Laurent Guyot
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-12-17) 17 December 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Bourg-la-Reine, France
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Annecy (head coach)
Youth career
1985–1988 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1998 Nantes 191 (3)
1998–1999 Toulouse 15 (0)
1999–2002 Guingamp 81 (2)
Total 287 (5)
International career
1990–1991 France U21 3 (0)
Managerial career
2005–2009 Nantes (Youth academy)
2009–2010 Boulogne
2011–2013 Sedan
2015–2018 Toronto FC (Academy Director)
2018 Toronto FC II
2018–2019 Cercle Brugge
2019–2021 Boulogne
2021– Annecy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Laurent Guyot (born 17 December 1969) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Ligue 2 club Annecy.

He played as a defender mostly for Nantes, winning Division 1 in 1995, and also represented Toulouse and Guingamp. He began his managerial career with Boulogne in Ligue 1, leading that club and two others in Ligue 2. Abroad, he had brief spells at Toronto FC II in the USL Championship and Cercle Brugge in the Belgian Pro League.

Playing career

Guyot played as a central defender, mainly for Nantes, where he won the Division 1 title in 1995. He also played for Toulouse and Guingamp.[1]

Coaching career

Early years

Guyot was the director of Nantes's youth academy from 2005[2] to 2009, but left after disagreements with president Waldemar Kita.[3] He was head coach of the U-16 and U-17 French national teams.[4]

Boulogne

On 9 June 2009, Guyot signed a two-year deal at Boulogne, replacing Philippe Montanier who had taken the club from the fourth-tier Championnat de France Amateur to Ligue 1 in five seasons. He chose former Nanets teammate Serge Le Dizet as his assistant coach.[5] On his debut, he lost 3–0 at Rennes on 8 August.[6] His team reached the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France in his first season, but lost 3–1 away at fourth-tier Quevilly.[7]

Boulogne came 19th and were relegated back to Ligue 2 for 2010–11. Guyot was sacked on 27 December, having won four and drawn 11 of the 19 games in the first half of the season.[8]

Sedan

On 26 May 2011, Guyot was named as the manager of Sedan in the same league, signing a two-year contract.[1] On his debut on 23 July, he won 4–1 at home to Monaco in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue,[9] followed by victories in the next rounds against his former employers Boulogne and Nantes in a run to the last 16.[10] In his first season, the Sangliers finished one place and five points off promotion, but they were relegated 14 points from safety in 2013.[11] The club's owner, Pascal Urano, stopped funding the team during their promotion push in 2012 and instead sold their best players before putting the club into liquidation in August 2013 and thereby being relegated a further tier to the fourth.[12]

Toronto FC and Cercle Brugge

On 29 June 2015, it was announced that Guyot would become the Academy Director at Toronto FC, a role that had been vacant since Greg Vanney was promoted to the first team the previous year.[13]

Guyot was unveiled as the new Toronto FC II coach on 26 January 2018, succeeding Jason Bent.[14] Having achieved only two draws in 12 USL Championship games, he left on 1 June, citing a new opportunity in Europe.[15]

On 7 June 2018, Guyot was hired by newly promoted Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge.[16] The following 2 May, having avoided relegation in his only season, he was not maintained.[17]

Boulogne return and Annecy

Guyot returned to Boulogne for a second spell in June 2019.[18] He left at the end of the 2020–21 season, and five days later was announced as head coach of fellow Championnat National side Annecy.[19][20] He led the club back to the second tier for the first time since 1993 in his first year, as runners-up to Laval.[21]

In the 2022–23 Coupe de France, Guyot led Annecy to their first quarter-final since 1942 and first semi-final of all time, with penalty shootout wins away to Paris FC and Marseille.[22]

Honours

Player

Nantes

References

  1. ^ a b "Guyot remplace Chauvin" [Guyot replaces Chauvin]. L'Équipe (in French). 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Guyot débarque à Boulogne" [Guyot arrives at Boulogne]. Le Figaro (in French). 9 June 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Football : Laurent Guyot s'en va" [Laurent Guyot is leaving] (in French). Ma Ville. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Laurent Guyot revealed as new Toronto FC II coach". Walking the Red. 26 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Guyot signe deux saisons" [Guyot signs for two seasons]. L'Équipe (in French). 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Ligue 1. Rennes - Boulogne : 3-0". Le Télégramme (in French). 9 August 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Les amateurs de Quevilly éliminent Boulogne en quart de finale" [Amateurs Quevilly eliminate Boulogne in quarter-finals] (in French). France 24. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Ligue 2. Laurent Guyot, entraîneur de Boulogne, limogé" [Ligue 1. Laurent Guyot, Boulogne manager, sacked]. Ouest-France (in French). 27 December 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Laurent Guyot : « Un contexte quasi idéal »" [Laurent Guyot: "An almost ideal context"] (in French). Ma Ville. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Coupe de la Ligue : le FC Nantes éliminé à Sedan (2-0)" [Coupe de la Ligue: FC Nantes eliminated at Sedan (2-0)] (in French). Ma Ville. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  11. ^ "CSSA / Laurent Guyot : «J'ai donné le maximum»" [CSSA / Laurent Guyot: "I gave my all"]. L'Union (in French). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  12. ^ Sommer, Célia (29 April 2021). "Football : que sont devenus les clubs de l'élite ayant déposé le bilan ?" [Football: what happened to the elite teams who filed for bankruptcy?] (in French). France Info. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  13. ^ "French coach Guyot named Toronto FC academy director". CTV News. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Academy director Laurent Guyot to coach TFC 2 this season". Sportsnet. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Guyot Departs Toronto FC II". USL Championship. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Laurent Guyot nouvel entraîneur du Cercle Bruges" [Laurent Guyot new manager of Cercle Brugge]. L'Équipe (in French). 7 June 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  17. ^ Devilez, Alice (2 May 2019). "Le Cercle de Bruges et Laurent Guyot mettent fin à leur collaboration" [Cercle Brugge and Laurent Guyot put an end to their collaboration] (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Boulogne : Laurent Guyot, nouvel entraîneur (off.)" [Boulogne: Laurent Guyot, new manager (official)] (in French). foot-national.com. 7 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Boulogne : Laurent Guyot quitte le club (off)" [Boulogne: Laurent Guyot leaves the club (official)] (in French). foot-national.com. 14 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Annecy : Laurent Guyot nommé entraineur (off)" [Annecy: Laurent Guyot named manager (official)] (in French). foot-national.com. 19 May 2021.
  21. ^ Jay, Edward (13 May 2022). "National. La patiente reconstruction du FC Annecy, officiellement promu en Ligue 2" [National. The patient reconstruction of FC Annecy, officially promoted to Ligue 2] (in French). BFM TV. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  22. ^ "Football – Coupe de France. L'OM éliminé aux tirs au but par Annecy en quarts de finale" [Football – Coupe de France. L'OM eliminated on penalties by Annecy in quarter-finals]. L'Ardennais (in French). 1 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  23. ^ a b Laurent Guyot at FootballDatabase.eu

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Current Ligue 2 managers
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