Gaëtan Huard Explained

Gaëtan Huard
Fullname:Gaëtan Huard
Birth Date:12 January 1962
Birth Place:Montargis, France
Height:1.85 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Amilly
Youthclubs2:Pithiviers
Years1:1980–1988
Caps1:162
Goals1:0
Years2:1988–1991
Caps2:63
Goals2:0
Years3:1991–1996
Caps3:159
Goals3:0
Years4:1996–1997
Caps4:10
Goals4:0
Totalcaps:394
Totalgoals:0

Gaëtan Huard (born 12 January 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in Montargis, Loiret, Huard played 357 Ligue 1 matches for RC Lens, FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Olympique de Marseille, winning the 1989 and 1990 Division 1 championships with the latter. During the 1992–93 season with Bordeaux (which would finish third in the 1992–93 French Division 1 final standings), he enjoyed a run of 1,176 minutes (stretching between matchday 17 and 31 of the Division 1 campaign) of Division 1 football without conceding a goal.[1] He helped Bordeaux win the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[2]

Huard helped Bordeaux reach the 1996 UEFA Cup final, where they lost to FC Bayern Munich. The 34-year-old had a brief stint in Spain. He played for Hércules CF during the 1996–97 season, serving as a backup goalkeeper. They were relegated from the La Liga after finishing second-bottom in the table at the conclusion of the 1996–97 La Liga season, after which Huard retired from playing professional football.

Afterwards, Huard worked several years as a sports consultant for Canal+.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Enyeama invincibility ended in Bordeaux defeat. Ligue 1. 8 December 2013. 11 February 2014.
  2. Web site: Bordeaux-Karlsruhe 1995 . uefa.com . 4 September 2019.