The Professional Football League learned today with deep sadness of the death at the age of 52 of Nicolas Holveck, President of AS Nancy-Lorraine.
After 17 years at AS Nancy-Lorraine between 1997 and 2014, notably becoming Vice-President, Nicolas Holveck joined AS Monaco in 2014 to occupy the position of Deputy General Director.
In 2020, he was appointed Executive President – General Director of Stade Rennais FC. After revealing that he was suffering from colon cancer in March 2021, Nicolas Holveck decided to step aside in May 2022, before returning to AS Nancy-Lorraine as President in September 2023.
Active in football bodies, Nicolas Holveck has participated in numerous meetings. Member of the LFP Club License Commission for seven years (2014-2021), Nicolas Holveck was also a member of the Joint Commission of the Charter for Social Dialogue as an employer representative between 2016 and 2024.
In this moment of extreme pain, the LFP sends its sincere condolences to the family of Nicolas Holveck and his loved ones, as well as to all of AS Nancy-Lorraine.
Vincent LABRUNE, President of the Professional Football League
“Nicolas Holveck was a respected leader, appreciated by all throughout his career. Above all, from my point of view, he was an avant-garde and visionary leader in his approach, undoubtedly one of the strongest of his generation. Finally, he was a man of great values of friendship, honesty and ethics. After a long fight against his illness, his death is a terrible shock for the entire world of professional football of course, but also for his family, his wife, his children to whom he was so close and whom we accompany in our thoughts. On behalf of all French professional football, I send all my condolences to the family and loved ones of Nicolas Holveck, as well as to AS Nancy-Lorraine. »