Alain Perrin

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Alain Perrin

Alain Perrin (centre)
Personal information
Date of birth October 7, 1956 (1956-10-07) (age 51)
Place of birth    Lure, Haute-Saône, France
Club information
Current club Olympique Lyonnais
Teams managed
1983-1993
1993-2002
2002-2004
2004
2005
2006-2007
2007-Present		 AS Nancy (youth coach)
Troyes AC
Olympique de Marseille
Al-Ain
Portsmouth
FC Sochaux
Olympique Lyonnais


* Appearances (Goals)

Alain Perrin, (born October 7, 1956 in Lure, Haute-Saône), is a French association football coach that is currently managing French club Olympique Lyonnais.

Perrin began his coaching career at AS Nancy in 1983, as junior coach to Arsène Wenger. Perrin built up a reputation as a talented young coach whilst at the club, and was appointed to run the club's academy.

In 1993 Perrin had his first chance at management, taking over as manager of non-league club Troyes AC, quickly taking the club to Ligue 1 after three promotions in six seasons, and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. This success led to his being offered the position as manager of Olympique de Marseille in 2002.

During his time at the club Perrin paid a French domestic transfer record for Didier Drogba. However, Perrin was sacked by Marseille after a poor run of league form in January 2004.

Perrin was linked to a number of positions around Europe, including the position of manager at Southampton F.C. However, in July 2004 he was named manager of Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates. Perrin had little luck with his new club however and was sacked after a disappointing run in October 2004.

In April 2005 he was appointed manager of Portsmouth F.C., replacing caretaker Velimir Zajec, who had been in charge since previous manager Harry Redknapp left in November 2004. Immediately he was nicknamed 'Reggie' by the British press and the Pompey fans after the character Reginald Perrin from "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin". He succeeded in keeping the club in the top flight, but the next season, just 8 months into the job and after achieving only 4 wins from 20 games, Perrin was sacked.

He remained out of football management for 6 months, before returning on 19th May 2006 to the familiar territory of the French league at Ligue 1 side FC Sochaux. In 2007, he won the French Cup with his new club over Olympique de Marseille.

Perrin took over as manager of French champions Lyon on 30 May 2007, after Gérard Houllier resigned earlier that month.[1] In his first season, he led the club to a sixth consecutive Ligue 1 championship title.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Perrin replaces Houllier at Lyon", BBC Sport, 2007-05-30. Retrieved on 2007-05-30. 

[edit] Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Portsmouth April 7, 2005 November 24, 2005 21 4 11 6 19.04
Sochaux 2006 2007
Lyon 2007 2008 38 24 7 7 63.15

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Preceded by
Velimir Zajec		 Portsmouth F.C. Manager
2005		 Succeeded by
Joe Jordan (caretaker)
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Troyes AC – Managers

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Olympique de Marseille – Managers

Farmer (1923–24) • Gibson (1925–29) • Tanguy (1929–32) • Bell (1932–33) • Diettrich (1933–35) • Eisenhoffer (1935–38) • Kohut (1938) • Conchy (1938) • Eisenhoffer (1938–41) • Gascard (1941–42) • Seitz (1942) • Blanc (1942–43) • Gonzales (1943) • Henric (1943–44) • Gonzales (1944) • Wartel (1944–46) • Dewaquez (1946–47) • Zilizzi (1948–49) • Jordan (1949–50) • Rosseler (1950–54) • Rolhion (1954–56) • Robin (1956–58) • Zilizzi (1958) • Maurer (1958–59) • Troupel (1959–62) • Glória (1962) • Penverne (1962) • Miró (1962–63) • Robin (1963–64) • Zatelli (1964–66) • Domergue (1966–67) • Djorkaeff (1968) • Zatelli (1968–70) • Leduc (1971–72) • Zatelli (1972) • Linder (1972–73) • Zatelli (1973) • Bonnel (1973) • Riera (1973–74) • Zvunka (1974–76) • Arribas (1976–77) • Zvunka (1977) • Marković (1977–78) • Zvunka (1978–80) • Robin (1980) • Batteux (1980–81) • Gransart (1981–84) • Cahuzac (1984–85) • Olarević (1985–86) • Bandie (1986–88) • Gili (1988–90) • Beckenbauer (1990–91) • Goethals (1991) • Ivić (1991) • Goethals (1991–92) • Fernandez (1992) • Goethals (1992–93) • Bourrier (1993–94) • Gili (1994) • Stambouli (1994–95) • Gili (1995–97) • Courbis (1997–99) • Casoni (1999–2000) • Abel Braga (2000) • Emon and Galtier (2000) • Clemente (2000–01) • Ivić (2001) • Anigo (2001) • Lévy and Skoblar (2000) • Emon (2001) • Ivić (2001) • Emon (2001–02) • Perrin (2002–04) • Anigo (2004) • Troussier (2004–05) • Fernandez (2005–06) • Emon (2006–07) • Gerets (2007–)
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Portsmouth F.C. – Managers

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(c) caretaker
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FC Sochaux-Montbéliard – Managers

Bailly (1928–29) • Gibson (1929–34) • Bailly (1934) • Ross (1934–36) • Abegglen (1936) • Ross (1936–39) • Wartel (1939–44) • Mattler (1944–46) • Wartel (1946–52) • Dormois (1952–57) • Wartel (1957–60) • Dupal (1960–62) • Hug (1962–66) • Vuillaume (1966–67) • Krstić (1967–69) • Barret (1969–77) • Fauvergue (1977–81) • Mosca (1981–84) • Takač (1984–85) • Fauvergue (1985–87) • Barret (1987) • Takač (1987–94) • Santini (1994–95) • Notheaux (1995–96) • Hadžibegić (1996–98) • Anziani (1998–99) • Fernandez (1999–2002) • Lacombe (2002–05) • Bijotat (2005–06) • Perrin (2006–07) • Hantz (2007) • Ruty (2007) • Gillot (2008–)
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Olympique Lyonnais – Managers

Heisserer (1950–54) • Darui (1954–55) • Troupel (1955–59) • Robert (1959–61) • Fernandez (1961–62) • Jasseron (1962–66) • Hon (1966–68) • Mignot (1968–76) • Jacquet (1976–80) • Destrumelle (1980–81) • Kovačević (1981–83) • Herbin (1983–85) • Nouzaret (1985–87) • Papas (1987–88) • Le Borgne (1988) • Domenech (1988–93) • Tigana (1993–95) • Stéphan (1995–96) • Lacombe (1996–2000) • Santini (2000–02) • Le Guen (2002–05) • Houllier (2005–07) • Perrin (2007–)
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Olympique Lyonnais – current squad

1 Lloris • 2 Clerc • 3 Cris • 4 Müller • 5 Bodmer • 6 Källström • 8 Juninho • 9 Fred • 10 Benzema • 11 Grosso • 12 Pjanić • 14 Govou • 18 Ben Arfa • 19 Delgado • 20 Réveillère • 21 Crosas • 22 Anderson • 23 Keïta • 24 Beynié • 25 Hartock • 27 Mounier • 28 Toulalan • 29 Squillaci • 30 Vercoutre • 32 Boumsong • 33 Charvet • 35 Roux • -- Ederson • Manager: Perrin