Gérard Houllier
Gérard Paul Francis Houllier OBE (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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Houllier in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gérard Paul Francis Houllier | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 September 1947 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Thérouanne, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 December 2020 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1968 | Hucqueliers | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Alsop | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1971 | Hucqueliers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1980 | Le Touquet | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Liverpool (joint with Roy Evans) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Liverpool | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Aston Villa | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
From July 2012 until his death, Houllier had been head of global football for Red Bull. He was responsible for Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg, Germany's RB Leipzig and American club New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Brasil, as well as the now dissolved Red Bull Ghana academies. He became the technical director of women's football clubs Lyon Féminin and OL Reign in November 2020.