Uefa Champions League
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade de Gerland - Lyon Wednesday 4 November 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Olympique Lyonnais Group H - Matchday 4 FC Zenit Last updated 26/10/2020 02:32CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Head coach 2 Legend 3 1 Olympique Lyonnais - FC Zenit Wednesday 4 November 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade de Gerland, Lyon Head coach Hubert Fournier Date of birth: 3 September 1967 Nationality: French Playing career: US Maubeuge, SM Caen, EA Guingamp (twice), VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, Olympique Lyonnais, FC Rouen Coaching career: US Boulogne (assistant), FC Gueugnon, Stade de Reims (assistant), Stade de Reims, Olympique Lyonnais • As a hard-working defender, the Auvergne native appeared in 430 professional games, scoring five goals, and spent the majority of his career in Ligue 1. Started out with third division Mauberge in 1988/89 but came to prominence in the early 1990s, helping minnows Caen clinch a UEFA Cup berth for 1992/93. • A lack of playing time prompted a move to Guingamp and in his first spell with the Brittany outfit he helped them reach the top flight; Fournier then left for a two-season stay in Germany at Borussia Mönchengladbach between 1996 and 1998. • Returned home to spend two years at Lyon, a club he left at the start of 2000/01, the year Les Gones would start to win everything in France, including seven successive Ligue 1 titles from 2002 to 2008. • He completed his top-level degree in Cardiff and his coaching carries a strong British influence; after four years as an assistant at Boulogne, struck out on his own at Gueugnon in 2008/09.
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