Sébastien Fournier (born 27 June 1971) is a
Swiss football manager, most recently for
FC Sion
Football Club de Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and ...
, and former
football player.
Club career
Fournier played for
FC Sion
Football Club de Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and ...
,
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB S ...
and
Servette Geneva, where he spent most of his career.
He played for
Switzerland national football team and was a participant at the
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...
and at the
UEFA Euro 1996
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.
Managerial career
Servette
Fournier worked as a chief executive at
Servette
Servette is a district of the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The district's name comes from the Latin word for forest, ''silva'', and means "little forest". Its name alludes to Servette's rural past, before Geneva grew beyond its walls and incorpora ...
from 2006 to 2009. After this role, he was appointed as the new manager of the club's U21 squad. He got a double role in 2010, where he also was appointed as the headleader of the club's youth academy.
FC Sion
In June 2012, one week after his graduation from the
UEFA Pro Licence
UEFA, the governing body for football in Europe, mandates several coaching licences for professional managers, each valid for coaching at a certain level. These include the UEFA Pro Licence, the UEFA A Licence, and the UEFA B Licence. They are is ...
, it was announced that Fournier would join FC Sion as manager in summer 2012. This marks the return to his childhood club and is linked with high expectations, even though it is his first station as a professional manager. He won the selection over
Michel Decastel, because the club owner
Christian Constantin
Christian Constantin (born 7 January 1957) is a Swiss architect. He is the owner and president of Swiss football club FC Sion. He bought the club, which had previously neared bankruptcy and was relegated from the Swiss Super League, in 2003.
Duri ...
wanted to have a young coach, after he was impressed with the achievements by
Roberto Di Matteo
Roberto Di Matteo (; born 29 May 1970) is an Italian professional football manager and former player.
During his playing career as a midfielder, he played for Swiss clubs Schaffhausen, Zürich and Aarau before joining Lazio of Italy and Chels ...
,
Pep Guardiola,
André Villas-Boas
Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas (; born 17 October 1977) is a Portuguese football manager, who most recently was the manager of Ligue 1 club Marseille. He is one of a growing number of top-level managers who have never played football ...
and
Murat Yakin
Murat Yakin ( tr, Yakın; born 15 September 1974) is a Swiss football coach and former player. He is the manager of the Switzerland national football team.
Playing career
Yakin spent the longest spell of his career playing for his hometown c ...
. He was sacked as manager of Sion on 4 September 2012 due to a bad relationship between him and the squad.
Servette
On 13 September 2012, Fournier was appointed as the new manager of
Servette
Servette is a district of the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The district's name comes from the Latin word for forest, ''silva'', and means "little forest". Its name alludes to Servette's rural past, before Geneva grew beyond its walls and incorpora ...
. He got sacked after 11 months in the club on 20 August 2013.
FC Sion
In March 2014, Fournier got the role as technical director of the club. Later in 2014, Fournier was hired as U18 manager. So he had a double role. He was also appointed as caretaker for the U21 reserve team from September 2015 to the new year. And once again in April 2016.
On 25 April 2017, he was appointed as head coach of
FC Sion
Football Club de Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and ...
after
Peter Zeidler
Peter Zeidler (born 8 August 1962) is a German football manager who manages Swiss club St. Gallen.
Coaching career
Zeidler started his coaching career with VfR Aalen in 2002 and was appointed manager of 1. FC Nürnberg II three years later. Follo ...
got sacked.
Honours
Player
FC Sion
*
Swiss Championship:
1991–92
*
Swiss Cup: 1994–95, 1995–96
Servette
*
Swiss Championship:
1998–99
*
Swiss Cup: 2000–01
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fournier, Sebastien
1971 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Swiss men's footballers
1994 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 1996 players
FC Sion players
VfB Stuttgart players
Servette FC players
Swiss Super League players
Bundesliga players
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Swiss expatriate men's footballers
Switzerland men's international footballers
Swiss-French people
Servette FC managers
Swiss football managers