# Alain Laurier

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French footballer (1944–2023)

Alain Laurier Personal information Date of birth (1944-09-12)12 September 1944 Place of birth Créteil, France Date of death 25 December 2023(2023-12-25) (aged 79) Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Position Midfielder Youth career –1965 Champigny-Cœuilly Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1965–1972 Reims 1972–1974 Paris FC 1974–1976 Angers 1976–1979 Le Mans 1979–1982 Caen Managerial career 1976–1979 Le Mans 1979–1983 Caen 1983–1986 AS Poissy 1986–1989 Grenoble 1990–1994 Istres 1996–1997 Dijon 1997–1998 Al Wasl 1999–2000 Al Wasl 2000–2001 Shenyang Jinde 2002–2004 Qatar (technical director) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Alain Laurier** (French pronunciation: [\[alɛ̃ loʁje\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French)) (12 September 1944 – 25 December 2023) was a French [football](/source/Association_football) manager and player.

## Career

Laurier was born in [Créteil](/source/Cr%C3%A9teil) ([Val-de-Marne](/source/Val-de-Marne)). He made his debut for [Cœuilly](/source/Champigny-sur-Marne), which became [Reims](/source/Stade_de_Reims). At the Champigny club, he played alongside big names such as [Raymond Kopa](/source/Raymond_Kopa) and [Lucien Muller](/source/Lucien_Muller). He played his first match in the championship alongside professionals on 17 October 1965. He took part in the return of the club to the top-flight in 1970. Two years later, he was signed by [Paris FC](/source/Paris_FC), who had returned to Division 1. However, the Parisian club were relegated again two years later. Laurier then joined [Angers](/source/Angers_SCO), without further success. He spent two seasons with the club in Division 2.

In 1976, Laurier began his conversion to management. He became manager (DEPF), while continuing as a player at [Le Mans](/source/Le_Mans_Union_Club_72). He continued as a player-manager at [Caen](/source/Stade_Malherbe_Caen), retiring as a player in his last season at the Normandy club. He then coached [Poissy](/source/AS_Poissy), [Grenoble](/source/Grenoble_Foot_38), [Istres](/source/FC_Istres) and [Dijon](/source/Dijon_FCO),[1] as well as clubs in [Dubai](/source/Dubai) and China. From 2002 to 2004, he was [technical director](/source/Technical_director) of the [Qatar national team](/source/Qatar_national_football_team).

## Death

Laurier died on 25 December 2023, at the age of 79.[2][3]

## Honours

- Amateur and military international

- Took part in 1968 Mexico Olympics

- [Champion of France D2 in 1966](/source/French_football_Division_2_1965%E2%80%9366) with [Reims](/source/Stade_de_Reims)

- Best manager in D2 in 1991 with Istres (awarded by *France-Football* magazine)

## Publications

- *Football "Culture tactique et principes de jeu"*, Chiron Sports, 1975

- *"Perfectionnement pour l'élite"* in Arabic for the Qatar Football Federation in 2003

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Garin, Erik (12 July 2007). ["France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs"](https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html). *[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110208111417/http://rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html) from the original on 8 February 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Disparition d'Alain Laurier"](https://www.stade-de-reims.com/disparition-dalain-laurier/). Stade de Reims. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Alain Laurier, ancien entraîneur et joueur du Stade Malherbe Caen, est décédé](https://actu.fr/normandie/caen_14118/alain-laurier-ancien-entraineur-et-joueur-du-stade-malherbe-caen-est-decede_60509175.html) (in French)

## External links

- [Alain Laurier](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=286383/index.html) – [FIFA](/source/FIFA) competition record (archived)

v t e France football squad – 1968 Summer Olympics 1 Delhumeau 2 Grava 3 Goueffic 4 Lempereur 5 Zix 6 Verhoeve 7 Planté 8 Delafosse 9 Larqué 10 Laurier 11 Hodoul 12 Périgaud 13 Triantafyllos 14 Horlaville 15 Case 16 Teamboueon 17 Parmentier 18 Hallet 19 Ribul Coach: Grillon

