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Claude Puel 
Personal information Full name Claude Puel Date of birth 2 September 1961 Place of birth Castres, France Playing position Defensive Midfielder Youth career 1970–1977 Castres 1977–1979 Monaco Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1979–1996 Monaco 488 (4) Teams managed 1999–2001 Monaco 2002–2008 Lille 2008–2011 Lyon * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Claude Puel (born 2 September 1961 in Castres) is a French football manager and former player. He spent 17 years playing for AS Monaco.
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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]
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'"He's a young guy so he will learn to hold it down soon. Hopefully he doesn't learn the hard way."[citation needed].
Olympique Lyonnais
Puel joined French club Olympique Lyon on 18 June 2008.[1] 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. In 2010 he made the club reach the semifinal of the Champion's League for the first time in its history. Lyon terminated his contract on 20 June 2011, although he had one year remaining on his contract with the club.
Honours
Club
- Ligue 1: 1981-82, 1987-88
- Coupe de France: 1980, 1985, 1991
- Trophée des champions: 1985
- Coppa delle Alpi: 1979, 1983, 1984
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Runner-up: 1992
Managerial
- Ligue 1: 1999-2000
- Trophée des champions: 2000
- Coupe de la Ligue Runner-up: 2001
Statistics
Manager
Team Nat From To Record G W D L Win % Monaco 
January 1999 July 2001 91 47 14 30 51.65 Lille 1 July 2002 17 June 2008 338 136 109 93 40.24 Lyon 18 June 2008 20 June 2011 143 71 40 32 49.65 Total 572 254 163 155 44.41 - As of 19 February 2011
References
- ^ "Puel appointed Lyon manager". FourFourTwo. http://fourfourtwo.com/news/restofeurope/11959/default.aspx. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
External links
Ligue 1 Manager of the Year AS Monaco FC – managers Szanislo & Szemtmiklosy (1933–34) · Batmale (1948–50) · Schwartz (1950–52) · Grizzetti (1952–53) · Dupal (1953–56) · Marek (1956–58) · Pironi (1958) · Leduc (1958–63) · Courtois (1963–65) · Pironi (1965–66) · Sinibaldi (1966–69) · Pironi (1969) · Domergue (1969–70) · Luciano (1970–72) · Bravo (1972–74) · Muro (1974–76) · Forcherio (1976–77) · Leduc (1977–79) · G.Banide (1979–83) · Muller (1983–86) · Kovács (1986–87) · Wenger (1987–94) · Petit (1994) · Ettori (1994–95) · G.Banide (1995) · Tigana (1995–99) · Puel (1999–2001) · Deschamps (2001–05) · Petit (2005) · Guidolin (2005–06) · Bölöni (2006) · L.Banide (2006–07) · Gomes (2007–09) · Lacombe (2009–11) · L.Banide (2011) · Simone (2011–)
Lille OSC – managers Nagy (1931–32) · De Veen (1932–34) · Fisher (1934–35) · Magner (1935–37) · Steirling (1937–38) · Konrád (1938–39) · Winckelmans (1941–43) · Denglos (1943–44) · Berry (1944–46) · Cheuva (1946–58) · Delepaut (1958–59) · Vandooren (1959–61) · Baratte (1961–62) · Poitevin (1962–63) · Bigot (1963–66) · Langrand (1966–69) · Jadrejak (1969–70) · Gardien (1970–73) · Peyroche (1973–76) · Samoy (1976–77) · Arribas (1977–82) · Dos Santos (1982–84) · Heylens (1984–89) · Santini (1989–92) · Metsu (1992–93) · Kasperczak (1993) · Mankowski (1993–94) · Fernandez (1994–95) · Cavalli (1995–97) · Gauthier & Samoy (1997) · Froger (1997–98) · Halilhodžić (1998–2001) · Baronchelli (2001–02) · Halilhodžić (2002) · Puel (2002–08) · Garcia (2008–)
Olympique Lyonnais – managers Limbeck (1931–3x) · Duckworth (1945–46) · 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 (2007–08) · Puel (2008–11) · Garde (2011–)
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