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Laurent Fournier

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Laurent Fournier
Fournier in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-09-14) 14 September 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1988 Lyon 255 (27)
1988–1990 Saint-Étienne 76 (8)
1990–1991 Marseille 28 (4)
1991–1994 Paris Saint-Germain 119 (13)
1994–1995 Bordeaux 41 (5)
1995–1998 Paris Saint-Germain 133 (5)
1998 Bastia 5 (0)
International career
1992 France 3 (0)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Bastia
1999–2002 Feucherolles U-13
2003 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure
2003–2005 Paris Saint-Germain (Reserves)
2005 Paris Saint-Germain
2007 Nîmes
2009–2010 Créteil
2010–2011 Strasbourg
2011–2012 Auxerre
2013 Red Star
2016 Créteil
2019–2020 Poissy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Laurent Fournier (born 14 September 1964) is a French former professional footballer.

Managerial career

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Fournier retired in 1998, immediately becoming manager of his final club SC Bastia in Ligue 1. He was fired in April 1999, and his next jobs were with the under-13 team in the village of Feucherolles, then for amateur team Pacy Vallée-d'Eure. In February 2003 he became reserve team manager of his former club Paris Saint-Germain. Two years later, he became first-team manager upon the dismissal of Vahid Halilhodžić, on a deal to last until the end of the season.[1]

On 26 May 2005, with PSG in 10th place with one game left to play, Fournier was given a new two-year contract.[2] He was axed on 27 December that year, the first managerial casualty of the season, despite being in sixth place and two points off second; he was replaced by Guy Lacombe.[3]

Fournier returned to football on 5 October 2007, taking over Nîmes Olympique until the end of the Championnat National season with a two-year extension if they achieved promotion to Ligue 2.[4] On 4 December, he left by mutual consent.[5]

In June 2009, Fournier was back in the third tier with Créteil.[6] A year later, he signed for two years at Strasbourg who had just fallen into the same league.[7]

Fournier returned to Ligue 1 in June 2011, taking over at Auxerre after Jean Fernandez headed to Nancy.[8] Having won four of 28 games for the bottom-placed team, he was dismissed the following 18 March and replaced by Jean-Guy Wallemme.[9]

In June 2013, Fournier was back in Paris on a two-year deal with the aim of getting Red Star into Ligue 2.[10] He was dismissed on 6 October after five losses from nine games.[11]

Fournier rejoined Créteil in June 2016, again tasked with taking the relegated Béliers back to the second tier.[12] He lasted only until 23 December, when he was ousted from the 14th-placed club.[13]

In June 2019, Fournier was hired by Poissy of the fourth-tier Championnat National 2. Among his players was his eldest son Anthony.[14]

Honours

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Player

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Marseille

Paris Saint-Germain

References

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  1. ^ "Fournier the way forward for PSG". UEFA. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ "PSG extend Fournier deal". Eurosport. 26 May 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Lacombe handed PSG reins". UEFA. 27 December 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Laurent Fournier, nouvel entraîneur de Nîmes !" [Laurent Fournier, new manager of Nîmes!]. Le Télégramme (in French). 5 October 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Fournier s'en va de Nîmes" [Fournier leaves Nîmes] (in French). Allpaname. 4 December 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Laurent Fournier : " Créteil doit se lâcher "" [Laurent Fournier: "Créteil must let go"]. Le Parisien (in French). 9 June 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Strasbourg : l'entraîneur Laurent Fournier s'engage pour deux ans" [Strasbourg: manager Laurent Fournier signs for two years]. Le Parisien (in French). 10 June 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Football : Laurent Fournier nouvel entraîneur d'Auxerre" [Football: Laurent Fournier new manager of Auxerre]. Le Monde (in French). 8 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Wallemme replaces Fournier at Auxerre". UEFA. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  10. ^ Corby, Stephane (4 June 2013). "FOOTBALL. Fournier : " Au Red Star pour monter en Ligue 2 "" [FOOTBALL. Fournier: "At Red Star to earn promotion to Ligue 2"]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Fournier et le Red Star, c'est déjà fini!" [Fournier and Red Star, it's already over!]. Le Parisien (in French). 6 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Créteil: Fournier de retour sur le banc !" [Créteil: Fournier back on the bench!] (in French). beIN Sports. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Laurent Fournier, fin de l'aventure à Créteil" [Laurent Fournier, end of the adventure at Créteil]. L'Équipe (in French). 23 December 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  14. ^ Lesage, Julien (8 August 2019). "National 2 : les Fournier, père et fils, aux commandes de Poissy" [National 2: the Fourniers, father and son, at the helm of Poissy]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  15. ^ "PSG – Nantes 2-2 (6-5 tab), 03/01/96, Trophée des Champions 95-96". archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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