Philippe Montanier


Philippe Jacques William Montanier is French professional football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently in charge of Belgian First Division A side Standard Liège.

Club career

Montanier played as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 sides, including Caen, Nantes, Toulouse, Gueugnon and Saint-Étienne.

Managerial career

Montanier was head coach of US Boulogne from 2004 and was named Ligue 2 Manager of the Year in 2009. After achieving promotion to Ligue 1, he left Boulogne for Valenciennes on 3 June 2009.
He was offered the job as La Liga club Real Sociedad manager, signing a two-year contract with the club on 4 June 2011.
On 21 May 2013, it was announced that Montanier would not extend his contract at Real Sociedad, and instead, he later joined Rennes at the end of the season.
On 27 June 2016, Montanier was appointed manager of Championship side Nottingham Forest. His first game in charge was on 6 August, where his side beat newly-promoted Burton Albion 4–3 at the City Ground. On 14 January 2017, Montanier was relieved of his duties following a run of two points from a possible 21 and only two clean sheets in 30 games.
On 2 November 2017, Montanier became the new head coach of the France under-20 team.
On 22 May 2018, Montanier took over as Lens manager.

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Honours

Player

Caen
Toulouse
Boulogne
Rennes
Individual