The current coach of Paris Saint-Germain Laurent Blanc and all the fun about his career

Laurent Blanc was born in 1965 on November 19. To date, he is the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain, but before that he was a pretty promising player playing.

Club career

Started the activities of professional football player Laurent Blanc in Montpellier. The Frenchman took the position of midfielder, subsequently proved himself, becoming one of the key players and, moreover, the team scorer. Together with the club, he rose from the first league to the highest one. It was in 1987. The next achievement was the conquered French Cup in 1990.

In 1991, Laurent Blanc moved to a more titled and famous club - in "Napoli". There he played 31 matches and issued six goals. He left the team after the end of the season. He explained this by the fact that he had a strong desire to speak for the national team. In 1995/95 he played for FC "Auxerre", and together with him he achieved the honorary status of the champion of France. The next season he started in the Catalan "Barcelona" and together with her reached the Cup Winners' Cup final, winning as a result this trophy. Then he still played for the Marseille "Olympic", the Italian "Inter" and "Manchester United". In 2003 he finished his career and decided to engage in coaching.

About the international career

Laurent Blanc, whose photo is provided above, paid much attention to performances for the national French team. His debut took place in 1989. Showed a good game, but after a fatal defeat for the player at the "Park de Prens" from the Israeli team was in a kind of prostration. However, with the support of the new coach Eme Jacques Laurent, Blanc again believed in himself.

After winning at the World Cup in 1998, he stopped for some time to speak for the team. But then, after the persuasion of Roger Lemairere, the new coach of the national team, he returned to the squad. For the team, he played 97 matches and designed 16 goals. By the way, an interesting fact is connected with this player. Laurent Blanc and Fabien Barthez, the goalkeeper who played together at one time , were known for their unusual ritual. Each time Laurent before the match gave the goalkeeper "chmokom" in the top. Tradition! And football players never started training without smoking. Laundry "Manchester United" in the morning was constantly smoky.

About coaching career

Since 2007, Laurent Blanc has become the head coach of FC "Bordeaux". Under the leadership of this man, the club for the first time in the last ten years has achieved the title of champions of France. In 201, Lorana was appointed head coach of the French national team. Together with him the team successfully passed through qualifying matches of Euro 2012 and reached the ¼ finals. After this championship, Blanc left the national team.

Starting in 2013, he trains the most titled French club - Paris Saint-Germain. In the first match, the team won the country's Super Cup. From the first attempt Blanc with the club won the French Championship and the League Cup. And after a while it was announced that the team extended the contract with the coach until July 2016. The season of 2014 became successful for the French - they won all four trophies of the country. Super Cup and Cup, Championship, as well as the League Cup. Well, we can assume that under the leadership of such a talented coach the team will achieve considerable success.