Philippe Montanier

Philippe Jacques William Montanier (born 15 November 1964) is French professional football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently unemployed after most recently managing Belgian First Division A side Standard Liège.

Philippe Montanier
Montanier as Lens manager in 2018
Personal information
Full name Philippe Jacques William Montanier[1]
Date of birth (1964-11-15) 15 November 1964
Place of birth Vernon, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1970–1980 Pacy-sur-Eure
1980–1984 Évreux AC
1984–1987 Caen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Caen 55 (0)
1990–1991 Nantes 7 (0)
1991–1994 Caen 73 (0)
1994–1997 Toulouse 87 (0)
1997–1999 Gueugnon 79 (0)
1999–2000 Saint-Étienne 4 (0)
Total 305 (0)
Teams managed
2000–2001 Caen (CEO)
2001 Toulouse (assistant)
2001–2002 Bastia (assistant)
2002–2004 Ivory Coast (assistant)
2004–2009 Boulogne
2009–2011 Valenciennes
2011–2013 Real Sociedad
2013–2016 Rennes
2016–2017 Nottingham Forest
2017–2018 France U20
2018–2020 Lens
2020 Standard Liège
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Montanier played as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 sides, including Caen, Nantes, Toulouse, Gueugnon and Saint-Étienne.

Managerial career

Montanier was head coach of US Boulogne from 2004 and was named Ligue 2 Manager of the Year in 2009.[2] After achieving promotion to Ligue 1, he left Boulogne for Valenciennes on 3 June 2009.[3]

He was offered the job as La Liga club Real Sociedad manager, signing a two-year contract with the club on 4 June 2011.[4][5]

On 21 May 2013, it was announced that Montanier would not extend his contract at Real Sociedad, and instead, he later joined Rennes at the end of the season.[6]

On 27 June 2016, Montanier was appointed manager of Championship side Nottingham Forest.[7] His first game in charge was on 6 August, where his side beat newly-promoted Burton Albion 4–3 at the City Ground. On 14 January 2017, Montanier was relieved of his duties following a run of two points from a possible 21 and only two clean sheets in 30 games.[8]

On 2 November 2017, Montanier became the new head coach of the France under-20 team.[9][10]

On 22 May 2018, Montanier took over as Lens manager.[11]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 26 December 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLGFGAGDWin %
Boulogne 1 July 2004 3 June 2009 209 102 44 63 302 217 +85 048.80 [12]
Valenciennes 3 June 2009 4 June 2011 82 25 29 28 102 100 +2 030.49 [12]
Real Sociedad 4 June 2011 30 June 2013 82 32 24 26 126 114 +12 039.02 [13]
Rennes 1 July 2013 20 January 2016 115 40 37 38 138 137 +1 034.78 [12]
Nottingham Forest 27 June 2016 14 January 2017 30 9 6 15 41 53 −12 030.00 [13]
France U20 2 November 2017 22 May 2018 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 033.33 [10]
Lens 22 May 2018 25 February 2020 78 37 21 20 106 72 +34 047.44 [12]
Standard Liège 10 June 2020 26 December 2020 28 10 8 10 36 37 −1 035.71 [12]
Total 627 256 170 201 854 732 +122 040.83 —

Honours

Player

Caen

Toulouse

Manager

Boulogne

Rennes

Individual

References
  1. "Entreprise Emod à Lucciana (20290)" [Company Emod in Lucciana (20290)]. Figaro Entreprises (in French). Société du Figaro. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
    "Philippe Montanier". BFM Business (in French). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. "Les Nordistes honorés". 20 minutes. 25 May 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. "Philippe Montanier entraîneur du VAFC". Valenciennes FC official website (in French). 2 June 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  4. "Montanier leaves Valenciennes for La Real". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  5. "Montanier, nuevo entrenador de la Real Sociedad". RTVE (in Spanish). EFE. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. "Philippe Montanier leaves Real Sociedad to become Rennes coach". Sky Sports. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  7. "Nottingham Forest appoint Philippe Montanier as head coach". Nottingham Forest official website. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  8. "Nottingham Forest sack manager Philippe Montanier". BBC Sport. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  9. Quarez, Benjamin (26 October 2017). "Équipe de France, Philippe Montanier avec les U20". Goal.com (in French). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  10. "Philippe Montanier managerial profile at French Football Federation". French Football Federation (in French). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  11. Sabbagh, Antoine (23 May 2018). "Philippe Montanier est le nouvel entraîneur du RC Lens". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  12. "Philippe Montanier profile at Footballdatabase.eu". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  13. "Philippe Montanier managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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