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Olivier Pantaloni has set out his desire to help Nice return to their former glory after being announced as the club’s new head coach.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pantaloni returns to Nice where he spent three years of his playing career in their youth set-up, and replaces Claude Puel in the dugout ahead of\u00a0the 2026-27 campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 59-year-old joins a Nice side who retained their Ligue 1 status by the skin of their teeth last season, after they won a relegation play-off against Saint-Etienne.<\/p>\n
He was last in charge of Lorient, where he spent two years at the helm, with Pantaloni guiding them to a 10th-placed finish last term and just nine points off the European spots.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pantanoli won 39 of the 76 matches he oversaw for Lorient (D17 L20), averaging a win percentage of 51.3%, and he is relishing the next challenge of his managerial career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It’s an immense source of pride for me to manage a club like OGC Nice,” Pantaloni told the club’s official website.<\/p>\n
“I am delighted today to be returning to the south of France and to a club I know well, having played here for a time. I arrive in Nice with great humility but also great determination.<\/p>\n
“I want to respect the club. I will instil the values that I hold dear: humility, hard work, respect, determination and ambition.<\/p>\n
“It is up to us to live up to the supporters’\u00a0expectations and restore OGC Nice to its former glory.”<\/p>\n
\nOlivier Pantaloni appointed coach of OGC Nice.<\/p>\n
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