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.
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+.