 2	30
328	FC St. Pauli	2. Bundesliga	30
328	FC Viktoria Plzeň	Czech First League	30
328	Fussballclub RB Salzburg	Austrian Bundesliga	30
328	Gil Vicente	Primeira Liga	30
328	Henan FC	Chinese Super League	30
328	HNK Gorica	Croatian First League	30
328	KGHM Zagłębie Lubin	Ekstraklasa	30
328	Krylja Sovetov Samara	Russian Premier League	30
328	Milton Keynes Dons	League One	30
328	Montpellier Hérault SC	Ligue 2	30

Where FC Metz's staff come from

5 nationalities across the 29 staff whose nationality we hold

France 25

Belgium 1

Benin 1

Cape Verde 1

Mayotte 1

France supplies 25 of the 29, 86%. The median age is 50. The oldest is Carlo Molinari, director, at 92, and the youngest Mehdi Bourtal, assistant manager, at 29. 8 members of staff came from another club, most often US Concarneau (2).

Where FC Metz's former staff work now

On FC Metz's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 11 people

People who worked at FC Metz in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME	ROLE NOW	NOW AT
Vincent Hognon	Manager	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Sébastien Tambouret	Manager	Stade Rennais FC
Grégory Proment	Assistant manager	Clermont Foot 63
Florian Simon	Fitness coach	En Avant Guingamp
Aurélien Denotti	Head of sports science	AJ Auxerre
Maxime Bouffaut	Scout	Stade Rennais FC
Chris Bernard	Head performance analyst	Stade Malherbe Caen
David Fanzel	Technical director	Football Club Fleury 91 Coeur d'Essonne Women
Emmanuel Giudicelli	Head of youth development	SC Bastia
Sébastien Muet	Head of youth development	AS Monaco
Pierre Dréossi	Director	RC Lens

Frequently asked questions

Who is FC Metz's manager?

Benoît Tavenot is the FC Metz first-team manager, aged 48. Danilson Da Cruz is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at FC Metz?

Christophe Marichez coaches the FC Metz first-team goalkeepers.

Who is FC Metz's head physio?

Jacques Muller is head physio at FC Metz.

Who is FC Metz's chief scout?

Eric Atta is chief scout at FC Metz.

How many backroom staff do FC Metz have?

We hold the names of 30 people on FC Metz's staff for 2025/26: 9 in coaching, 8 in medical and sports science, 5 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 7 owners and directors. That is the joint 8th longest list of the 20 Ligue 2 clubs we hold, against a median of 27. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 328th longest of 815.

Where to next

For what FC Metz pays its squad, see FC Metz player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Benoît Tavenot. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Ligue 2 wages.