Philippe Montanier

Philippe Montanier

Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-11-15) 15 November 1964
Place of birth	Vernon, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Nottingham Forest (manager)
Youth career
	Évreux AC
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
2004–2009	Boulogne
2009–2011	Valenciennes
2011–2013	Real Sociedad
2013–2016	Rennes
2016–	Nottingham Forest
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Philippe Montanier (born 15 November 1964) is French former footballer and the manager of Nottingham Forest.^[1] Montanier is one of a growing number of managers to have played as a goalkeeper in their earlier career; others include Leonid Slutsky, Walter Zenga and Julen Lopetegui.

Career

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

Coaching career

He managed US Boulogne from 2004 and was named Ligue 2 best manager in 2009.^[2] After achieving promotion to Ligue 1, he left Boulogne for Valenciennes FC.^[3]

Montanier was offered job as Spanish La Liga club Real Sociedad manager. He signed a two-year contract with the club on 4 June 2011.^[4]

On 21 May 2013 it was announced that he would not extend his contract at Real Sociedad, and join Stade Rennais at the end of the season.^[5]

On 27 June 2016 he was appointed manager of Nottingham Forest, currently playing in the Championship.^[6] His first game in charge came on 6th August where his side beat newly promoted Burton Albion F.C. 4-3 at the City Ground.

Managerial record

As of match played 2 December 2016

References

External links

• Real Sociedad official profile (Spanish)
• L'Équipe career stats
• Worldfootball profile