Gaëtan Huard

Gaëtan Huard (born 12 January 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Gaëtan Huard
Personal information
Full name Gaëtan Huard
Date of birth (1962-01-12) 12 January 1962
Place of birth Montargis, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Amilly
Pithiviers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1988 Lens 162 (0)
1988–1991 Marseille 63 (0)
1991–1996 Bordeaux 159 (0)
1996–1997 Hércules 10 (0)
Total 394 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Born in Montargis, Loiret, Huard played 357 Ligue 1 matches for RC Lens, FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Olympique de Marseille, winning the 1989 and 1990 Division 1 championships with the latter. During the 1992–93 season with Bordeaux (which would finish third in the 1992–93 French Division 1 final standings), he enjoyed a run of 1,176 minutes (stretching between matchday 17 and 31 of the Division 1 campaign) of Division 1 football without conceding a goal.[1] He helped Bordeaux win the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[2]

Huard helped Bordeaux reach the 1996 UEFA Cup final, where they lost to FC Bayern Munich. The 34-year-old had a brief stint in Spain. He played for Hércules CF during the 1996–97 season, serving as a backup goalkeeper. They were relegated from the La Liga after finishing second-bottom in the table at the conclusion of the 1996–97 La Liga season, after which Huard retired from playing professional football.

Afterwards, Huard worked several years as a sports consultant for Canal+.

References
  1. "Enyeama invincibility ended in Bordeaux defeat". Ligue 1. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. "Bordeaux-Karlsruhe 1995". uefa.com. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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