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Didier Ollé-Nicolle (born 2 September 1961) is French football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was most recently the head coach of Ligue 2 side US Orléans.
Club career
Ollé-Nicolle was born in Belley, Ain. He had a modest playing career in French lower leagues for Angers, Chambéry and Raon-l'Étape. His demarcation was defender.
Managerial career
Ollé-Nicolle coached Raon-l'Étape, Valenciennes, Nîmes, Châteauroux. He has managing in Ligue 1 at OGC Nice, as of 1 July 2009 and on 9 March 2010, Nice decided to sack him and put the team into the hands of Éric Roy, René Marsiglia and Frédéric Gioria.
In September 2010, he was named Neuchâtel Xamax manager. He was sacked after a 4–1 home defeat against FC Thun on 11 May 2011, leaving the Swiss Cup finalist two points clear of relegation with three games left.
In July 2011, he was hired as manager for Apollon Limassol, a Cypriot team considered to be one of the strong teams on the island of Cyprus, with lot of supporters but with many economic and staffing issues surrounding the team in 2011. Didier Nicolle appeared to be the most appropriate manager after short-listing some others, to help the team regain its prestige and return to the path of titles and glory.
On 10 November 2011, Ollé-Nicolle was appointed as manager of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 side USM Alger, signing a two-year contract with the club.
On 24 May 2012, it was confirmed Ollé-Nicolle would take charge as the coach of Championnat National side FC Rouen for the 2012–13 season.
In March 2014, Ollé-Nicolle was named the head coach of the Benin national team on a two-year contract. He departed the role in November 2014.
In March 2015, he was named as head coach of SR Colmar in the third tier of French football.
In 2016, he became the new manager of US Orléans. In February 2020, with the club at the bottom of the Ligue 2 table, he was sacked.
