Hubert Fournier

Hubert Fournier ( born September 3, 1967 in Riom ) is a French former football player and current coach. With his colleague and namesake Laurent Fournier he is not related.

Playing career

Coaching career

After his playing time, he decided to purchase the soccer coach license. On the occasion of compulsory education during the internship with a professional club he tried, unlike most students, not for a place at one of the " big " clubs in Europe, but completed it with the English second division club Cardiff City.

"I did not do this to differ from the others ... but because I did not expect that I would one day Chelsea, Manchester, Liverpool or Arsenal commit. I preferred a club whose conditions would be on the French football can be transferred. "

After completing his training Hubert Fournier worked as an assistant coach Philippe Montanier in the U.S. Boulogne (2004-2008), then as head coach and director of coaching staff at FC Gueugnon (2008/ 09). In the summer of 2009 brought him the relegated to the third tier Stade Reims as an assistant coach Marc Collat ​​; twelve months later, returned to the second division club promoted him to the responsible manager. Hubert Fournier is considered a " pragmatic, determined, thoughtful and reserved "; Players who have trained under him, appreciate him, that he just also promotes young footballers, for which he " always an open ear and a personal word " have. On the occasion of the announcement in early 2014 to try to extend the contract with Fournier for another two years, raised club president Jean -Pierre Caillot another quality of the coach out, " Hubert has always been the [ limited ] accepted ways of clubs and never complained about it" - of the twenty first division side Reims has the fourth-smallest budget in season - but guided the team in the current season in the top third of the table.

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• Football players (France)
• Football coach (France)
• Born in 1967
• Man