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{{Short description|Footballer (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jimmy Modeste
| image = 
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Paris]], France
| height = 1.80 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = [[Entente SSG]] (Manager)
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1999–2008
| clubs1 = [[Paris FC]]
| caps1 = 179
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2000–2001
| clubs2 = → [[Le Mans Union Club 72|Le Mans]] (loan)
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2002–2003
| clubs3 = → [[Stade Brest 29|Brest]] (loan)
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2008–2009
| clubs4 = [[Chamois Niortais F.C.|Chamois Niortais]]
| caps4 = 21
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2009–2010
| clubs5 = [[FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov)|Bohemians Prague]]
| caps5 = 10
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2010–2011
| clubs6 = [[AEP Paphos F.C.|AEP Paphos]]
| caps6 = 21
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2011–2013
| clubs7 = [[Nea Salamis Famagusta FC|Nea Salamina]]
| caps7 = 59
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2013–2015
| clubs8 = [[Glyfada F.C.|Glyfada]]
| caps8 = 6
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2015–2016
| clubs9 = [[FCM Aubervilliers|Aubervilliers]]
| caps9 = 24
| goals9 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2005
| nationalteam1 = [[Cape Verde Islands national football team|Cape Verde]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kaapv-recintlp.html | title=Cape Verde Islands - Record International Players }}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2016–2019
| managerclubs1 = [[Entente SSG]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2017–2019
| managerclubs2 = [[Noisy-le-Grand FC|Noisy-le-Grand]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2019–2021
| managerclubs3 = [[Red Star F.C.|Red Star]] (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2022–
| managerclubs4 = [[Entente SSG]]
}}

'''Jimmy Modeste''' (born 8 July 1981) is a Cape Verdean former professional [[association football|football]] [[defender (association football)|defender]] and current [[Manager (association football)|manager]] of French club [[Entente SSG]].

==Early life==
Modeste was born in [[Paris]], France.

==Coaching career==
===Entente SSG and Noisy-le-Grand===
In the summer of 2016, when Modeste also retired as an active footballer, he was hired as an assistant coach for [[Entente SSG]] under head coach [[Vincent Bordot]].<ref>[https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/sannois_95582/national-3-jimmy-modeste-de-retour-a-l-entente-sannois-saint-gratien-en-tant-qu-entraineur_51508966.html National 3. Jimmy Modeste de retour à l'Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien en tant qu'entraîneur], actu.fr, 10 June 2022</ref> In the 2017-18 season, Modeste also became an assistant coach at [[Noisy-le-Grand FC]] under [[Moussa Sidibé]], alongside his assistant coaching position at [[Entente SSG]]. In addition to this, he was in the same, Modeste was also coaching at Noisy-le-Grand's academy (from under-6s to under-15s).<ref>[https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/coupe-de-france-l-incroyable-week-end-de-jimmy-modeste-06-01-2019-7982121.php Coupe de France : l’incroyable week-end de Jimmy Modeste], leparisien.fr, 6 January 2019</ref>

In January 2019, the two clubs where Modeste held the assistant manager role both knocked out professional opposition in the ninth round of the [[2018–19 Coupe de France|Coupe de France]] on consecutive days. [[Entente SSG]] beat [[Ligue 1]] side [[Montpellier HSC]] on 5 January and [[Noisy-le-Grand FC]] beat [[Ligue 2]] side [[Gazélec Ajaccio]] on 6 January.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footamateur.fr/jimmy-modeste-savoure-ses-deux-qualifications-en-coupe-de-france/|title=Jimmy Modeste savoure ses deux qualifications en coupe de France|publisher=footamateur.fr|date=10 January 2019|accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref>

===Red Star===
Modeste followed ESSG manager [[Vincent Bordot]] to [[Red Star F.C.|Red Star]] in the summer of 2019, keeping an assistant manager role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/national-coach-recrues-une-directrice-du-pole-professionnel-le-nouveau-red-star-se-devoile-jeudi-26-06-2019-8103561.php|title=National : coach, recrues, une directrice du pôle professionnel, le nouveau Red Star se dévoile jeudi|last=à 17h56|first=Par Stéphane CorbyLe 26 juin 2019|date=26 June 2019|website=leparisien.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref> The duo left the club on 13 September 2021.<ref>[https://www.redstar.fr/2021-09-13/communique-2/mise-a-pied-a-titre-conservatoire-de-v-bordot-et-j-modeste/ Communiqué Officiel], redstar.fr, 13 September 2021</ref>

===Return to Entente SSG===
On 31 May 2022, [[Entente SSG]] confirmed that Modeste was the club's new head coach from the upcoming 2022–23 season.<ref>[https://entente-ssg.footeo.com/actualite/2022/05/31/communique-i-arrivee-de-jimmy-modeste.html COMMUNIQUE I ARRIVEE DE JIMMY MODESTE], entente-ssg.footeo.com, 31 May 2022</ref> Ahead of the 2023–24 season, Modeste extended his deal with Entente.<ref>[https://entente-ssg.footeo.com/actualite/2023/06/29/jimmy-modeste-poursuit-l-aventure.html JIMMY MODESTE POURSUIT L'AVENTURE !], entente-ssg.footeo.com, 29 June 2023</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{WorldFootball.net|jimmy-modeste}}
* {{NFT player|1305}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080422013046/http://www.equipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur10269.html lequipe]
* {{FIFA player|205511}}
* {{Fotbal DNES|3009420}}

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Paris]]
[[Category:Cape Verdean men's footballers]]
[[Category:French men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Cape Verde men's international footballers]]
[[Category:French sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent]]
[[Category:Ligue 2 players]]
[[Category:Championnat National players]]
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[[Category:Czech First League players]]
[[Category:Cypriot First Division players]]
[[Category:Paris FC players]]
[[Category:Le Mans FC players]]
[[Category:Stade Brestois 29 players]]
[[Category:Chamois Niortais FC players]]
[[Category:FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) players]]
[[Category:AEP Paphos FC players]]
[[Category:Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players]]
[[Category:A.O. Glyfada players]]
[[Category:FCM Aubervilliers players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece]]
[[Category:Cape Verdean people of French descent]]
[[Category:Cape Verdean football managers]]
[[Category:French football managers]]
[[Category:Entente SSG managers]]
[[Category:21st-century French sportsmen]]


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