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Personal information
René Girard
Date of birth	April 3, 1954 (1954-04-03) (age 55)
Place of birth	Vauvert, France
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Montpellier HSC
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1973–1980 1980–1988 1988–1991	Nîmes Olympique FC Girondins de Bordeaux Nîmes Olympique	202 (27) 241 (17) 092 0(5)
National team
1981–1982	France	007 0(1)
Teams managed
1991–1992 1994 1996–1997 1998 1998–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2008 2009–	Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique Pau FC RC Strasbourg France (assistant coach) France Under-19s France Under-16s France U-21 Montpellier HSC
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

René Girard (born April 4, 1954 in Vauvert, Gard) is a former football midfielder from France.

[edit] Career

Girard won seven caps (one goal) for France and was a member of the squad that finished fourth at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

He was last the head coach of the France national under-21 football team and on 03 June 2009 the former Nimes, Strasbourg and France youth teams coach has signed for Montpellier HSC, replacing Rolland Courbis.

v • d • e Montpellier HSC – current squad

1 Pionnier · 3 Yanga-M'Biwa · 4 Džodić · 5 Spahić · 6 Marveaux · 7 Lacombe · 8 Delaye · 10 Compan · 11 Montaño · 12 Dernis · 13 Nelson · 14 Benhamida · 15 Sahnoun · 16 Jourdren · 17 Pitau · 18 Aït-Fana · 19 Camara · 20 Costa · 21 El Kaoutari · 22 Colombo · 23 Saihi · 24 Koita · 25 Collin · 27 Jeunechamp · 29 Belhanda · 30 Carrasso · 40 Scribe · Manager: Girard

v • d • e France squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Baratelli • 2 Amoros • 3 Battiston • 4 Bossis • 5 Janvion • 6 Lopez • 7 Mahut • 8 Trésor • 9 Genghini • 10 Platini • 11 Girard • 12 Giresse • 13 Larios • 14 Tigana • 15 Bellone • 16 Couriol • 17 Lacombe • 18 Rocheteau • 19 Six • 20 Soler • 21 Castaneda • 22 Ettori • Coach: Hidalgo

RC Strasbourg – Managers

Bongard (1928–30) · Riebe (1930–32) · Neureuther (1932–33) · Fischer (1933–34) · Kerr (1934–35) · Blum (1935–38) · Rumbold (1938–39) · Bostelaar (1941–44) · Veinante (1945–47) · Andrup (1947–48) · Veinante (1948–49) · Nicolas (1949–52) · Humpál (1952–55) · Heisserer (1955–56) · Avellaneda (1956–57) · Faczinek (1957–58) · Humpál (1958–60) · Veinante (1960–61) · Jonquet (1961–64) · Frantz (1964–66) · Presch (1966–67) · Hauss (1967–68) · Frantz (1968–70) · Mateo (1970–71) · Csaknády (1971) · Frantz (1971) · Nowotarski (1971–73) · Domergue (1973–74) · Hollink (1974–75) · Frantz (1975–76) · Schilcher (1976) · Schwartz (1976–77) · Gress (1977–80) · Hild (1980–81) · Lemerre (1981–83) · Sundermann (1983–85) · Huck (1985) · Piasecki (1985–86) · Six (1986) · Herbin (1986–87) · Kasperczak (1987–88) · Dogliani (1988) · Banide (1988–89) · Specht (1989–91) · Gress (1991–94) · Jeandupeux (1994–95) · Duguépéroux (1995–98) · Girard (1998) · Mankowski (1998–99) · Le Roy (1999–00) · Pouliquen (2000–01) · Hašek (2001–03) · Kombouaré (2003–04) · Duguépéroux (2004–06) · Papin (2006–07) · Furlan (2007–09) · Gress (2009) · Janin (2009–)

v • d • e France national under-21 football team – Managers

Bourrier (1988–93) · Domenech (1993–2004) · Girard (2004–08) · Mombaerts (2008–)

Gibson (1924–25) · Dewaquez/Kaucsar (1936–37) · Berecz (1937–38) · Azéma (1937–38) · Bénézech/Cristol (1945–46) · Kramer (1946–48) · Winckelmans (1948–50) · Bastien (1950–51) · Závodi (1951–52) · Cazorro (1952–53) · Darui (1953–54) · Tomazover (1954–55) · Mirouze (1955–56) · Závodi (1956–57) · Mirouze (1957–63) · Favre (1963–68) · Rolhion (1968–69) · Borowski (1969–70) · Mirouze (1970–74) · Cristol (1974–76) · Favre (1976) · Nouzaret (1976–80) · Firoud & Bonnet (1980–82) · Bonnet (1982–83) · Nouzaret (1983–85) · Mézy (1985–87) · Mosca (1987–89) · Jacquet (1989–90) · Mézy (1990) · Kasperczak (1990–92) · Gili & Gasset (1992–94) · Mézy (1994–98) · Gasset (1998–99) · Mézy (1999–2002) · Bernardet (2002–04) · Nouzaret (2004) · Domergue (2004–07) · Courbis (2007–09) · Girard (2009–)

v • d • e Ligue 1 managers

Antonetti · Baždarević · Blanc · Casanova · Cormier · Correa · Deschamps · Fernandez · Galtier · Garcia · Gillot · Girard · Gourcuff · Guyot · Kombouaré · Lacombe · Montanier · Ollé-Nicolle · Puel · Wallemme

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