Gerard HOULLIER

Gerard HOULLIER - Liverpool FC - 2001 UEFA Cup Victory for Manager

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 16 May 2001

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    • POSITION
      Manager/Midfielder
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 03 September 1947
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Thérouanne, France. Died 14th. December 2020 aged 73.
  • CLUBS
  • Liverpool FC
    • Club Career Dates
      1998-2004
    • League Debut
    • Club Career
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Gerard HOULLIER - Liverpool FC - 2001 UEFA Cup Victory for Manager

Gérard Houllier holds the UEFA Cup after Liverpool's win over Alavés in Dortmund.

It was probably the highlight of his managerial career at Anfield.

 

Below is his Wikipedia page.

 

Club career:

Born in Thérouanne, Houllier entered Lille University to pursue a degree in English,

but in the first year his father's serious illness forced him to drop out of full-time studying

and start work, eventually as a school teacher, while he completed his degree part-time.

As part of his degree, he elected to spend a year in 1969–1970 in the city of Liverpool as

an assistant at Alsop Comprehensive School, and while there he attended his first Liverpool F.C.

match on 16 September 1969, a 10–0 thrashing of Irish club Dundalk. He also played for an

amateur local side, Alsop. He was an enthusiastic footballer, but never threatened the professional

ranks as a player. He was deputy headmaster of the École Normale d'Arras until reaching

age 26 in 1973, when he began his full-time managerial career as player-manager of Le Touquet.

 

Teams managed:

1973–1976  Le Touquet

1976–1982  Nœux-les-Mines

1982–1985  Lens

1985–1988  Paris Saint-Germain

1988–1992  France (assistant manager)

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.

 

Houllier died on 14th. December 2020, after suffering from heart problems for many years.