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{{short description|French football manager (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Reynald Pedros
| image = 2019-05-18 Fußball, Frauen, UEFA Women's Champions League, Olympique Lyonnais - FC Barcelona StP 1121 LR10 by Stepro (cropped).jpg
| caption = Pedros as manager of [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon Women]] in 2019
| full_name = Reynald Michel Sebastian Pedros
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|10|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Orléans]], France
| height = 1.72 m<ref name="lequipe">{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur4113.html |title=Reynald Pedros |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=8 March 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>
| position = [[Attacking midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| years1 = 1987–1992
| clubs1 = [[FC Nantes|Nantes B]]
| caps1 = 70
| goals1 = 11
| years2 = 1990–1996
| clubs2 = [[FC Nantes|Nantes]]
| caps2 = 152
| goals2 = 22
| years3 = 1996
| clubs3 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| caps3 = 23
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1997
| clubs4 = [[Parma F.C.|Parma]]
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1997
| clubs5 = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
| caps5 = 3
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1997–1998
| clubs6 = [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]]
| caps6 = 15
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 1998–1999
| clubs7 = Parma
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1999–2000
| clubs8 = [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]
| caps8 = 3
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 1999–2000
| clubs9 = [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier B]]
| caps9 = 4
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2000–2001
| clubs10 = [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]]
| caps10 = 8
| goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2001–2003
| clubs11 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
| caps11 = 15
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2001–2002
| clubs12 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia B]]
| caps12 = 7
| goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2004–2005
| clubs13 = [[Al-Khor Sports Club|Al-Khor]]
| caps13 = 
| goals13 = 
| years14 = 2005–2006
| clubs14 = [[Sud Nivernais Imphy Decize]]
| caps14 = 
| goals14 = 
| years15 = 2006–2007
| clubs15 = [[Bouchemaine La Baule-Escoublac]]
| caps15 = 
| goals15 = 
| years16 = 2007–2009
| clubs16 = [[FC Baulmes|Baulmes]]
| caps16 = 12
| goals16 = 1
| totalcaps = 317
| totalgoals = 38
| nationalyears1 = 1993–1996
| nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]]
| nationalcaps1 = 25
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| manageryears1 = 2008–2009
| managerclubs1 = St-Jean-Ruelle
| manageryears2 = 2009–2012
| managerclubs2 = [[Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire FC|St-Pryvé St-Hilaire]]
| manageryears3 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs3 = [[US Orléans|Orléans]] (president adviser)
| manageryears4 = 2017–2019
| managerclubs4 = [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon Women]]
| manageryears5 = 2021–2023
| managerclubs5 = [[Morocco women's national football team|Morocco Women]]
}}
'''Reynald Michel Sebastian Pedros''' (born 10 October 1971) is a French professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and former [[Football player|player]] who played as a [[midfielder]]. He recently managed the [[Morocco women's national football team|Morocco women's national team]].

==Early life and club career==
Reynald Michel Sebastian Pedros<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce93/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Squad List: FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023: Morocco (MAR) |publisher=FIFA |page=17 |date=20 August 2023 |access-date=8 March 2025}}</ref> was born on 10 October 1971<ref name="lequipe"/> in [[Orléans]], Loiret,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ol.fr/en/contents/staff-members/r/reynald-pedros |title=Reynald Pedros |publisher=Olympique Lyonnais |access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> and is of Portuguese<ref>{{Cite web |last=ASACAF37400 |date=2008-10-27 |title=REYNALD PEYDROS |url=https://asacaf37400.skyrock.com/2096901007-REYNALD-PEYDROS.html |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Skyrock |language=fr}}</ref> and Spanish descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://africultures.com/la-migration-des-footballeurs-africains-en-europe-9106/ |title=La migration des footballeurs africains en Europe – Africultures |first=Christophe |last=Cassiau-Haurie |date=21 December 2009}}</ref> He played as a left-footed [[attacking midfielder]], formed in Nantes. He was part of the magic trio of [[FC Nantes]] with [[Patrice Loko]] and [[Nicolas Ouédec]]. He won the [[Ligue 1|Division 1]] title with Nantes in 1995. The following year he reached the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Champions League]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

==International career==
Pedros played for the [[France national football team|France national team]]. His career bears some similarity to [[David Ginola]]'s – a mistake in the last [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] qualifying match leading to French elimination, and subsequently being dropped from the national team.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Before [[UEFA Euro 1996]], he was considered one of the best French midfielders, on par with [[Zinedine Zidane]],{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} and was selected for the tournament. France reached the semi-final to face the [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]], and the two teams could not be separated over ninety minutes. The match thus went into [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] and subsequently a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]. After five successful penalties for each team, Pedros was to take the first of the penalties in [[Sudden death (sport)|sudden death]]. His shot was weak and slow, and was easily saved by the Czech goalkeeper, [[Petr Kouba]]. [[Miroslav Kadlec]] came to take the next penalty, scored it, and knocked France out of the tournament.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Following this elimination, Pedros was made a pariah by the media and was greatly disliked by French fans. He attempted to make a comeback, in [[Ligue 2]], but he was never able to come back to the top of his game.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

