Thierry Laurey (born 17 February 1964) is a French professional football manager and former

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who played as a defender and

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. He is the manager of

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club

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. Laurey had one international cap for

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against

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in a March 1989 qualifier for the

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Managerial career

Laurey was sacked from

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following relegation and replaced by

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. In 2011, he became the manager of Arles-Avignon. The following year he joined Gazélec Ajaccio for a three-year stint, before taking on his current role. In 2017, Laurey guided Strasbourg back to

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after a nine-year absence by winning the

championship. In March 2019, he took Strasbourg to its fourth

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final, in which they faced

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and won their fourth Coupe de la Ligue title, their first since

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. He left the club in May 2021. On 20 June 2021, Laurey was appointed as head coach of Ligue 2 side

, on a two-year contract.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Marseille * Division 1 runner-up: 1986–87 *

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runner-up: 1986–87 Montpellier *Coupe de France runner-up: 1993–94 * Coupe d'Été runner-up: 1994

Manager

Strasbourg *

: 2016–17 *Coupe de la Ligue: 2018–19

References

External links

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