Pablo Correa
Pablo Correa Velasquez, performed as Pablo Correa - Velázquez ( born March 4, 1967 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan football coach and former striker.
Playing career
Correa, who Meanest of three siblings, was with his family from February 1974 to the first inhabitants of the village in Barrio Parque Aires Puros Posadas. There he played on the football field behind block 10 in his childhood football, attended the school of the district and continued his education at the Liceo 18 later on. In association be sporting career at the age of seven years began at the club Corinto. He then went through the youth teams of the club Nacional. For its time in the Bolsos the years 1979 to 1986 deposited. In 1986, he debuted then the professional area in rows of Rentistas. Then he was changing for CA Peñarol, CA Rentistas, Defensor Sporting Club is active. In the Clausura 1993, he attended three games in the Primera División for the Argentine club San Lorenzo de Almagro. Clausura 1994 and Apertura 1995 he spent then in rows of Montevideo Wanderers. In the second half he came there to eight inserts ( one goal) in Uruguay's top flight. In 1995, Correa to Nancy, where he was a fellow striker Tony Cascarino of a crowd favorite. His best season was 1997/98 when he much to the rise of Nancy in Ligue 1 contributed with 14 league goals, but in the future only rarely was used and for the year 2000/ 01 his retirement from active football declared and entered the coaching staff Nancy.
Coaching career
Since 2002 he held the head coach of the then second division, and since 2007 also sports director of the French first division club AS Nancy, since 1995 belonged to the club as a player and assistant coach but to. In 2006 and 2007 he was selected in each case to the French soccer coach of the year. Correa is praised in part because of its high tactical skill while it is being strongly criticized by others for its very defensive based game control to destructive tactics system with up to five defensive players, he was the worst of the terrible coach of Ligue 1, where the prevention of goals against was more important than their own victory; away would aim always 0:0.
When Nancy was in November 2002 to the relegation zone in Ligue 2, Correa replaced the current Palestinian national coach Moussa Bezaz as head of the first team, he succeeded by a large increase in performance in the second half of the league and two years later, even the promotion back to Ligue 1 after six years. In 2006 they won the Coupe de la Ligue.
In the 2007 /08 season he could play along with Nancy until spring for the leadership, but also fell due to injury problems last season quarter back to fifth place. In March 2009 he offered - to the Bureau of acute relegation-threatened club his resignation, but this was rejected by the club tip - even then the longest-serving coach of Ligue 1 clubs.
In June 2011, Nancy separated from Correa; followed in January 2012, the offer, the Evian Thonon Gaillard FC Erstligaaufsteiger to succeed Bernard Casoni. After the poor start to the season 2012/13 he was released there as well. At this time his team took the 18th place in the table.
On October 12, 2013 his return was announced as the head coach of AS Nancy- Lorraine, which was relegated in the previous season in the Ligue 2. He took over the post of Patrick Gabriel, who had started the season poorly. Correa will work in the coaching team with Vincent Hognon, Arnaud Lesserteur and goalkeeping coach Christophe Miranda and tied into a contract until June 2016.
Throughout his coaching career, he also earned the coach diploma " Depf ".