François Keller (born 27 October 1973) is a French former professional footballer who now works as head coach of Strasbourg B in his home country.

Playing career

Keller started his senior career with Colmar. During compulsory national service he captained the French army team.[5] in November 1998, he trialled with Fulham of the Football League Second Division before signing a contract in December.[5] Fulham paid a transfer fee of £‎ 30,000 to Strasbourg.[5] He made two appearances for Fulham.[6] After that, he played for French club Strasbourg B before retiring in 2003.

Post-playing career

Keller was replaced by Jacky Duguépéroux as Strasbourg coach in March 2014.[7] At the time, Strasbourg were in danger of being relegated from the Championnat National, being five points adrift of non-relegation places with eight games left and having lost 12 matches in 26 games.[7]

In May 2014 he was appointed head of Strasbourg's training centre by his brother Marc Keller.[8]

Personal life

Keller's brother Marc[8] also played football professionally.

References

  1. ^ a b c "François Keller". racingstub.com (in French). 27 October 1973. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Football: Mattsson signs up for Forest". The Independent. 10 December 1998. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ Effectif 2011/2012 racing stub.com
  4. ^ Actualité - Mai 2016 racingstub.com
  5. ^ a b c White, Clive; Harris, Nick (12 December 1998). "Football: The Sweeper". The Independent. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  6. ^ François Keller at Soccerbase
  7. ^ a b "Racing : Jacky Duguépéroux remplace François Keller" [Racing: Jacky Duguépéroux replaces François Keller]. L'Alsace (in French). 29 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Football Racing. François Keller à la tête du centre de formation" [Football Racing. François Keller at the head of the training centre]. Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). 30 May 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Keller
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