Guy Lacombe

Biography

As a trainer, Guy Lacombe makes her first weapons at the training center of the ACE Cannes. From 1990 to 1995, it goes to direct several stars of French football: Zinédine Zidane, Patrick Vieira, Johan Micoud, Peter Luccin or Sebastien Frey. In October 1995, it takes the head of the team first and will avoid relegation with the club during two seasons.

At the summer 1998, it deals with the destiny of the Toulouse Football Club, then any expenses promoted in 1e division, but the experiment is not satisfactory: it is replaced by Alain Giresse in January 1999 whereas the club is last good with the classification.

But Guy Lacombe answered very quickly the In front of Guingamp which it joined in February 1999. Under its impulse, the club is maintained in the 2nd division and manages to reach the 1st division as of the following season. In spite of limited means, the club maintains among the elite for the seasons 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 grace in particular to the good performances of Claude Michel, Fabrice Fiorèse and Florent Malouda. Guy Lacombe will carry out her more beautiful blow at the time of Mercato in 2002 while making come to Brittany an attacker of the Ivory Coast which was only replacing in Mans in the 2nd division, some Didier Drogba.

Extremely of her successes passed, Guy Lacombe joined Sochaux at the summer 2002 to replace Jean Fernandez. Being based on an exceptional generation players (Benoit Pedretti, Pierre-Alain Frau, Sylvain Monsoreau, Mickaël Pagis, Santos or Wilson Oruma), Lacombe obtains satisfactory results in championship (5th in 2003 and 2004, 10th in 2005) and in Coupe of the League (finalist in 2003 and winner in 2004). The club also carries out a good course in UEFA Cup at the time of the seasons 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. The work of Guy Lacombe with Sochaux is recognized and the team allured by the play which it develops: an offensive football and of quality. Despite everything, the cloth burns between the president of the club Jean-Claude Plessis and its trainer: the two men decide to put an end to their profitable profitable collaboration in August 2005.

At the time of the winter truce of the season 2005-2006, it is named trainer of Paris Saint-Germain to replace Laurent Fournier by the president Pierre Blayau. With him, the PSG gains the cut of France 2005-2006 against the Olympique of Marseilles and thus gains a place in cut UEFA for the season 2006 - 2007, but the results of the club in championship are poor. Its passage to the head of the club of the capital is marked by conflicts repeated with many players " vedettes" of its manpower: Mario Yepes, Bonaventure Kalou, Jerome Rothen and especially Vikash Dhorasoo with which it will go until the clash, which will involve the dismissal of international French the October 11th 2006.

The January 15th 2007, two days after the new defeat of the PSG against Valencian, Guy Lacombe is relieved of her post of trainer by Alain Cayzac by touching 4 million euros of dismissal indemnities and is replaced by Paul Le Guen. Its assessment as a trainer of the PSG is of 8 victories, 14 defeats and 16 null out of 38 matches played Leagues 1 of them.

It recovers a few months after a post of sporting consultant for Canal+ and France Television.

Career

Player

1970-1975 : Villefranche-with-Rouergue
1975-1976:
1976-1979:
1979-1981:
1981-1983:
1983-1985:
1985- November 1986:
December 1986 - 1987:
1987-1989:

Trainer

1990- October 1995: (training center)
October 1995 - 1997:
1998- January 1999:
February 1999 - 2002:
2002-2005:
December 27th, 2005 - January 15th, 2007:

Prize list

Player

1977 : Champion of France ().
1984: Olympic champion ().

Trainer

1995 : Winner of the Cut Gambardella ().
2003: Finalist of the Cut of the League ().
2004: Winner of the Cut of the League ().
2006: Winner of the Coupe de France ().

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