==Managerial career==
Pedros worked as president adviser at [[US Orléans|Orléans]] for two years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.larep.fr/orleans/2015/06/01/reynald-pedros-nouveau-conseiller-des-presidents-de-l-us-orleans_11462190.html |title=Reynald Pedros nouveau conseiller des présidents de l'US Orléans |publisher=larep.fr |language=fr |date=2 June 2015 }}</ref> On 2 June 2017, he took over as head coach of [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mishner |first=Katie |date=9 June 2022 |title=Olympique Lyonnais confirm Reynald Pedros as new manager |url=https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2017/05/21/womens-football/791658-olympique-lyonnais-confirm-reynald-pedros-as-new-manager.html |access-date=19 July 2022 |website=VAVEL |language=}}</ref> He led them to retain the [[Division 1 Féminine]] championship for the 12th and 13th time. He also succeeded in guiding the team to retaining the [[UEFA Women's Champions League]] for the 3rd and 4th time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=Lyon-Barcelona |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2025485--lyon-vs-barcelona/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=[[UEFA]] |language=en}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In November 2020, Pedros became the coach of the [[Morocco women's national football team|Moroccan women's national team]]. This recruitment took place in the context of the effort made by the [[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|FRMF]] and its President [[Fouzi Lekjaa]] to develop women's football in Morocco, particularly mass football, with the aim of becoming a stronghold of [[Women's association football|women's football]] at continental and world level.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://panafricanfootball.com/2020/11/26/morocco-is-set-to-have-a-new-coach-for-his-women-national-team/ |title=MOROCCO IS SET TO HAVE A NEW COACH FOR ITS WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM |date=26 November 2020}}</ref> His first tournament was the [[2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations]], at which he guided Morocco to reach the final of the WAFCON for the first time in its only third appearance. This included a win on penalties win over African powerhouse [[Nigeria women's national football team|Nigeria]] in the semi-finals, which was seen as a redemption for his penalty defeat in [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://herfootballhub.com/wafcon-final-2022-preview/ | title=WAFCON Final 2022: A story of two coaches | date=23 July 2022 }}</ref><ref name=":1" />

In August 2023, he took Morocco women's team to the knockout stages of the [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup]] on their debut appearance at the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/womens-world-cup-morocco-colombia-match-summary-8eaa08e351549638ddc2a7d5524c5474 |title=Morocco makes more Women’s World Cup history, reaching knockout rounds with a 1-0 win over Colombia |publisher=Associated Press |date=3 August 2023 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International goals===
:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pedros goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Reynald Pedros
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| align="center"|1 || 6 September 1995 || [[Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps]], Auxerre, France || {{fb|AZE}} || align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|[[France v Azerbaijan (UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying)|10–0]] || [[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying]] ||align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |first=Rémy |last=Fiere |title=Les Bleus surfent sur les Azéris Hier à Auxerre, l'équipe de France a battu l'Azerbaïdjan 10 à 0 |url=http://www.liberation.fr/sports/1995/09/07/les-bleus-surfent-sur-les-azeris-hier-a-auxerre-l-equipe-de-france-a-battu-l-azerbaidjan-10-a-0_144757 |work=Libération |date=7 September 1995 |access-date=28 November 2014 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|2 || 24 January 1996 || [[Parc des Princes]], Paris, France || {{fb|POR}} || align="center"|3–2 || align="center"|3–2 || [[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]] || align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Portugais rejoints et dépassés |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/112769/files/1996-01-25.pdf |newspaper=L'Impartial |page=15 |date=25 January 1996 |access-date=28 November 2014 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|3 || 29 May 1996 || [[Stade de la Meinau]], Strasbourg, France || {{fb|FIN}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly || align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |first=Pierre |last=Michaud |title=Balade finlandaise pour les Bleus avant l'Euro |url=https://www.humanite.fr/node/132130#sthash.K7azKHjP.dpbs |work=L'Humanité |date=30 May 1996 |access-date=28 November 2014 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|4 || 9 October 1996 || Parc des Princes, Paris, France || {{fb|TUR}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|4–0 || Friendly || align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Blanc fires France to impressive win |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19961011&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |newspaper=New Straits Times |page=45 |date=11 October 1996 |access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref>
|}

== Honours ==
=== Manager ===
'''Lyon'''{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
* [[Division 1 Féminine]]: [[2017–18 Division 1 Féminine|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Division 1 Féminine|2018–19]]
* [[Coupe de France Féminine]]: 2018–19
* [[UEFA Women's Champions League]]: [[2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League|2018–19]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-24 |title=Lyon sweep to Women's Champions League win over 10-player Wolfsburg |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/24/wolfsburg-lyon-womens-champions-league-final-match-report |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> [[2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League|2019–20]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lyon Women part ways with Pedros after treble-winning season {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4349/main/2019/06/13/54444262/lyon-women-part-ways-with-pedros-after-treble-winning-season |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=www.goal.com}}</ref>
'''Morocco'''

* [[Women's Africa Cup of Nations]] runner-up: [[2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations|2022]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Piers |date=23 July 2022 |title=South Africa beat Morocco to win first Wafcon title |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62271962 |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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