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Gérard Houllier
Gérard Houllier
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Full name: Gérard Houllier
Date of birth: 3 September 1947(1947-09-03)
Place of birth:    Thérouanne, Flag of France France
Date of death:    14 December 2020(2020-12-14) (aged 73)
Place of death:    Paris, Flag of France France
Playing position: Midfielder
Youth clubs
1959–1968 Flag of France Hucqueliers
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1968–1969
1969–1971
1971–1977
Total
Flag of France Liverpool Alsop
Flag of France Hucqueliers
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00 00
00 00
132 0(27)
132 0(27)   
Teams managed
1973–1976
1976–1982
1982–1985
1985–1988
1988–1992
1992–1993
1994–1996
1996–1997
1998
1998–2004
2005–2007
2010–2011
Flag of France Le Touquet
Flag of France Nœux-les-Mines
Flag of France Lens
Flag of France Paris Saint-Germain
Flag of France France (assistant manager)
Flag of France France
Flag of France France U18
Flag of France France U20
Flag of England Liverpool (joint with Roy Evans)
Flag of England Liverpool
Flag of France Lyon
Flag of England Aston Villa

Gérard Paul Francis Houllier OBE (3 September 1947 – 14 December 2020) was a French football manager and player. Clubs he managed include Paris Saint-Germain, Lens and Liverpool, where he won the FA Cup, League Cup, FA Charity Shield, UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2001. He then guided Olympique Lyonnais to two French titles, before announcing his resignation on 25 May 2007. He became manager of Aston Villa in September 2010. He also coached the France national team between 1992 and 1993. He assisted Aimé Jacquet in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, was part of UEFA's and FIFA's Technical Committee in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, and technical director for the French Football Federation during the 2010 finals. In June 2011, he stepped down from club coaching, leaving his managerial role at Aston Villa, following frequent hospitalisation over heart problems.

From July 2012 until his death, Houllier had been head of global football for Red Bull. He was responsible for Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg, Germany's RB Leipzig and American club New York Red Bulls, as well as the now dissolved Red Bull Brasil and Red Bull Ghana academies. He became the technical director of women's football clubs Olympique Lyonnais Féminin and OL Reign in November 2020.

Managerial honours[]

Club[]

PSG
Liverpool
Lyon

International[]

France U18
  • UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship (1): 1996

Individual[]

  • World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year (1): 2001
  • Ligue 1 Manager of the Year (1): 2007

External links[]

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Liverpool Football Club - Managers

Barclay and McKenna (1892–96) • Watson (1896–1915) • Ashworth (1919–23) • McQueen (1923–28) • Patterson (1928–36) • Kay (1936–51) • Welsh (1951–56) • Taylor (1956–59) • Shankly (1959–74) • Paisley (1974–83) • Fagan (1983–85) • Dalglish (1985–91) • Souness (1991–94) • Evans (1994–98) • Evans and Houllier (1998) • Houllier (1998–2004) • Benítez (2004–10) • Hodgson (2010–11) • Dalglish (2011–12) • Rodgers (2012–15) • Klopp (2015–24) • Slot (2024–)

Template:Olympique Lyonnais managers

Aston Villa Football Club - Managers

Ramsay (1884–1926) • Smith (1926–34) • McMullan (1934–35) • Hogan (1936–39) • Massie (1945–50) • Martin (1950–53) • Houghton (1953–58) • Mercer (1958–64) • D. Taylor (1964–67) • Cummings (1967–68) • Docherty (1968–70) • Crowe (1970–74) • Saunders (1974–82) • Barton (1982–84) • Turner (1984–86) • McNeill (1986–87) • G. Taylor (1987–90) • Venglos (1990–91) • Atkinson (1991–94) • Little (1994–98) • Gregory (1998–2002) • G. Taylor (2002–03) • O'Leary (2003–06) • O'Neill (2006–10) • Houllier (2010–11) • McLeish (2011–12) • Lambert (2012–15) • Sherwood (2015) • Garde (2015–16) • Di Matteo (2016) • Bruce (2016–18) • Smith (2018–21) • Gerrard (2021–22) • Emery (2022–)

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