Laurent Fournier
Fournier in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-09-14) 14 September 1964
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

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

Player

Marseille

Paris Saint-Germain

References

  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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