{{short description|French football manager (born 1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ghislain Printant | image = Printant MHSC.jpg | upright = | caption = Printant in 2017 | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|5|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Montpellier, France | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Montpellier (assistant) | youthyears1 = 1971–1975| youthclubs1 = ASPTT Montpellier | youthyears2 = 1975–1980| youthclubs2 = Montpellier | years1 = 1980–1982 |clubs1 = Montpellier B |caps1 = |goals1 = | years2 = 1982–1989 |clubs2 = PI Vendargues |caps2 = |goals2 = | manageryears1 = 1989–1992 | managerclubs1 = Montpellier (GK coach) | manageryears2 = 1992–1994 | managerclubs2 = Marvejols | manageryears3 = 1994–2004 | managerclubs3 = Montpellier (assistant) | manageryears4 = 2004–2006 | managerclubs4 = Montpellier U16 | manageryears5 = 2006–2010 | managerclubs5 = Montpellier B | manageryears6 = 2010–2014 | managerclubs6 = Bastia (head of youth development) | manageryears7 = 2014–2016 | managerclubs7 = Bastia | manageryears8 = 2017 | managerclubs8 = Montpellier (assistant) | manageryears9 = 2017–2019 | managerclubs9 = Saint-Étienne (assistant) | manageryears10 = 2019 | managerclubs10 = Saint-Étienne | manageryears11 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs11 = Bordeaux (assistant) | manageryears12 = 2022–2024 | managerclubs12 = Ivory Coast (assistant) | manageryears13 = 2024 | managerclubs13 = Marseille (assistant) | manageryears14 = 2025– | managerclubs14 = Montpellier (assistant) }}

'''Ghislain Printant''' (born 13 May 1961) is a French football coach and former player who is the assistant head coach of Ligue 1 club Montpellier. He played as a goalkeeper.

==Managerial career== On 30 January 2017, Printant was hired as an assistant coach for Jean-Louis Gasset at Saint-Étienne.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} {{cite web |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Frederic-hantz-ecarte-par-montpellier-gasset-et-printant-en-recours/773657 |title=Frédéric Hantz écarté par Montpellier, Gasset et Printant en recours |publisher=lequipe.fr |accessdate=4 April 2017}}</ref> After Gasset announced his retirement 2019, Printant was named as the manager.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jean-Louis Gasset a pris la décision de quitter l'AS Saint-Etienne|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Jean-louis-gasset-a-pris-la-decision-de-quitter-l-as-saint-etienne/1020869?hootPostID=72474132dfb63638aaf2871140d0416e|work=L'Équipe|language=FR}}</ref> He was sacked eight games into the season, with Saint-Étienne in the relegation zone.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ligue 1 : Claude Puel officiellement nommé entraîneur et manager général de Saint-Étienne|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Ligue-1-claude-puel-officiellement-nomme-entraineur-et-manager-general-de-saint-etienne/1066283|work=L'Équipe|language=FR}}</ref>

Printant was the assistant coach of the Ivory Coast under Jean-Louis Gasset. Leading the team in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (held in 2024 on home soil), the duo was sacked after finishing third in Group A.<ref>{{cite news|title= Elfenbenskysten sparket treneren midt under afrikamesterskapet|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/elfenbenskysten-sparket-treneren-midt-under-afrikamesterskapet/s/5-95-1598996|agency=Norwegian News Agency|language=no|website=Nettavisen|date=25 January 2024}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record |- !G!!W!!D!!L!!Win % |- |align=left|{{flagicon|France}} Montpellier B |align=left|1 July 2006 |align=left|30 June 2010 {{WDL|136|44|40|52}} |- |align=left|{{flagicon|France}} Bastia |align=left|4 November 2014 |align=left|28 January 2016 {{WDL|57|21|13|23}} |- |align=left|{{flagicon|France}} Saint-Étienne |align=left|6 June 2019 |align=left|4 October 2019 {{WDL|10|2|2|6}} |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"|Total {{WDLtot|203|67|55|81}} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

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