{{Short description|French footballer (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Christophe Ott | fullname = Christophe Ott | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|4|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Luxeuil-les-Bains, France | height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | currentclub = EA Guingamp (assistant) | clubnumber = | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2004–2007 | clubs1 = Chamois Niortais | caps1 = 35 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2007–2008 | clubs2 = Pau | caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2008 | clubs3 = Ionikos FC | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2008–2009 | clubs4 = APEP Pitsilia | caps4 = 3 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2009–2010 | clubs5 = FC Martigues | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2010–2011 | clubs6 = Versailles | caps6 = ? | goals6 = ? | years7 = 2011–2013 | clubs7 = Poissy | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2019– | managerclubs1 = EA Guingamp (assistant) }} '''Christophe Ott''' (born 7 April 1983 in Luxeuil-les-Bains) is a retired French footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the assistant manager of EA Guingamp.
==Career== A product of Niort's youth football teams, Ott became a professional with the senior side, and made two appearances in the French Ligue 2.<ref name="NR">{{cite news|newspaper=La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest|title=Une nouvelle Lair s’ouvre|url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/niort/une-nouvelle-lair-s-ouvre|language=fr|date=21 June 2018|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>{{refn|{{LFP|id=ott-christophe}}}}
In 2010, Ott went on a week-long trial with English League One club Yeovil Town.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
==Coaching career== From June 2012 to June 2014, Ott worked as a youth coach for AS Poissy's U12 squad and later as a youth goalkeeper coach for Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt from June 2015 to June 2016.<ref>[https://stadito.fr/2016/12/28/christophe-ott-beaucoup-de-plaisir-a-entrainer/ Christophe Ott : « beaucoup de plaisir à entraîner »], stadito.fr, 28 December 2016</ref>
He then accepted to helping Patrice Lair, coaching the goalkeepers of Paris Saint-Germain Féminine. Ott also became a goalkeeping coach, and was appointed assistant to Niort's manager Patrice Lair in July 2018.<ref name="NR" />
Ott followed Patrice Lair to EA Guingamp, acting as his assistant coach this time and not just goalkeeper coach.<ref>[https://www.letelegramme.fr/football/ea-guingamp-lair-c-est-un-honneur-04-06-2019-12302110.php EA Guingamp. Lair : « C’est un honneur »], letelegramme.fr, 4 June 2019</ref> However, Lair was fired on 23 September 2019 but Ott stayed at the club as assistant manager of the caretaker manager Sylvain Didot, who later was given the job officially.<ref>[https://www.letelegramme.fr/football/guingamp-patrice-lair-limoge-23-09-2019-12390892.php Guingamp. Lair, c’est déjà fini], letelegramme.fr, 23 September 2019</ref>
==Honours== ;Chamois Niortais
* Championnat National champions: 2005–06<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chamoisfc79.fr/visiteur/historique/ex_joueur.php?id_joueur=184|title=Christophe Ott|publisher=chamoisfc79.fr|accessdate=30 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530162413/http://www.chamoisfc79.fr/visiteur/historique/ex_joueur.php?id_joueur=184|archive-date=30 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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