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Patrice Lair

Patrice Lair
Patrice Lair (Olympique Lyonnais, coach).jpg
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-06-16) 16 June 1961 (age 55)
Place of birth Saint-Brieuc, France
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1985 Stade Briochin
1985–1987 Avranches
1987–1991 Périgueux
1991–1993 St.-Malo
1993–1994 Pouancé
1994–1995 Racing Doué
1995–1996 Pouzauges
1996–1998 Trélissac
1998–2000 Briviste
2000–2001 Reims
Teams managed
1987–1991 Périgueux II
1991–1993 St.-Malo II
1993–1994 Pouancé
1994–1995 Racing Doué
1995–1996 Pouzauges
1996–1997 Trélissac U-15
1997–1998 Trélissac U-17
1998–2000 Briviste II
2000–2001 Reims II
2001–2003 Stade de Reims (assistant)
2003–2004 Angoulême (assistant)
2004–2005 Villeneuve
2005–2007 Montpellier (W)
2007–2009 Castelnau
2009 Espoir Savalou
2010 Rwanda U-17
2010–2014 Olympique Lyonnais (W)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2014.

Patrice Lair (born 16 June 1961 in Saint-Brieuc) is a French football coach, who last managed Olympique Lyonnais women's team.

As a footballer Lair played in the lower categories in France. After spending a decade in Stade Briochin and US Avranches, in 1987 he moved to FC Périguex where he had his first experience as a coach, coaching the junior team while playing in the first team. He repeated these functions in US Saint-Malo before making his debut as a player-coach in USA Pouancé in 1993. He subsequently played and coached for Racing Doué, AC Pouzauges, Trélissac FC, ESA Briviste and Reims either as a player-coach or training junior teams, before retiring in 2001.

After retiring he was appointed the assistant coach of Stade de Reims, which was promoted in 2002 to Ligue 2 after a decade in lower categories. After first coach Marc Collat was sacked in 2003 he was offered his position, but he declined the offer and moved to AS Angoulême as an assistant coach. In 2004 he held his first position as a first coach in CS Villeneuve, and in 2005 he made his debut in women's football, taking charge of defending champion Montpellier HSC. Under Lair's two-years tenure Montpellier won two national cups, reached the 2006 European Cup semifinals and was the championship's runner-up behind FCF Juvisy and Olympique Lyonnais. Lair subsequently returned to male amateur football, coaching Castelnau-le-Crès FC for two seasons. In 2009, he moved to Benin to coach Espoir de Savalou, but he left the team after a month. He also coached briefly the Rwanda under-17 national team, also serving as the senior team's assistant coach, the following year.


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