Alain Perrin

Alain Perrin
Personal information
Full name Alain Perrin
Date of birth (1956-10-07) 7 October 1956
Place of birth Lure, France
Youth career
1966–1970 SR Haguenau
1970–1971 Tomblaine
1971 Nancy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1971–1975 Nancy
1976–1981 Varangéville
1983–1987 Nancy
Teams managed
1993–2002 Troyes
2002–2004 Marseille
2004 Al-Ain
2005 Portsmouth
2006–2007 Sochaux
2007–2008 Lyon
2008–2009 Saint-Étienne
2010–2012 Al-Khor
2012–2013 Qatar (Olympic)
2012–2013 Al Gharafa
2013 Umm Salal
2014–2016 China
2016– Singapore

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Alain Perrin (born 7 October 1956 in Lure, Haute-Saône), is a retired French footballer who currently manages the Singapore national football team.

Managerial career

Perrin began his coaching career at AS Nancy in 1983, as junior coach to Arsène Wenger. He built up a reputation as a talented young coach whilst at the club, and was appointed to run the club's academy.

In 1993, Perrin had his first chance at management, taking over as manager of French National 2 (fourth division) club Troyes AC, quickly taking the club to Ligue 1 after three promotions in six seasons, and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. This success led to his being offered the position as manager of Olympique de Marseille in 2002.

During his time at the club, Perrin paid a French domestic transfer record for Didier Drogba. However, Perrin was sacked by Marseille, after a poor run of league form in January 2004.

Perrin was linked to a number of positions around Europe, including the position of manager at Southampton.[1] However, in July 2004 he was named manager of Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates. Perrin had little luck with his new club however and was sacked after a disappointing run in October 2004.

In April 2005, he was appointed manager of Portsmouth,[2] replacing caretaker Velimir Zajec, who had been in charge, since previous manager Harry Redknapp left in November 2004. Immediately, he was nicknamed 'Reggie' by the British press, and the Pompey fans, after the character Reginald Perrin from "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin". He succeeded in keeping the club in the top flight, and will be fondly remembered for the 4-1 win of local rivals Southampton, a result that contributed to their eventual relegation. However, just 8 months into the job, and after achieving only four wins from 20 games, Perrin was sacked.[3]

He remained out of football management for 6 months, before returning on 19 May 2006 to the familiar territory of the French league at Ligue 1 side Sochaux. In 2007, he won the French Cup with his new club over Marseille.

Perrin took over as manager of Olympique Lyonnais on 30 May 2007, after Gérard Houllier resigned earlier that month.[4] In his first season, he led the club to a seventh consecutive Ligue 1 championship title. He also managed to retain the French Cup which he had won with Sochaux the previous year. He left the club in June 2008.[5] He was rumoured to take over the position of French national manager, but it was confirmed on 3 July 2008 that Raymond Domenech would remain in the position. On 11 November 2008, he became the new manager of Saint-Étienne,[6] and was fired on 15 December 2009.[7]

On 1 June 2012 Perrin decided to leave Al-Khor Sports Club to take up the vacant Qatar U23 position.[8] His first assignment was to lead the team at the AFC Under-22 qualifiers, however the team were unable to make the tournament after they were knocked out in the group stages of the qualification process. Despite this disappointment Perrin continued to lead them into the 2012 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations where the team faired considerably better reaching the semi-finals of the tournament and eventually coming fourth overall in the competition.

On 20 December 2012, Perrin joined Al Gharafa and left just about two months after. In March 2013, he was appointed new head coach of Umm Salal to replace Bertrand Marchand. However, he resigned from his post on 30 September 2013.

On 28 February 2014, he was named as new China national football team manager, replacing Antonio Camacho. On 5 March 2014, China qualified for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in Australia. In the tournament, Perrin secured a 1–0 victory for China over Saudi Arabia and two another 2–1 victories over Uzbekistan and North Korea. China finished first in the group and qualified to knockout stage after 11 years, where they faced host country Australia in quarter-finals where they lost 0–2.

However, in May 2015, CFA stipulated that all the players of team China must wear the football boots of the sponsor (Nike). The corporation which wants their spokesmen to wear other brand must pay 10 million RMB to CFA.[9] But some players of team China are spokesmen of other brands (Zheng Zhi, Yu Dabao, Wu Xi, Yang Xu and Yu Hai), so they must change their familiar boots when they played for national team. This brought bad effect to team China, which fell behind Hong Kong after 6 matches in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifications before Perrin was eventually removed from the position.

