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Gérard Houllier
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French football manager (1947–2020)
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Gérard Houllier was a French association football player and coach born in Thérouanne on September 3, 1947. He played as a midfielder during his career. His birth name was Gérard Paul Francis Houllier. He held French citizenship and spoke French as his native language.
As a coach, he managed Aston Villa F.C. and the France men's national association football team. He received the Knight of the Legion of Honour award. He authored one work titled *Je ne marcherai jamais seul*.
Houllier died in Boulogne-Billancourt on December 14, 2020, due to natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Je ne marcherai jamais seul
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1947
- Active to
- 2020
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,422x
- Hybrid porous solids: past, present, future
· 2008 · cited 5,638x
- Gut microbiome influences efficacy of PD-1–based immunotherapy against epithelial tumors
· 2018 · cited 5,034x
- Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities
· 2021 · cited 4,792x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Full name
- Gérard Paul Francis Houllier
- Date of birth
- ( 1947-09-03 ) 3 September 1947
- Place of birth
- Thérouanne , France
- Date of death
- 14 December 2020 (2020-12-14) (aged 73)
- Place of death
- Boulogne-Billancourt , France
- Position
- Midfielder
- 1959 1968
- Hucqueliers
- Years
- Team
- 1968 1969
- Alsop
- 1969 1971
- Hucqueliers
- 1971 1980
- Le Touquet
- 1973 1976
- Le Touquet
- 1976 1982
- Nœux-les-Mines
- 1982 1985
- Lens
- 1985 1988
- Paris Saint-Germain
- 1992 1993
- France
- 1994 1996
- France U18
- 1996 1997
- France U20
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Retired Soccer
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- France
via TheSportsDB
~16 min read
Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Gérard Paul Francis Houllier ( French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ ulje]; 3 September 1947 – 14 December 2020) was a French professional 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 Lyon 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.
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