Pierre Tournier | |
Birth Date: | 25 February 1934 |
Birth Place: | Belfort, France |
Death Date: | September 2022 (aged 88) |
Death Place: | Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France |
Height: | 1.64 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1952–1954 |
Clubs1: | ASM Belfort |
Years2: | 1953–1954 |
Clubs2: | Sochaux |
Years3: | 1954–1957 |
Clubs3: | Montpellier |
Caps3: | 111 |
Goals3: | 10 |
Years4: | 1957–1958 |
Clubs4: | Marseille |
Caps4: | 8 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1958–1959 |
Clubs5: | Troyes-Savinienne |
Caps5: | 42 |
Goals5: | 7 |
Years6: | 1959–1966 |
Clubs6: | Rouen |
Caps6: | 254 |
Goals6: | 6 |
Manageryears1: | 1968–1969 |
Managerclubs1: | US Saint-Malo |
Manageryears2: | 1971 |
Managerclubs2: | Rouen |
Manageryears3: | 1979–1980 |
Managerclubs3: | Sochaux B |
Pierre Tournier (25 February 1934 – September 2022) was a French football player and manager who played as a midfielder.[1]
Tournier played for multiple clubs in Division 1, such as SO Montpellier, Olympique de Marseille, and FC Rouen. In total, he completed 415 professional matches, 206 of which were in Division 1.[2]
After his playing career, he coached US Saint-Malo of the Championnat de France Amateur, completed his coaching diploma in 1968.[3]
In 1972, Tournier was named a of the . He then became manager of the FC Sochaux training center, where he trained footballers such as Joël Bats, Bernard Genghini, and Philippe Anziani.[4] In 1982, Jean-Louis Campora recruited him to manage the training facility at AS Monaco. He left the club in 1997 and retired from all football activities.
Tournier died in Beaulieu-sur-Mer in September 2022, at the age of 88.[5]