Claude Puel

Personal information
Full name	Claude Puel
Date of birth	(1961-09-02) 2 September 1961 (age 50)
Place of birth	Castres, France
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Nice (head coach)
Youth career
1970–1977	Castres
1977–1979	Monaco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1979–1996	Monaco	488	(4)
Teams managed
1999–2001	Monaco
2002–2008	Lille
2008–2011	Lyon
2012–	Nice
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Claude Puel (born 2 September 1961 in Castres) is a French football manager and former player. He spent 17 years playing for AS Monaco and is the current head coach of OGC Nice in the Ligue 1.

Managerial career[link]

Early years[link]

Before being appointed as the manager of Monaco, he was the physical trainer and manager of the Monaco's reserve team. He was appointed as the manager in January 1999. He won the French Championship in 2000, with players, such as Ludovic Giuly and Marcelo Gallardo. In July 2001, his contract was not renewed and he left Monaco after 24 years at the club as a player and a coach. In July 2002, he was appointed manager of Lille, where he became one of the longest serving coaches in the French League (serving for six consecutive seasons).^{[citation needed]}

Manchester United incident[link]

Puel courted controversy on 20 February 2007 in a UEFA Champions League match against Manchester United in Lille.^{[citation needed]} After Ryan Giggs scored a quickly taken free-kick late in the game, Puel was thought to be encouraging his players to walk off the pitch in protest,^{[citation needed]} although the game eventually continued after a short delay. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson described the incident in an interview with ITV after the match as 'disgraceful' and 'intimidation of the referee'". He's a young guy so he will learn to hold it down soon. Hopefully he doesn't learn the hard way."^{[citation needed]}

Olympique Lyonnais[link]

Puel joined French club Olympique Lyon on 18 June 2008.^[1] He signed a four-year contract with the seven time French champions. He also became Lyon's 4th different manager in the last 4 years. In 2010 he helped the club reach the semifinal of the Champion's League for the first time in its history. Lyon terminated his contract on 20 June 2011, although he had one year remaining on his contract with the club.

OGC Nice[link]

On 23 May 2012, Puel reached agreement on a three-year deal with OGC Nice to take a coaching job.^[2]

Honours[link]

Club[link]

Monaco

• Ligue 1: 1981-82, 1987-88
• Coupe de France: 1980, 1985, 1991
• Trophée des champions: 1985
• Coppa delle Alpi: 1979, 1983, 1984
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Runner-up: 1992

Managerial[link]

Monaco

• Ligue 1: 1999-2000
• Trophée des champions: 2000
• Coupe de la Ligue Runner-up: 2001

Statistics[link]

Manager[link]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Monaco		January 1999	July 2001	91	47	14	30	51.65
Lille		1 July 2002	17 June 2008	338	136	109	93	40.24
Lyon		18 June 2008	20 June 2011	143	71	40	32	49.65
Nice		23 May 2012	present
Total				572	254	163	155	44.41

As of 23 May 2012

References[link]

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Bernard Lacombe (born August 15, 1952 in Lyon) is a retired French football player. He played forward, mainly with Olympique Lyonnais, Girondins Bordeaux and the French national team.

Career[link]

Bernard Lacombe started his professional career with Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) in 1969, one of his teammates Aimé Jacquet will be later his team manager (and the manager of the French national team who won the World Cup 1998).

He had his first cap with the French national team in 1973. He played the World Cup 1978), scoring after only 30 seconds against Italy, the fastest goal ever for a French player, and the first goal of that championship. He played also the World Cup 1982) and won the 1984 European Championship.

After a brief stay with AS Saint-Étienne he joined FC Girondins de Bordeaux where he was re-united with Aimé Jacquet. He won three French Ligue 1 championships.

With 255 goals in Ligue 1 he is the second best striker of all times in the French championship, after Delio Onnis.

His career of player over, he came back to Lyon to join the technical staff of Olympique Lyonnais, first as technical manager (from 1988 to 1996), then as trainer (1996 to 2000) and manager. He was instrumental in the successes of Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1 and also on the European scene (seven participations in a row at the UEFA Champions League). He does not have official responsibilities now, except as “special adviser” to the team President Jean-Michel Aulas, but he has a lot of influence on the choices made, he is behind the arrival of several of the brilliant Brazilian players that joined the Olympique Lyonnais in recent years (Juninho Pernambucano, Edmílson Gomes, Cris, Caçapa and Fred).

Honours[link]

• 1984 European Championship with France national team.
• French Ligue 1 championship in 1984, 1985 and 1987 with FC Girondins de Bordeaux
• Coupe de France (French Cup) in 1973 with Olympique Lyonnais and in 1987 with FC Girondins de Bordeaux
• Trophée des Champions in 1973 with Olympique Lyonnais and in 1987 with FC Girondins de Bordeaux

• 38 caps with France national team (12 goals)

References[link]

• Bernard Lacombe player profile at footballdatabase.eu

v t e France squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup 1 Baratelli 2 Battiston 3 Bossis 4 Janvion 5 Bracci 6 Lopez 7 Rio 8 Trésor 9 Bathenay 10 Guillou 11 Michel 12 Papi 13 Petit 14 Berdoll 15 Platini 16 Dalger 17 Lacombe 18 Rocheteau 19 Six 20 Rouyer 21 Bertrand‑Demanes 22 Dropsy Coach: Hidalgo

v t e France squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Baratelli 2 Amoros 3 Battiston 4 Bossis 5 Janvion 6 Lopez 7 Mahut 8 Trésor 9 Genghini 10 Platini 11 Girard 12 Giresse 13 Larios 14 Tigana 15 Bellone 16 Couriol 17 Lacombe 18 Rocheteau 19 Six 20 Soler 21 Castaneda 22 Ettori Coach: Hidalgo

v t e France squad – UEFA Euro 1984 Winners (1st Title) 1 Bats 2 Amoros 3 Domergue 4 Bossis 5 Battiston 6 Fernández 7 Ferreri 8 Bravo 9 Genghini 10 Platini 11 Bellone 12 Giresse 13 Six 14 Tigana 15 Le Roux 16 Rocheteau 17 Lacombe 18 Tusseau 19 Bergeroo 20 Rust Coach: Hidalgo

Alex Dupont (born 30 May 1954) is a French former footballer and football manager.

Career[link]

Dupont played as a midfielder for Dunkerque and Hazebrouck.^[1][2]

Coaching career[link]

He coached Dunkerque, Charleville, Boulogne, Gueugnon, with whom he won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2000,^[3] Sedan, Laval, Amiens.^[4] He managed Brest since 2009, when he took over Gérald Baticle^[5][6], On 26 April 2012, French top-flight strugglers Brest have sacked coach Alex Dupont, just five games before the end of the season. ^[7].

References[link]

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