Patrice Garande

Patrice Garande
	Garande with Caen in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	27 November 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Oullins, France
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1966–1968	CASCOL Oullins
1968–1973	J.S. Irigny
1973–1975	CASCOL Oullins
1975–1979	Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978	Saint-Étienne
1979–1980	Chênois
1980–1981	Orléans
1981–1986	Auxerre
1986–1987	Nantes
1987–1989	Saint-Étienne
1989–1990	Lens
1990–1991	Montpellier
1991–1992	Le Havre
1992–1993	Sochaux
1993–1994	Bourges
1994–1995	Orléans
Total
International career
1988	France
Managerial career
1995–1998	Caen (assistant)
2000–2004	Cherbourg
2005–2012	Caen (assistant)
2012–2018	Caen
2020–2021	Toulouse
2021–2022	Dijon
Medal record
Men's football
Representing France
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrice Garande (born 27 November 1960) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager.

Playing career

Club

Born in Oullins, Rhône, Garande finished his development at AS Saint-Étienne, but appeared rarely for the first team during his tenure. In 1981, following a spell in the Swiss Super League with CS Chênois, he signed with AJ Auxerre, scoring a career-best 21 goals in the 1983–84 season to help them finish in third place in Ligue 1 and becoming top scorer in the process.^[2]

After leaving the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps in the summer of 1986, Garande went on to represent, in the French top division, FC Nantes, Saint-Étienne, Montpellier HSC, Le Havre AC and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, eventually amassing competition totals of 314 matches and 97 goals. He retired at the age of 34, after a stint with amateurs US Orléans for which he had already played in Ligue 2.^[3]

International

Garande was part of the French Olympic team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.^[4] He won his only cap for the full side on 27 April 1988, in a 0–0 friendly away draw in Northern Ireland.^[5]

Style of play

Garande was known for his intelligent movement as a forward, which made him difficult for opposing defenders to mark, with French former defender Lilian Thuram labelling him as one of his most difficult opponents throughout his career.^[6]

Coaching career

In 1995, Garande joined Stade Malherbe Caen as assistant to Pierre Mankowski.^[7] He moved to AS Cherbourg Football in directorial capacities in January 1999, being named head coach the following year and achieving promotion to the Championnat National.^[8]

In June 2012, following Caen's relegation to the second division, Garande replaced fired Franck Dumas as manager.^[9] After a third place in the 2013–14 campaign and the subsequent promotion, the side managed to avoid relegation after a spectacular comeback, and his contract was renewed until 2017.^[10]

After again leading the club to top-flight survival, Garande left the Stade Michel d'Ornano in May 2018.^[11] Two years later, he was appointed at Toulouse FC who had just finished last in the abridged 2019–20 Ligue 1.^[12]

On 23 August 2021, Garande was hired by second-tier Dijon FCO.^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Patrice Garande at WorldFootball.net
^ "Histoire de l'Association AJA Football" [History of Association AJA Football] (in French). AJ Auxerre. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ Paumier, Patrick (6 December 2013). "Ancien attaquant de l'USO, Patrice Garande sera sur le banc de Caen, demain [Entretien]" [Former USO forward, Patrice Garande will sit on Caen bench, tomorrow [Interview]]. La République du Centre (in French). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ Hébert, Clément (14 August 2008). "Football: Patrice Garande, récit d'un champion olympique" [Football: Patrice Garande, tale of an olympic champion] (in French). Maville. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Portrait de malherbiste: Le parcours de Patrice Garande" [Portrait of a malherbiste: The career of Patrice Garande] (in French). SM Caen. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ Roche, Calum (12 December 2021). "Barcelona, Zidane, Ronaldo... Thuram reveals player anecdotes". Diario AS. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^ "SM Caen: Patrice Garande nouvel entraîneur?" [SM Caen: Patrice Garande new coach?]. La Manche Libre (in French). 13 June 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Portrait de Patrice Garande, entraîneur du SMC" [Portrait of Patrice Garande, SMC coach] (in French). France 3. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
^ "Patrice Garande souhaite "recréer une dynamique"" [Patrice Garande wants to "recreate the dynamics"] (in French). SM Caen. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Patrice Garande prolonge à Caen jusqu'en 2017" [Patrice Garande extended at Caen until 2017]. L'Équipe (in French). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Caen: Patrice Garande vers la sortie" [Caen: Patrice Garande is shown the door] (in French). Foot National. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ "Patrice Garande takes over at relegation-threatened Toulouse". Yahoo!. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Patrice Garande nouvel entraîneur du DFCO" [Patrice Garande new DFCO manager] (in French). Dijon FCO. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.