Hubert Fournier (; born 3 September 1967) is a French

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manager and former

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who most recently managed

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

. He formerly managed

Reims Reims ( ; ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 12th most populous city in Fran ...

between 2010 and 2014, Gueugnon in 2008 and was an assistant coach at Stade de Reims from 2009 to 2010.

Early life

Hubert Fournier was born on 3 September 1967 in

Riom Riom (; Auvergnat ''Riam'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. History Until the French Revolution, Riom was the capital of the province of Auvergne, and the ...

, Puy-de-Dôme.

Managerial career

Under his first season (2010–11),

finished

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as 10th and reached the quarter-final of the

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. In the following season (2011–12)

finished the

as runner-up and returned to Ligue 1 after 33 years. On 23 May 2014, Fournier was named new manager of

. On 23 December 2015, Fournier was dismissed as head coach of Lyon, and replaced by

Bruno Génésio Bruno "Pep" Génésio (born 1 September 1966) is a French football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the head coach of Ligue 1 club Lille. Early life Génésio was born on 1 September 1966 in Lyon. Playing career Gén� ...

Managerial statistics

Honours

Individual * Onze d'Or Coach of the Year:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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