Daniel Leclercq

Daniel Leclercq (4 September 1949 – 22 November 2019) was a French football defender and manager. He played 440 matches from 1967 to 1984 for US Valenciennes, Olympique de Marseille and RC Lens. He later managed clubs from 1986 to 2017.

Daniel Leclercq
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Personal information
Date of birth(1949-09-04)4 September 1949
Place of birthTrith-Saint-Léger, France
Date of death22 November 2019(2019-11-22) (aged 70)
Place of deathMartinique, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
1961–1967Valenciennes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1967–1970Valenciennes30(3)
1970–1974Marseille75(4)
1971–1972Angoulême (loan)14(4)
1974–1983Lens289(27)
1983–1984Valenciennes33(2)
Total441(40)
Teams managed
1986–1987Valenciennes
1997–1999Lens
2001La Louvière
2003–2005Valenciennes
2009–2016Arleux-Fechain
2017Douai
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He remains the only manager to have led RC Lens to the Ligue 1 championship.[1]

Leclercq died in Martinique on 22 November 2019 from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 70.[2]

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