Paul Le Guen
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Paul Joseph Marie Le Guen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-03-01) 1 March 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Pencran, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1989 | Brest | 154 | (6) |
| 1989–1991 | Nantes | 76 | (1) |
| 1991–1998 | Paris Saint-Germain | 344 | (24) |
| Total | 574 | (31) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–1995 | France | 17 | (1) |
| 1998 | Brittany | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998–2001 | Rennes | ||
| 2002–2005 | Lyon | ||
| 2006–2007 | Rangers | ||
| 2007–2009 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 2009–2010 | Cameroon | ||
| 2011–2015 | Oman | ||
| 2017–2018 | Bursaspor | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Paul Joseph Marie Le Guen (French pronunciation: [pɔl lə ɡwɛn] or Breton pronunciation: [pawl lø ɡwɛnː]; born 1 March 1964) is a French football manager and a former player who enjoyed a successful stay with PSG and won 17 caps for the France national team.
Contents
1 Playing career
2 Managerial career
2.1 Rennes
2.2 Lyon
2.3 Rangers
2.4 Paris Saint Germain
2.5 Cameroon national football team
2.6 Oman national football team
3 Managerial statistics
4 Honours
4.1 As a player
4.2 As a manager
5 References
6 External links
Playing career
During his playing career, Le Guen played at Stade Brest for six years, and Nantes Atlantique for two years, before leaving his home region of Brittany for Paris St. Germain. In seven seasons at the Parc des Princes he made 478 appearances, winning a league title, three French Cups, two League Cups and the Cup Winners' Cup medal in 1996).
At international level he played 17 times for France due to injuries and he was part of the team which lost out on a trip to the World Cup in 1994, along with Eric Cantona and David Ginola. He ended his playing career by taking part in a friendly where his home region of Brittany faced Cameroon on 21 May 1998. The match finished 1–1.
Managerial career
Le Guen had a successful managerial career in France, most notably leading Olympique Lyonnais to three consecutive Ligue 1 titles. He has also managed Stade Rennais, Paris Saint-Germain, Glasgow Rangers and the Cameroon national team. In July 2016, he was to be named manager of the Nigeria national team, but didn't agree to the contract terms.
Rennes
During his time at Rennes between 1998 and 2001, Le Guen was noted for signing then unknown players, such as Shabani Nonda and El Hadji Diouf, who under his guidance, developed into talented footballers.
He resigned from Rennes in 2001 after a fall-out with the club's board. This led to him taking a year off from football.
Lyon
Le Guen replaced Jacques Santini as manager of Olympique Lyonnais in 2002 after they captured their first league title. Le Guen experienced a grim start to his managerial career at Lyon, winning only 3 games of the first 9, but eventually took Lyon to a further three consecutive championships and reached the UEFA Champions League quarter-final. He resigned from his position at Lyon on 9 May 2005, the day after the club won their fourth consecutive Ligue 1 championship. He was replaced by Gérard Houllier.
After leaving the club, Le Guen embarked upon another year away from football management. During this time he turned down management positions at several top European clubs including Benfica and Lazio and also stated that he would not return to manage his former club PSG.[2]
Rangers
On 11 March 2006, it was confirmed that Le Guen had agreed to replace Alex McLeish as manager of Rangers starting in the 2006–07 season.[3] Le Guen signed a three-year contract[4][5] with the option to extend his stay at Ibrox,[2] and quickly acquired a number of players.
However, Le Guen made a poor start to his Ibrox career. His record across his first ten league games was the worst start to a season by an Old Firm debutant since John Greig's team won only two, drew six and lost two of their opening ten games in 1978–79.[6]
On 8 November, Rangers were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the quarter-final stage by First Division side St Johnstone. The result, the first time Rangers had been knocked out of a cup tournament by a lower league side at home,[7][8] prompted protests outside Ibrox and demands for the situation to improve.[citation needed]
On 1 January 2007, Rangers announced that Le Guen had stripped Barry Ferguson of his captaincy of the club and dropped him from the squad for a match the following day. BBC Sport reported that Ferguson would not play for Rangers again under Le Guen.[9]
Club chairman David Murray announced on 4 January 2007 that Le Guen had left Rangers by mutual consent.[10] At the time, this made him the club's shortest-serving manager, and the only one to leave the club without completing a full season in charge.[11]
Le Guen's European record with Rangers has been described as being 'excellent' after remaining unbeaten in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup and finishing at the top of their group.[12][13] However it was the poor domestic results that ultimately led to his departure.[12]
Paris Saint Germain
Le Guen in 2008
It was announced on 15 January 2007 that Le Guen would return to the club he once skippered as a player as first team coach replacing Guy Lacombe at Paris Saint Germain. When he arrived, PSG were lying 17th in Ligue 1 but he led them to safety in his first season finishing 15th.[14] As the 2007–08 season in Ligue 1 unfolded, it was clear that Le Guen was getting inconsistent performances from the crop of players, as the club was in the relegation zone with four games in the league season remaining, while winning the Coupe de la Ligue and qualifying for the final of the Coupe de France. Winning the Coupe de la Ligue guaranteed PSG a place in the UEFA Cup for the 2008–09 season. PSG announced in May 2009 that Le Guen would not be offered a new contract and would leave at the end of the 2008–09 season.
