Jean-Louis Garcia

Jean-Louis Garcia

File:Jean-Louis Garcia, Fall et Olimpa avec le SCO Angers.jpg Jean-Louis Garcia (left)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1962-09-20) 20 September 1962
Place of birth	Ollioules, France
Position(s)	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)
Managerial career
1995–1998	Nantes (Goalkeeper coach)
1999–2003	Bordeaux (2nd team)
2003–2006	Toulon
2006–2011	Angers
2011–2012	Lens
2013–2014	Châteauroux
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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.