Patrice Garande (born 27 November 1960) is a French former professional

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who played as a striker, currently a

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Playing career

Club

Born in Oullins,

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, Garande finished his development at

AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), commonly known as A.S.S.E. () or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in ...

, but appeared rarely for the first team during his tenure. In 1981, following a spell in the

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with

CS Chênois Club Sportif Chênois is a Swiss association football club, playing in the Swiss 2. Liga Interregional. It plays in the municipality of Thônex. History Formed in 1907 as FC Thônex, the club adopted its current name in 1924. The club compete ...

, he signed with

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division o ...

, scoring a career-best 21 goals in the 1983–84 season to help them finish in third place in

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and becoming top scorer in the process. After leaving the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps in the summer of 1986, Garande went on to represent, in the French top division,

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, a ...

, Saint-Étienne,

Montpellier HSC Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (), commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC or simply Montpellier, is a French professional football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitanie. The original club was founded in 1919, while the current i ...

Le Havre AC Le Havre Athletic Club (; commonly referred to as Le Havre) is a French association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The club was founded as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, making Le Havre AC the oldest professional French foo ...

and

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard (; commonly referred to as FCSM or simply Sochaux) is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Frenc ...

, eventually amassing competition totals of 314 matches and 97 goals. He retired at the age of 34, after a stint with amateurs

US Orléans Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football (; commonly referred to as US Orléans or simply Orléans) is a French association football club based in Orléans. The club was founded in 1976 and currently play in Championnat National after being relega ...

for which he had already played in

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International

Garande was part of the French Olympic team that won the gold medal at the

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. He won his only

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for the full side on 27 April 1988, in a 0–0 friendly away draw in

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Coaching career

In 1995, Garande joined

Stade Malherbe Caen Stade Malherbe Caen (; commonly known as SM Caen, SMC, or simply Caen) is a French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy, that competes in the Ligue 2. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 by the merger of ''C ...

as assistant to

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. He moved to

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in directorial capacities in January 1999, being named head coach the following year and achieving promotion to the

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. In June 2012, following Caen's relegation to the second division, Garande replaced fired Franck Dumas as manager. After a third place in the 2013–14 campaign and the subsequent promotion, the side managed to avoid relegation after a spectacular comeback, and his contract was renewed until 2017. After again leading the club to top-flight survival, Garande left the

Stade Michel d'Ornano Stade Michel d'Ornano is a multi-use stadium in Caen, France. It is currently used mostly for Association football, football matches and is the home stadium of Stade Malherbe Caen. It is named after the French politician Michel d'Ornano (1924–19 ...

in May 2018. Two years later, he was appointed at

Toulouse FC Toulouse Football Club is French professional football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the premier division of French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium de Toulouse lo ...

who had just finished last in the abridged 2019–20 Ligue 1. On 23 August 2021, Garande was hired by second-tier

Dijon FCO Dijon Football Côte d'Or (; literally "Dijon Football Gold Coast"), commonly referred to as Dijon FCO or simply as Dijon, is a French football club based in Dijon. The club was founded in 1998 as a result of a merger between two local clubs in ...

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