Laurent Fournier

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Laurent Fournier

| image = Laurent Fournier.jpg

| caption = Fournier in 2011

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|9|14|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur2684.html |title=Laurent Fournier |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=7 April 2025 |language=fr}}

| birth_place = Lyon, France

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1980–1988

| clubs1 = Lyon

| caps1 = 255

| goals1 = 27

| years2 = 1988–1990

| clubs2 = Saint-Étienne

| caps2 = 76

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 1990–1991

| clubs3 = Marseille

| caps3 = 28

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 1991–1994

| clubs4 = Paris Saint-Germain

| caps4 = 119

| goals4 = 13

| years5 = 1994–1995

| clubs5 = Bordeaux

| caps5 = 41

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 1995–1998

| clubs6 = Paris Saint-Germain

| caps6 = 133

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 1998

| clubs7 = Bastia

| caps7 = 5

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1992

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1998–1999

| managerclubs1 = Bastia

| manageryears2 = 1999–2002

| managerclubs2 = Feucherolles U-13

| manageryears3 = 2003

| managerclubs3 = Pacy Vallée-d'Eure

| manageryears4 = 2003–2005

| managerclubs4 = Paris Saint-Germain (reserves)

| manageryears5 = 2005

| managerclubs5 = Paris Saint-Germain

| manageryears6 = 2007

| managerclubs6 = Nîmes

| manageryears7 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs7 = Créteil

| manageryears8 = 2010–2011

| managerclubs8 = Strasbourg

| manageryears9 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs9 = Auxerre

| manageryears10 = 2013

| managerclubs10 = Red Star

| manageryears11 = 2016

| managerclubs11 = Créteil

| manageryears12 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs12 = Poissy

}}

Laurent Fournier (born 14 September 1964) is a French former professional footballer.

Managerial career

Fournier retired in 1998, immediately becoming manager of his final club SC Bastia in Ligue 1. He was fired in April 1999, and his next jobs were with the under-13 team in the village of Feucherolles, then for amateur team Pacy Vallée-d'Eure. In February 2003 he became reserve team manager of his former club Paris Saint-Germain. Two years later, he became first-team manager upon the dismissal of Vahid Halilhodžić, on a deal to last until the end of the season.{{cite news |title=Fournier the way forward for PSG |url=https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=278418.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503200931/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid%3D278418.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 May 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |publisher=UEFA |date=9 February 2005}}

On 26 May 2005, with PSG in 10th place with one game left to play, Fournier was given a new two-year contract.{{cite news |title=PSG extend Fournier deal |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/ligue-1/2004-2005/psg-extend-fournier-deal_sto723145/story.shtml |access-date=23 March 2020 |publisher=Eurosport |date=26 May 2005}} He was axed on 27 December that year, the first managerial casualty of the season, despite being in sixth place and two points off second; he was replaced by Guy Lacombe.{{cite news |title=Lacombe handed PSG reins |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01b0-0f847dc20cb2-b130ae86706b-1000--lacombe-handed-psg-reins/ |access-date=23 March 2020 |publisher=UEFA |date=27 December 2005}}

Fournier returned to football on 5 October 2007, taking over Nîmes Olympique until the end of the Championnat National season with a two-year extension if they achieved promotion to Ligue 2.{{cite news |title=Laurent Fournier, nouvel entraîneur de Nîmes ! |trans-title=Laurent Fournier, new manager of Nîmes!|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/sports/une/laurent-fournier-nouvel-entraineur-de-nimes-20071005-1723204_1068598.php |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=Le Télégramme |date=5 October 2007 |language=fr}} On 4 December, he left by mutual consent.{{cite news |title=Fournier s'en va de Nîmes|trans-title=Fournier leaves Nîmes |url=http://www.allpaname.fr/2007/12/04/fournier-sen-va-de-nimes/ |access-date=23 March 2020 |publisher=Allpaname |date=4 December 2007 |language=fr}}