Managerial positions v t e Stade Malherbe Caen – managers Kónya (1934–35) Gast (1935–36) Cottenet (1936–38) Gast (1938–44) Mayer (1944–46) Deruaz (1946–47) Carville (1947–49) Vandooren (1949–52) Prouff (1952–53) Proust (1953–55) Grillon (1955–58) Leperlier (1958–59) Requier (1959–61) Eloy (1961–62) Mouchel (1962–64) Vincent (1964–67) Oliver (1967–72) Lelong (1972) Lunel (1972–73) Rummelhardt (1973) Mouilleron (1973–79) Laurier (1979–83) Mankowski (1983–88) Nouzaret (1988–89) Jeandupeux (1989–94) Mankowski (1994–96) David (1996–97) Calderón (1997) Jeandupeux (1997) Théault (1997–2000) Desbouillons (2000) Gasset (2000–01) Gauthier (2001–02) Rémy (2002–05) Dumas (2005) Dumas & Parizon (2005–09) Dumas & Garande (2009–12) Garande (2012–18) Mercadal (2018–19) Almeida (2019) Dupraz (2019–21) Vandeputte (2021) Moulin (2021–23) Furlan (2023) Seube (2023–24) Baltazar (2024–25) Der Zakarian (2025) d'Ornano (2025) Clichy (2025–) v t e Le Mans FC – managers Cottin (1941–43) Boumezrag (1943–45) Braustein (1943–45) Rummelhardt (1947–51) Choulet (1951–52) Corsaletti (1952–53) Libar (1953–57) Castellani (1957–58) Grillon (1958–64) Dereuddre (1964–76) Laurier (1976–79) Rodriguez (1979–81) Gutierrez (1981–84) Deferrez (1984–86) Gourcuff (1986–89) Letard (1989–94) Froger (1994–97) Muslin (1997) Westerloppe (1997–2000) Pascalou (2000) Goudet (2000–04) Pascalou (2004) Jeandupeux (2004) Hantz (2004–07) Garcia (2007–08) Bertucci (2008–09) Jeandupeux (2009) Cormier (2009) Duarte (2009) Cormier (2009–11) Zanko (2011–13) Beunardeau (2013) Guédet (2013–14) Clément (2014–15) Déziré (2015–20) Ray (2020) Ollé-Nicolle (2020–21) Cris (2021–22) Ray (2022–24) Feurprier (2024) Chabert (2024) Videira (2024–) v t e Al Wasl – managers Salem (1960–70) Al-Jarman (1971) Osman (1972–73) Valinhos (1980–81) Santana (1981–86) Shehata (1986–88) Lopes (1988–89) Nunes (1989–90) Davidovic (1991–92) Nordin (1995–96) Ivić (1996) Bernardes (1996–97) Laurier (1997–98) Bernardes (1998) Campos (1999) Kasperczak (1999–00) Laurier (2000) Hickersberger (2000–01) Lasarte (2002–03) Al Shamsi (2003) Begović (2004–05) Hašek (2005) Mario (2006–07) Beránek (2007–08) Juričić (2008) Guimarães (2009–10) Al Shamsi (2010) Farias (2010–11) Maradona (2011–12) Metsu (2012) Lacombe (2012–13) Baroot (2013) Banide (2013) Cúper (2013–14) Jorginho (2014) Calderón (2014–16) Arruabarrena (2016–18) Quinteros (2018) Al Abdouli (2018) Reghecampf (2018–20) Rabie (2020) Hellmann (2020–22) Pizzi (2022–23) Milojević (2023–25) Castro (2025) Meral (2025–26) Vitória (2026–) v t e Guangzhou City F.C. – managers Morozov (1994) Zhang Zengqun (1995) Li Yingfa (1996) Zhang Bin (1996) Li Qiang (1996–98) Braga (1999) Li Qiang (1999) Nepomnyashchy (2000) Kasperczak (2000–01) Laurier (2000–01) Toni (2002) Stepanović (2003) Houghton (2005–06) Koopman (2005–06) Živadinović (2007) Santrač (2008) Zhu Bo (2008–09) Hao Wei (2009–10) Ješić (2010) Li Shubin (2011) Farias (2012–13) Li Bing (caretaker) (2013) Eriksson (2013–14) Contra (2015) Li Bing (caretaker) (2015) Stojković (2015–20) Van Bronckhorst (2020) Van Gastel (2021–22) Li Weifeng (2022–23)

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