Claude Puel
Personal information
Date of birth	2 September 1961 (1961-09-02) (age 48)
Place of birth	Castres, France
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Olympique Lyon (Manager)
Youth career
1970–1977 1977–1979	Castres AS Monaco
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979–1996	AS Monaco	0488 (4)
Teams managed
1999–2001 2002–2008 2008–	AS Monaco Lille Olympique Lyon
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Claude Puel (born 2 September 1961 in Castres) is a French former football midfielder, now a manager. He currently manages Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyon.^[1] He spent 17 years playing for AS Monaco.

[edit] Managerial career

Before being appointed as the manager of Monaco, he was the physical trainer and manager of the Monaco's reserve team. He was appointed as the manager in January 1999. He won the French Championship in 2000, with players such as Ludovic Giuly and Marcelo Gallardo. In July 2001, his contract was not renewed and he left Monaco after 24 years at the club as a player and a coach. In July 2002, he was appointed manager of the Lille Olympique Sporting Club, where he became one of the longest serving coaches in the French League (serving for six consecutive seasons).^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Manchester United incident

Puel courted controversy on 20 February 2007 in a UEFA Champions League match against Manchester United in Lille^{[citation needed]}. After Ryan Giggs scored a quickly taken free-kick late in the game, Puel was thought to be encouraging his players to walk off the pitch in protest^{[citation needed]}, although the game eventually continued after a short delay. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson described the incident in an interview with ITV after the match as 'disgraceful' and 'intimidation of the referee'^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Olympique Lyonnais

Puel joined French club Olympique Lyon on 18 June 2008. He signed a four year contract with the seven time French champions. He also became Lyon's 4th different manager in the last 4 years.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] As player

• French Championship winner (1982, 1988)
• Coupe de France (1991)
• Semi-finalist UEFA Champions League (1994)

[edit] As manager

• French Championship winner (2000) with Monaco
• Finalist Coupe de la Ligue (2001) with Monaco
• Second place, French Championship (2005) with Lille
• Third place, French Championship with Lille (2006) and Lyon (2009)

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Manager

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Monaco		January 1999	July 2001
Lille		1 July 2002	17 June 2008	338	136	93	109	40.24
Lyon		18 June 2008	Present	29	15	5	9	51.72
Total				367	151	98	118	41.14

As of 20 January 2009.^[2][3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Goal.com profile

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