10 Facts About Yvon Pouliquen

Yvon Pouliquen was born on 17 October 1962 and is a French football manager and former player.

Yvon Pouliquen played as a defensive midfielder for 14 seasons and made 455 appearances in the French league.

Yvon Pouliquen then spent several years as a manager, and won back-to-back Coupes de France, in 2001 with Strasbourg and in 2002 with Lorient, as well as a taking Metz to the quarter finals in 2008.

Yvon Pouliquen made his first team debut aged 19, as a half-time substitute against Tours in Ligue 1, and scored within ten minutes of entering the field of play.

Yvon Pouliquen spent a further five seasons with Brest, two with Laval, and another two with Saint-Etienne before joining Strasbourg, then in Ligue 2.

Yvon Pouliquen helped them to promotion to Ligue 1 via the playoffs in his first season at the club, scored the goal against local rivals Metz which put the club into the 1995 Coupe de France Final, and in his final year as a player helped them qualify via the Intertoto Cup for the UEFA Cup and reach the last 16.

Yvon Pouliquen took over as manager of Lorient in January 2002, leading them to their first final of the Coupe de la Ligue as well as their first major trophy in the 2002 Coupe de France.

In June 2004 Yvon Pouliquen took over as manager of Guingamp, newly relegated to Ligue 2.

Against a background of financial difficulty and a transfer embargo, Yvon Pouliquen was unable to prevent relegation to the third tier.

Yvon Pouliquen left at the end of the season, and Grenoble were administratively relegated a further two divisions because of its insolvency.