Christophe Galtier

Christophe Galtier

Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-08-28) 28 August 1966
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Saint-Étienne (manager)
Youth career
	Marseille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1987	Marseille	52	(0)
1987–1990	Lille	93	(0)
1990–1993	Toulouse	82	(0)
1993–1994	Angers	33	(1)
1994–1995	Nîmes	21	(0)
1995–1997	Marseille	62	(0)
1997–1998	Monza	24	(0)
1998–1999	Liaoning
Managerial career
2000	Marseille
2001–2002	Aris Thessaloniki
2009–	Saint-Étienne
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christophe Galtier (born 28 August 1966 in Marseille) is a French former football defender, who is currently the Head Coach of AS Saint-Étienne.

Career

Galtier spent most of his career in France before ending his career with stints in Italy and China.

Coaching career

Galtier worked with coach Alain Perrin for some years, first at Olympique de Marseille, but also at Al Ain FC, Portsmouth F.C. and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. He also worked with Richard Tardy, when the latter coached Aris Thessaloniki F.C., before becoming coach of Saint-Étienne. In 2010 against stiff opposition, he won the Cap D'or, an annual award given to the Frenchman looking most miserable in a baseball cap. He is set to snub a move to Aston Vanilla and join Newcastle United, replacing Alan 'excuses' Pardew.

Honours

Saint-Étienne

• French League Cup (1): 2012–13

External links

• Playing career