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DIRECTOR: Gérard Houllier, arms outstretched, from his time as Aston Villa manager. Photo: Fredrik Solstad
French soccer coach Gérard Houllier is dead, French RMC and L’Équipe report. Houllier has been, among other things, France’s national coach and manager of PSG and Liverpool.
Houllier turned 73. According to L’Équipe, he returned home after an operation on the main artery.
The Frenchman had a modest career as a soccer player, but as a coach and coach he ranks among the best in French soccer.
Already in his first season with PSG in 1985/1986, he led the club to its first league gold in France.
After three years at PSG, he became assistant coach of the French team in 1988, a position he held until he assumed the position of director of the team after a failed European Championship in France in 1992. However, there was no great success and after the French team failed to qualify. For the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Houllier resigned in 1993.
In the summer of 1998, together with Roy Evans, he became Liverpool manager, a responsibility assigned to him alone since the autumn of 1998. Houllier was manager of the great English club until 2004 and led Liverpool to a triple in 2001 : the League Cup, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup. the cup.
During his time in Liverpool, he brought John Arne Riise, Vegard Heggem and Frode Kippe, among others, to the club. Øyvind Leonhardsen, Stig Inge Bjørnebye and Bjørn Tore Kvarme were at the club when Houllier took over.
LIVERPOOL: As Liverpool manager, Houllier brought John Arne Riise to the club, among others. Photo: Erik Hannemann
Houllier took over as Lyon’s coach in 2005, where he led the French team to league victory two years in a row with, among others, John Carew on the team. His last managerial job was currently at Aston Villa, where he retired after falling ill at the end of the 2010/2011 season.
Also during his stay in Liverpool, he was reported to be ill after being rushed to hospital for heart problems.
The case is being updated.