Cameroon national football team
Le Guen was named Cameroon national football team manager in July 2009, signing a five-month contract.[15] He made an immediate impact by leading the team to qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.[16] He also stripped veteran defender Rigobert Song of the captaincy and appointed Samuel Eto'o as the new captain. Both players responded well to the change with Eto'o getting goals, and Song winning back his starting spot as the Lions qualified for the finals. However Cameroon were the first team officially knocked out of the 2010 World Cup. He announced his resignation on 24 June 2010.[17]
Oman national football team
Towards the end of the 2010–11 season, Le Guen claimed he had received job offers from several Ligue 1 clubs that were seeking new candidates to fill the remaining vacancies[citation needed], but he turned them all down. He eventually accepted an offer from Oman national football team on 11 June 2011.[18] He led Oman to qualification for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, where they were to be absent in 2011. Oman were eliminated in the group stage of the tournament with one win and two losses. He was sacked on 19 November 2015 after a poor start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.
Managerial statistics
- As of 8 April 2018
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Rennes | 1998 | 2001 | 7002121000000000000♠121 | 7001520000000000000♠52 | 7001230000000000000♠23 | 7001460000000000000♠46 | 07001429800000099999♠42.98 |
Lyon | 1 July 2002 | 1 June 2005 | 7002156000000000000♠156 | 7001850000000000000♠85 | 7001430000000000000♠43 | 7001280000000000000♠28 | 07001544900000000000♠54.49 |
Rangers[11] | 9 May 2006 | 4 January 2007 | 7001310000000000000♠31 | 7001160000000000000♠16 | 7000800000000000000♠8 | 7000700000000000000♠7 | 07001516100000000000♠51.61 |
Paris Saint-Germain | 15 January 2007 | 1 June 2009 | 7002132000000000000♠132 | 7001620000000000000♠62 | 7001300000000000000♠30 | 7001400000000000000♠40 | 07001469700000000000♠46.97 |
Cameroon | 15 July 2009 | 24 June 2010 | 7001190000000000000♠19 | 7000700000000000000♠7 | 7000500000000000000♠5 | 7000700000000000000♠7 | 07001368400000000000♠36.84 |
Oman | 12 June 2011 | 19 November 2015 | 7001830000000000000♠83 | 7001310000000000000♠31 | 7001270000000000000♠27 | 7001250000000000000♠25 | 07001373500000000000♠37.35 |
Bursaspor | 22 June 2017 | 10 April 2018 | 7001340000000000000♠34 | 7001130000000000000♠13 | 7000700000000000000♠7 | 7001140000000000000♠14 | 07001382400000000000♠38.24 |
| Total | 7002576000000000000♠576 | 7002266000000000000♠266 | 7002143000000000000♠143 | 7002167000000000000♠167 | 07001461800000000000♠46.18 | ||
Honours
As a player
Paris Saint-Germain
Coupe de France: 1992–93, 1994–95, 1997–98
Division 1: 1993–94
Coupe de la Ligue: 1994–95, 1997–98
Trophée des Champions: 1995
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1995–96; runner-up: 1996–97
As a manager
Lyon
Ligue 1: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05- Trophée des Champions: 2002, 2003, 2004
Paris Saint-Germain
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2007–08
References
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"Paul Le Guen". BFM Business (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2019.
^ ab Darren Tulett (21 May 2006). "Le Guen's insight and analysis a real Plus for French TV". Scotland on Sunday. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2006. (See "Life and Times of Le Guen": 2005-6)
^ Murray’s moonbeam vision doomed to destruction right from the outset, The Times, 1 August 2007
^ "Rangers name Le Guen as manager". BBC News Online. 11 March 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
^ Alan Campbell (12 March 2006). "Le Guen is new Rangers manager". Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 15 March 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
^ Andrew Smith (15 October 2006). "Rangers faithful question whether Le Guen is tackling the problem". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 October 2006.
^ Colin Duncan (9 November 2006). "A Disaster Waiting To Happen". Daily Record. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
^ Matthew Lindsay (9 November 2006). "Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide for Le Guen". The Evening Times. Archived from the original on 14 November 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
^ "Gers strip Ferguson of captaincy". BBC Sport. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
^ "Le Guen and Rangers part company". BBC Sport website. 4 January 2007.
^ ab "Rangers Managers Timeline". FitbaStats.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ ab "Smith hoping to continue Euro form". Metro. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
^ "Ferguson wants more from Rangers". BBC. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
^ "Le Guen returns to coach at PSG". BBC Sport. 15 January 2007.
^ "Le portail du Cameroun|Cameroon Portal". Cameroun Link. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
^ "Indomitable Lions roar through to record sixth finals". ESPN. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
^ "2010 World Cup profile: Cameroon". Sports Illustrated. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
^ "Le Guen named as new Oman coach". FIFA official. 11 June 2011.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paul Le Guen. |
Paul Le Guen management career statistics at Soccerbase
Paul Le Guen at FootballDatabase.eu- Profile on French federation site
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