5 things you should know about Paul Le Guen
Former Lyon and PSG coach is set to be named as Nigeria’s national team manager any moment from now, he’ll have the immediate task of navigating Eagles through a tough 2018 World Cup qualifying group that features Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia. Here are fi
International playing career marred by injuries- appeared for hometown team Stade Brest, Nantes and PSG where he made nearly five hundred appearances and won the cup winners cup medal in 1996 but on the downside France never got the best out of him on the international stage as he only appeared 17 times for Les Blues always injured when he was called upon, was part of the star studded team that narrowly missed out on the 1994 world cup alongside English Premier League heroes Eric Cantona and David Ginola.
Discovered Nonda and Diouf- managed Rennes between 1998- 2001 and is credited with bringing to limelight two of Africa’s legendary players Senegal’s El Hadji Diouf and DR Congo’s Shabani Nonda, they both under his guidance, developed into super talented footballers.
Triple success with Lyon- it will be recalled that not too long ago before PSG’s resurgence Lyon once held sway scooping seven Ligue 1 titles on the trot, well, Le Guen played a part in that, guiding the team to three league titles during his time.
Rangers shortest serving manager- Glasgow Rangers fans will remember Le Guen for one thing though, he was the shortest serving manager in the club’s 143 year history, replaced Alex Mcleish in March 2006 only depart ten months later by mutual consent after the most terrible start to a season by Rangers where they won only two of their first ten games in 2006/2007
Guided Cameroon to 2010 World Cup- for Cameroun, Le Guen entered the history books when he guided the indomitable lions to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, it was the first Mundial to be staged on the African continent and the Frenchman made sure the central Africans marked their attendance on the register.