Grégory Vignal

Liverpool and loans

Vignal began his career in the youth system of his home-town club, Montpellier. He soon established a reputation as a promising young player, and was signed by Liverpool in September 2000 for £500,000. He immediately impressed in his first reserve team outings and made his first team debut against Rotherham United in the FA Cup. He made a further six appearances during the 2000–01 season. Vignal returned for the following season having featured in the World Youth Championship with the France Under-18 squad, and staked his claim for the left-back spot with some impressive performances at the start of the 2001–02 season. However, he found it hard to displace the reliable and experienced John Arne Riise. He made nine appearances that season. He made just four appearances during the first half of the 2002–03 season and was loaned to Bastia for the remainder of the campaign on 11 January 2003. During the 2003–04 campaign Vignal was again loaned out to Rennes for the first half of the season, and to Espanyol for the latter half. Vignal had a season in Scotland at Rangers as the club regained the Scottish Premier League title, playing 42 games in all competitions and picking up a Scottish League Cup winner's medal as well as the league title.

Portsmouth

At the end of the 2004–05 season Vignal's Liverpool contract expired, and with him available on a free transfer Rangers wanted him to sign a permanent contract with them; however, he failed to…

In June 2013, Vignal took over the presidency of amateur club CE Palavas, based in the seaside commune of Palavas-les-Flots where his parents lived. Under his presidency, the team achieved three consecutive promotions and reached the seventh round of the Coupe de France for the first time. He stood down as president in favour of his father in 2017 to concentrate on the role of technical director. Having spent the 2016–17 season as an assistant reserve coach at Montpellier, Vignal returned to Rangers in January 2018 as an academy coach, initially working with the under-14s and under-17s, and then with the under-18 team that won the 2018–19 SPFL Reserve League and Scottish Youth Cup. He also formed part of new first-team manager Steven Gerrard's support staff, and eventually left his academy role to scout for the first team. In July 2019, following Rangers' decision to aim for a fully professional women's team as part of a women's and girls' football programme integrated into a restructured club, Amy McDonald became women's section manager and Vignal took her place as head coach of Rangers women. Malky Thomson came in to work alongside Vignal as joint head coach in January 2020, and Vignal left Rangers when his contract expired in June, having, according to the club, "played a pivotal role in the creation of the new full-time women's professional team ... [and] ensured a smooth transition for the Women's programme". Vignal spent seven months with Olympique Marseille's academy,…

Grégory Vignal was born on 19 July 1981 in Montpellier, Hérault.

Liverpool

FA Cup: 2000–01 UEFA Cup: 2000–01 UEFA Super Cup: 2001 Rangers

Scottish League Cup: 2004–05 Scottish Premier League: 2004–05 Lens

Ligue 2: 2008–09 France U18

UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 2000