Pascal Gastien
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pascal Gastien | ||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Rochefort, France | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | Angoulême | 6 | (0) |
| 1982–1988 | Chamois Niortais | 125 | (17) |
| 1988–1989 | Marseille | 18 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Chamois Niortais | 14 | (0) |
| 1990–1993 | Nice | 61 | (1) |
| 1993–1997 | Châteauroux | 86 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1987–1988 | French Olympic team | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999 | Chamois Niortais (caretaker) | ||
| 2005 | Chamois Niortais | ||
| 2009–2014 | Chamois Niortais | ||
| 2014–2015 | Châteauroux | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Pascal Gastien (born 2 December 1963) is a French former professional footballer and now manager. He has had three spells as head coach of Ligue 2 side Chamois Niortais.
Gastien was born on 2 December 1963 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, in Western France. He is the father of footballer Johan Gastien.
In his playing days, Gastien played predominantly as a central defensive-midfielder. The majority of his playing career was spent in the top two divisions of the French football league system.
Gastien's career started when he signed his first professional contract as an 18-year-old with then Ligue 2 side Angoulême. However, he found it difficult to break into the first team set up, playing only six league games, and left after just one season as a pro.
In the summer of 1982, Gastien joined then fourth-division side Chamois Niortais. In the 1983–84 season, the team were promoted to the third division, finishing third in the Division IV Group E. He went on to feature in most games during the 1984–85 season as the team were winners of their group in the third division, winning a second consecutive promotion, this time to Ligue 2. He then played a major role two seasons later as the club secured promotion to the top division of French football, Ligue 1, finishing as runners-up in Ligue 2 in 1987. His performances for the club in the top-flight attracted the likes of Olympique de Marseille, whom he signed for in 1988.
Gastien found first team opportunities harder to come by at Marseille, making just 18 league appearances as the club were crowned champions of France and winners of the Coupe de France in the 1988–89 season. In order to play more football, Gastien returned to Niort, who had since been relegated back to Ligue 2, in the summer of 1989. However, his stay with Chamois was short-lived as he was sold to Ligue 1 outfit OGC Nice in the middle of the season.
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