In June 2009, Fournier was back in the third tier with Créteil.{{cite news |title=Laurent Fournier : " Créteil doit se lâcher "|trans-title=Laurent Fournier: "Créteil must let go"|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/hauts-de-seine-92/laurent-fournier-creteil-doit-se-lacher-09-06-2009-541971.php |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=Le Parisien |date=9 June 2009 |language=fr}} A year later, he signed for two years at Strasbourg who had just fallen into the same league.{{cite news |title=Strasbourg : l'entraîneur Laurent Fournier s'engage pour deux ans|trans-title=Strasbourg: manager Laurent Fournier signs for two years|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/strasbourg-l-entraineur-laurent-fournier-s-engage-pour-deux-ans-10-06-2010-959013.php |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=Le Parisien |date=10 June 2010 |language=fr}}

Fournier returned to Ligue 1 in June 2011, taking over at Auxerre after Jean Fernandez headed to Nancy.{{cite news |title=Football : Laurent Fournier nouvel entraîneur d'Auxerre|trans-title=Football: Laurent Fournier new manager of Auxerre |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2011/06/08/football-laurent-fournier-nouvel-entraineur-d-auxerre_1533654_3242.html |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=Le Monde |date=8 June 2011 |language=fr}} Having won four of 28 games for the bottom-placed team, he was dismissed the following 18 March and replaced by Jean-Guy Wallemme.{{cite news |title=Wallemme replaces Fournier at Auxerre |url=https://www.uefa.com/news/01fb-0e7d4d18f753-db8718d98f05-1000--wallemme-replaces-fournier-at-auxerre/ |access-date=23 March 2020 |publisher=UEFA |date=18 March 2012}}

In June 2013, Fournier was back in Paris on a two-year deal with the aim of getting Red Star into Ligue 2.{{cite news |last1=Corby |first1=Stephane |title=FOOTBALL. Fournier : " Au Red Star pour monter en Ligue 2 "|trans-title=FOOTBALL. Fournier: "At Red Star to earn promotion to Ligue 2" |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/foot-fournier-au-red-star-pour-monter-en-ligue-2-04-06-2013-2865493.php |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=Le Parisien |date=4 June 2013 |language=fr}} He was dismissed on 6 October after five losses from nine games.{{cite news |title=Fournier et le Red Star, c'est déjà fini!|trans-title=Fournier and Red Star, it's already over!|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/fournier-et-le-red-star-c-est-deja-fini-06-10-2013-3199399.php |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=Le Parisien |date=6 October 2013 |language=fr}}

Fournier rejoined Créteil in June 2016, again tasked with taking the relegated Béliers back to the second tier.{{cite news |title=Créteil: Fournier de retour sur le banc ! |trans-title=Créteil: Fournier back on the bench!|url=https://www.beinsports.com/france/football/news/creteil-fournier-de-retour-sur-le-banc/275334 |access-date=24 March 2020 |publisher=beIN Sports |date=9 June 2016 |language=fr}} He lasted only until 23 December, when he was ousted from the 14th-placed club.{{cite news |title=Laurent Fournier, fin de l'aventure à Créteil|trans-title=Laurent Fournier, end of the adventure at Créteil |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Laurent-fournier-fin-de-l-aventure/762966 |access-date=24 March 2020 |work=L'Équipe |date=23 December 2016 |language=fr}}

In June 2019, Fournier was hired by Poissy of the fourth-tier Championnat National 2. Among his players was his eldest son Anthony.{{cite news |last1=Lesage |first1=Julien |title=National 2 : les Fournier, père et fils, aux commandes de Poissy |trans-title=National 2: the Fourniers, father and son, at the helm of Poissy|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/national-2-les-fournier-pere-et-fils-aux-commandes-de-poissy-08-08-2019-8130519.php |access-date=24 March 2020 |work=Le Parisien |date=8 August 2019 |language=fr}}

Honours

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Marseille

Division 1: 1990–91{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Paris Saint-Germain

Division 1: 1993–94{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Coupe de France: 1992–93, 1997–98{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Coupe de la Ligue: 1997–98{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Trophée des Champions: 1995{{cite news |url=https://archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/psg-nantes-2-2-6-5-tab-030196-trophee-des-champions-95-96/ |title=PSG – Nantes 2-2 (6-5 tab), 03/01/96, Trophée des Champions 95-96 |publisher=archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com |access-date=5 January 2020}}
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1995–96{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}