Claude Puel

Claude Puel
Puel as Lille manager in 2006
Personal information
Full name Claude Jacques Puel[1]
Date of birth (1961-09-02) 2 September 1961 (age 63)[2]
Place of birth Castres, France[2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1970–1977 Castres
1977–1979 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1996 Monaco 488 (4)
Managerial career
1999–2001 Monaco
2002–2008 Lille
2008–2011 Lyon
2012–2016 Nice
2016–2017 Southampton
2017–2019 Leicester City
2019–2021 Saint-Étienne
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Claude Jacques Puel (French pronunciation: [klod pɥɛl]; born 2 September 1961) is a French football manager and former player. He spent his entire playing career with Monaco, before becoming manager of the club, leading them to the league title in his first full season in charge. He has also managed Lille, Lyon, Nice and Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1, and Southampton and Leicester City in England's Premier League.

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    "Claude Puel". BFM Business (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Puel: Claude Puel: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

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