Gérard Houllier

**Gérard Paul Francis Houllier** OBE (3 September 1947 – 14 December 2020) was a French football manager and former player. He was the technical director of NSWL team OL Reign at the time of his death. Houllier is most known for his time at Liverpool, and is considered one of their best managers because of the trophies he won.

Houllier died on 14 December 2020 at a Paris hospital from heart surgery-related problems, aged 73.

## Managerial statistics

- Source
|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Liverpool (with Roy Evans)|align=left|1 July 1998|align=left|12 November 1998|||
|align=left|Liverpool|align=left|12 November 1998|align=left|24 May 2004|||
|align=left|Lyon|align=left|2 June 2005|align=left|1 June 2007|||
|align=left|Aston Villa|align=left|21 September 2010|align=left|1 June 2011|||

### Manager

**Nœux-les-Mines**

- Division 3 Group North: 1978–79

**Paris Saint-Germain**
- Division 1: 1985–86

**Liverpool**
- FA Cup: 2000–01
- Football League Cup: 2000–01, 2002–03
- FA Charity Shield: 2001
- UEFA Cup: 2000–01
- UEFA Super Cup: 2001

**Lyon**
- Ligue 1: 2005–06, 2006–07
- Trophée des Champions: 2005, 2006

**France U18**
- UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1996

**Individual**
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2001
- World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year: 2001
- Onze Mondial Coach of the Year: 2001
- Ligue 1 Manager of the Year: 2007
- Premier League Manager of the Month: December 1999, March 2002, October 2002

### Orders

- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (2002)
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire: (2003) honoured for his outstanding contribution to British football.

## Other websites

- Profile, stats and pictures of Gerard Houllier
- LFC Online profile
- Manager profile at LFChistory.net
- Gérard Houllier – Nomination FFF Role

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gérard Houllier
<small>Order of the British Empire, OBE</small>
- **image**: Gérard Houllier (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Gérard Houllier at Old Trafford in 2008
- **fullname**: Gérard Paul Francis Houllier
- **birth place**: Thérouanne, France
- **death place**: Paris, France
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1959–1968
- **youthclubs1**: Hucqueliers
- **years1**: 1968–1969
- **clubs1**: Alsop
- **years2**: 1969–1971
- **clubs2**: Hucqueliers
- **years3**: 1971–1980
- **clubs3**: Le Touquet AC, Le Touquet
- **manageryears1**: 1973–1976
- **managerclubs1**: Le Touquet AC, Le Touquet
- **manageryears2**: 1976–1982
- **managerclubs2**: Nœux-les-Mines
- **manageryears3**: 1982–1985
- **managerclubs3**: R.C. Lens, Lens
- **manageryears4**: 1985–1988
- **managerclubs4**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **manageryears5**: 1988–1992
- **managerclubs5**: France national football team, France (assistant manager)
- **manageryears6**: 1992–1993
- **managerclubs6**: France national football team, France
- **manageryears7**: 1994–1996
- **managerclubs7**: France national under-18 football team, France U18
- **manageryears8**: 1996–1997
- **managerclubs8**: France national under-20 football team, France U20
- **manageryears9**: 1998
- **managerclubs9**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool (joint with Roy Evans)
- **manageryears10**: 1998–2004
- **managerclubs10**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **manageryears11**: 2005–2007
- **managerclubs11**: Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
- **manageryears12**: 2010–2011
- **managerclubs12**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa