Jean-Louis Garcia
 Jean-Louis Garcia (left) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 September 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Ollioules, France | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1983 | Cannes | 8 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Montceau | 6 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Cannes | 10 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | Monaco | 0 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Châtellerault | 34 | (0) |
| 1988–1991 | Nancy | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1995 | Nantes | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1998 | Nantes (Goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 1999–2003 | Bordeaux (2nd team) | ||
| 2003–2006 | Toulon | ||
| 2006–2011 | Angers | ||
| 2011–2012 | Lens | ||
| 2013–2014 | Châteauroux | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Jean-Louis Garcia (born September 20, 1962, in Ollioules) is a French football manager and former player.
Career
Garcia was a goalkeeper for many clubs including: AS Cannes, AS Monaco, SO Châtellerault, AS Nancy and FC Nantes Atlantique. As a player, he had quite a successful career apart from one game in Europe in 1995 against Bayer Leverkusen. Nantes had no other goalkeepers – David Marraud, Eric Loussouarn and Dominique Casagrande were injured. Therefore, Garcia, who had not played for two years, played in goal, conceding 5 goals during the match.[1]
As a coach, he was firstly assistant goalkeeper coach to Nantes between 1995 and 1998, then took charge of the reserves at FC Girondins de Bordeaux from 1999 to 2003. He finally became a proper manager at Sporting Toulon Var, staying there from 2003 until 2006. He joined Angers SCO in June 2006, replacing Stéphane Paille.