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

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Managerial career

Fournier retired in 1998, immediately becoming manager of his final club

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. He was fired in April 1999, and his next jobs were with the under-13 team in the village of

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, then for amateur team Pacy Vallée-d'Eure. In February 2003 he became

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manager of his former club

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. Two years later, he became first-team manager upon the dismissal of

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, on a deal to last until the end of the season. On 26 May 2005, with PSG in 10th place with one game left to play, Fournier was given a new two-year contract. 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

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. Fournier returned to football on 5 October 2007, taking over

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until the end of the

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season with a two-year extension if they achieved promotion to

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. On 4 December, he left by mutual consent. In June 2009, Fournier was back in the third tier with

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. A year later, he signed for two years at

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who had just fallen into the same league. Fournier returned to Ligue 1 in June 2011, taking over at

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after

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headed to Nancy. Having won four of 28 games for the bottom-placed team, he was dismissed the following 18 March and replaced by

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. In June 2013, Fournier was back in

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on a two-year deal with the aim of getting

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into Ligue 2. He was dismissed on 6 October after five losses from nine games. Fournier rejoined Créteil in June 2016, again tasked with taking the relegated ''Béliers'' back to the second tier. He lasted only until 23 December, when he was ousted from the 14th-placed club. In June 2019, Fournier was hired by

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of the fourth-tier

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. Among his players was his eldest son Anthony.

Honours

Player

Marseille * Division 1: 1990–91 *

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runner-up: 1990–91 *

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runner-up: 1990–91 Paris Saint-Germain *Division 1: 1993–94 *Coupe de France: 1992–93, 1997–98 *

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: 1997–98 *

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: 1995–96; runner-up: 1996–97 *

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runner-up:

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References

External links

ProfileStages de foot Laurent Fournier
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fournier, Laurent Living people 1964 births Footballers from Lyon Association football midfielders French footballers France international footballers Olympique Lyonnais players AS Saint-Étienne players Olympique de Marseille players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players SC Bastia players Ligue 1 players French football managers SC Bastia managers Paris Saint-Germain F.C. managers Pacy Ménilles RC players Nîmes Olympique managers US Créteil-Lusitanos managers RC Strasbourg Alsace managers AJ Auxerre managers Ligue 1 managers