- Rémi Garde
Infobox Football biography
playername = Rémi Garde
fullname = Rémi Garde
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1966|4|3
cityofbirth =L'Arbresle
countryofbirth =France
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Defender
youthyears = 1982-1987
youthclubs = Lyon
years = 1987-1993 1993-1996 1996-1999
clubs = Lyon Strasbourg Arsenal
caps(goals) = 145 (22) 068 0(3) 031 0(0)
nationalyears = 1990-1992
nationalteam = France
nationalcaps(goals) = 006 0(0)Rémi Garde (born
April 3 1966 inL'Arbresle ,France ) is an assistant coachatOlympique Lyonnais and a former footballer.Garde started his playing career at Lyon in 1982, helping the club achieve promotion to
Ligue 1 in 1989. Playing as adefensive midfielder orsweeper , he became club captain and made his debut for France against Kuwait in January 1990. In all he won six caps for his country, and was a member of the French squad at Euro 92. Garde left Lyon in 1993 to join Strasbourg, where he spent three seasons and reached aFrench Cup final in 1995.Garde moved to
England in August 1996, joining Arsenal afterArsène Wenger recommended him to the club (Wenger was not Arsenal's manager at this stage, as he was seeing out his contract atNagoya Grampus Eight ). Garde joined on the same day asPatrick Vieira , though unlike Vieira, the 30-year-old Garde was intended to be more of an experienced cover player rather than a future first-team regular. Garde became known for his tidy and reliable performances as backup for Vieira orEmmanuel Petit ; he played 43 matches over three seasons for Arsenal, and was a member of the Double-winning side of 1997-98, winning anFA Premier League winners' medal.With age and injury limiting his appearances, Garde retired from professional football in June 1999. After a period working as a pundit on French television, he rejoined his old club Lyon as a coach in 2003, and helped the club to win Ligue 1 titles in 2003-04 and 2004-05. After the departure of
Paul Le Guen in the summer of 2005, Garde became assistant to his replacementGérard Houllier .In May 2007, With his contract as Assistant Manager to
Gérard Houllier due to expire at Lyon. Garde has been linked to a return to his former club in the new 'Director of Football' position at Arsenal, a role created to replace that of the recently departed Vice-ChairmanDavid Dein . [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=452392&in_page_id=1779 Remi could prosper in changing of Garde | Mail Online ] ]External links and references
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=GARDE%20R%E9mi Profile at French federation official site]
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