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Mickaël Pontal (born 30 April 1980) is a former French professional footballer. He retired from playing in 2012 and is now a professional soccer coach. His position was that of a defender, and positionally, a centre-back. As a player, he played 132 matches and won 7 trophies across different leagues.^[1]

Pontal played at the professional level in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for AS Saint-Étienne. He also played in Valence, St Raphaël, Cannes, Compiègne, Hyères, Andrézieux before starting a coaching career in Andrézieux, Savigneux-Montbrison and Louhans-Cuiseaux.^[1][2]

Pontal started his professional football career at AS Saint-Étienne (also known as ASSE) in the 1997-1998 season. He played for the club between 1997 until 2004 in different divisions and scoring 7 goals. In between this time, he moved for one season in 2002 to Angers to get more playing time.^[2]

In the 2004-2005 season, he was loaned to ASOA Valence in the National Ligue where he stayed for one year.^[1][2]

In the 2005-2006 season, he played for Cannes, making 36 appearances before moving to Saint-Raphaël  for the rest of the 2006-2007 season. In 2007-2008 season he played for Compiègne and moved to Hyères from 2008 till 2010 making 55 appearances for the club.^[1][2] His last professional club was Andrézieux in 2010 where he retired 2012.^[1][2]

Pontal started his coaching career at Andrézieux coaching the B and Under 19 teams between 2012 and 2013. He then moved to coach Savigneux for a short spell in 2014 before moving to Louhans as head coach for the 2014-2015 season. He returned to coach the Under 17 team at AS Saint-Étienne before moving to Feurs for a 3 year coaching role. In 2019, he left Feurs to Veauche.^[3] He left the coahcing role at Veache at the end of 2022.^[4]

• 1997: Under 17 - French Champion AS Saint-Étienne.
• 1998: Coupe Gambardella with AS Saint-Étienne
• 1999: Ligue 2 French Champion AS Saint-Étienne
• 2000: CFA2 French Champions AS Saint-Étienne
• 2004: Ligue 2 French Champion AS Saint-Étienne

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