Stéphane Mahé is a retired Breton

Brittany

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 and French

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 professional footballer

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 and former manager of Saint Nazaire FC (now Stade Nazairien).

Club career

Mahé started his career in the AJ Auxerre

AJ Auxerre

Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...

 youth academy, graduating to the first team under Guy Roux's tutelage in 1989. He suffered a setback when involved in a car accident

Car accident

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 in 1992, missing six months through resultant injuries. Upon his return in 1993 he helped Auxerre reach the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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 semifinals, where they lost to Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund

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 when Mahé missed the final penalty. The following year he earned his first winners' medal, as Auxerre defeated Montpellier 3-0 in the Coupe de France

Coupe de France

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 final.

Mahé moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 1995, spending a single season in the capital, during which PSG won the Cup-Winners Cup against Rapid Vienna

SK Rapid Wien

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 in Brussels

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. After one season with Stade Rennais

Stade Rennais FC

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 he left France, joining Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

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 side Celtic

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 in 1997.

In Glasgow

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, Mahé collected six trophies and was part of the side which ended arch-rivals Rangers

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' run of consecutive championship wins at nine. He spent the last two years of his career with Hearts

Heart of Midlothian F.C.

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, scoring twice against Kilmarnock and Aberdeen, before retiring in 2003.

Coaching and management

Mahe worked as manager of lower-league Saint-Nazaire, his home city, between August 2003 and March 2007.

Honours

• Coupe de France
  Coupe de France
  The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...
  
  : 1994
• Scottish Champion
  Scottish football champions
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  : 1997-98
  1997-98 in Scottish football
  The 1997–98 season was the 101st season of competitive football in Scotland. Celtic halted Rangers in their bid for a record 10-in-a-row.-Scottish Premier Division:-Top scorers:-Table:-Top scorers:-Table:-Top scorers:-Table:...
  
  , 2000-01
  2000-01 in Scottish football
  The 2000–01 season was the 104th season of competitive football in Scotland.-Scottish Premier League:The 2000–01 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic, 15 points clear of Rangers who finished second. Both teams earned a place in the UEFA Champions League. Hibernian and Kilmarnock...
  
  
• Scottish Cup
  Scottish Cup
  The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
  
  : 2001
• Scottish League Cup
  Scottish League Cup
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  : 1998-99
  1998-99 in Scottish football
  The 1998–99 season was the 102nd season of Scottish league football.-Summary:The 1998–99 SPL season was one that ended in success for Rangers. Dutchman Dick Advocaat was brought in to replace Walter Smith at Rangers and made major changes, bringing in many players.Rangers were...
  
  , 1999-00
  1999-00 in Scottish football
  The 1999–2000 season was the 103rd season of competitive football in Scotland.-Scottish Premier League:-Scottish First Division:-Scottish Second Division:...
  
  , 2000–01

External links

• Appearances at londonhearts.com