Alain Perrin

Alain Perrin
Personal information

Full name	Alain Perrin
Date of birth	(1956-10-07) 7 October 1956 (age 56)
Place of birth	Lure, France
Club information
Current club	Qatar Olympic (manager)
Youth career
1966–1970	SR Haguenau
1970–1971	Tomblaine
1971	Nancy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1971–1975	Nancy
1976–1981	Varangéville
1983–1987	Nancy
Teams managed
1993–2002	Troyes
2002–2004	Marseille
2004	Al-Ain
2005	Portsmouth
2006–2007	Sochaux
2007–2008	Lyon
2008–2009	Saint-Étienne
2010–2012	Al-Khor
2012–	Qatar (Olympic)
2012–2013	Al Gharafa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Alain Perrin (born 7 October 1956 in Lure, Haute-Saône), is a retired French footballer and current manager of the Qatari under-23 national side, the Qatar Olympic team.

1 Managerial career
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Manager
- 2.2 Managerial honours
3 References
4 External links

Managerial career [edit]

Perrin began his coaching career at AS Nancy in 1983, as junior coach to Arsène Wenger. He built up a reputation as a talented young coach whilst at the club, and was appointed to run the club's academy.

In 1993, Perrin had his first chance at management, taking over as manager of non-league club Troyes AC, quickly taking the club to Ligue 1 after three promotions in six seasons, and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. This success led to his being offered the position as manager of Olympique de Marseille in 2002.

During his time at the club, Perrin paid a French domestic transfer record for Didier Drogba. However, Perrin was sacked by Marseille, after a poor run of league form in January 2004.

Perrin was linked to a number of positions around Europe, including the position of manager at Southampton.^[1] However, in July 2004 he was named manager of Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates. Perrin had little luck with his new club however and was sacked after a disappointing run in October 2004.

In April 2005, he was appointed manager of Portsmouth,^[2] replacing caretaker Velimir Zajec, who had been in charge, since previous manager Harry Redknapp left in November 2004. Immediately, he was nicknamed 'Reggie' by the British press, and the Pompey fans, after the character Reginald Perrin from "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin". He succeeded in keeping the club in the top flight, and will be fondly remembered for the 4-1 win of local rivals Southampton, a result that effectively consigned them to relegation. However, just 8 months into the job, and after achieving only four wins from 20 games, Perrin was sacked.^[3]

He remained out of football management for 6 months, before returning on 19 May 2006 to the familiar territory of the French league at Ligue 1 side Sochaux. In 2007, he won the French Cup with his new club over Marseille.

Perrin took over as manager of Olympique Lyonnais on 30 May 2007, after Gérard Houllier resigned earlier that month.^[4] In his first season, he led the club to a seventh consecutive Ligue 1 championship title. He also managed to retain the French Cup which he had won with Sochaux the previous year. He left the club in June 2008.^[5] He was rumoured to take over the position of French national manager, but it was confirmed on 3 July 2008 that Raymond Domenech would remain in the position. On 11 November 2008, he became the new manager of Saint-Étienne,^[6] and was fired on 15 December 2009.^[7]

Statistics [edit]

Manager [edit]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Marseille		2002	January 2004	60	31	9	20	51.67
Portsmouth		7 April 2005	24 November 2005	21	4	6	11	19.05
Sochaux		2006	2007	47	22	13	12	46.81
Lyon		May 2007	June 2008	59	39	11	9	66.10
Saint-Étienne		12 November 2008	December 2009	14	5	4	5	35.71
Total				141	70	34	37	49.65

As of 9 February 2009

Managerial honours [edit]

Troyes

UEFA Intertoto Cup
- Winners (1) : 2001

Sochaux

Coupe de France
- Winner (1): 2007

Lyon

Ligue 1
- Winner (1): 2007–2008

Coupe de France
- Winner (1): 2008

References [edit]

^ Fraser, Andrew (5 February 2004). "Perrin eyes Saints job". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 29 April 2012.
^ "Pompey unveil Perrin as new boss". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 7 April 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
^ "Portsmouth dismiss manager Perrin". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 24 November 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
^ "Perrin replaces Houllier at Lyon". BBC Sport. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
^ "Ex-Pompey boss Perrin leaves Lyon". BBC Sport. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
^ (French) "Alain Perrin entraînera St-Etienne". Le Figaro. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
^ Tirage au sort : réaction d’Alain Perrin