Statistics

Manager

As of 17 November 2015
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Troyes France 1 July 1993 30 June 2002 324 133 105 86 41.05
Marseille France 1 July 2002 14 January 2004 60 31 9 20 51.67
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 13 July 2004 24 October 2004 4 2 0 2 50
Portsmouth England 7 April 2005 24 November 2005 21 4 6 11 19.05
Sochaux France 1 August 2006 30 June 2007 47 22 13 12 46.81
Lyon France 1 July 2007 16 June 2008 59 39 11 9 66.10
Saint-Étienne France 12 November 2008 15 December 2009 51 16 12 23 31.37
Al-Khor Qatar 14 June 2010 31 May 2012 67 20 15 32 29.85
Qatar U23 Qatar 1 June 2012 19 December 2012 9 3 3 3 33.33
Al Gharafa Qatar 20 December 2012 21 February 2013 7 3 3 1 42.86
Umm Salal Qatar 13 March 2013 30 September 2013 11 4 2 5 36.36
China China 28 February 2014 8 January 2016 28 15 9 4 53.57
Total 677 286 184 207 42.25

China PR Result

# Date Venue Opponent Result Goalscorers Competition
2014
1 June 18, 2014 China Shenyang, China  Macedonia 2–0 Yu Hanchao & Gao Di Friendly
2 June 22, 2014 China Jinan, China  Macedonia 0–0 Friendly
3 June 29, 2014 China Shenzhen, China  Mali 1–3 Gao Lin Friendly
4 September 4, 2014 China Anshan, China  Kuwait 3–1 Yang Xu, Yu Hanchao & Wu Lei Friendly
5 September 9, 2014 China Harbin, China  Jordan 1–1 Gao Lin (P) Friendly
6 October 10, 2014 China Wuhan, China  Thailand 3–0 Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool (OG), Sun Ke & Yang Xu Friendly
7 October 14, 2014 China Changsha, China  Paraguay 2–1 Zheng Zhi (P) & Wu Lei Friendly
8 November 14, 2014 China Nanchang, China  New Zealand 1–1 Zheng Zhi Friendly
9 November 18, 2014 China Xian, China  Honduras 0–0 Friendly
10 December 13, 2014 China Chenzhou, China  Kyrgyzstan 4–0 Yang Xu(2), Zheng Zhi & Wu Lei Friendly
11 December 17, 2014 China Qingyuan, China  Kyrgyzstan 2–0 Yang Xu & Gao Lin Friendly
12 December 21, 2014 China Chenzhou, China  Palestine 0–0 Friendly
2015
13 January 3, 2015 Australia Sydney, Australia  Oman 4–1 Yang Xu, Yu Hai, Wu Lei & Hao Junmin Friendly
14 January 10, 2015 Australia Brisbane, Australia  Saudi Arabia 1–0 Yu Hai 2015 AFC Asian Cup
15 January 14, 2015 Australia Brisbane, Australia  Uzbekistan 2–1 Wu Xi & Sun Ke 2015 AFC Asian Cup
16 January 18, 2015 Australia Canberra, Australia  North Korea 2–1 Sun Ke (2) 2015 AFC Asian Cup
17 January 22, 2015 Australia Brisbane, Australia  Australia 0–2 2015 AFC Asian Cup
18 March 27, 2015 China Changsha, China  Haiti 2–2 Yang Xu & Yu Dabao Friendly
19 March 31, 2015 China Nanjing, China  Tunisia 1–1 Yu Dabao Friendly
20 June 16, 2015 Bhutan Thimphu, Bhutan  Bhutan 6–0 Yang Xu(3), Yu Dabao(2) & Wu Lei 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
21 August 2, 2015 China Wuhan, China  South Korea 0–2 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
22 August 5, 2015 China Wuhan, China  North Korea 2–0 Yu Dabao & Wang Yongpo 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
23 August 9, 2015 China Wuhan, China  Japan 1–1 Wu Lei 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
24 September 3, 2015 China Shenzhen, China  Hong Kong 0–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
25 September 8, 2015 China Shengyang, China  Maldives 3–0 Yu Dabao(2), Zhang Linpeng 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
26 October 8, 2015 Qatar Doha, Qatar  Qatar 0–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
27 November 12, 2015 China Changsha, China  Bhutan 12–0 Yang Xu(4), Yu Dabao(2), Wang Yongpo(2), Yu Hanchao(2), Mei Fang, Zhang Xizhe 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
28 November 17, 2015 Hong Kong Hong Kong  Hong Kong 0–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Honours

Troyes

Sochaux

Lyon

References

  1. ↑ Fraser, Andrew (5 February 2004). "Perrin eyes Saints job". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Pompey unveil Perrin as new boss". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 7 April 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Portsmouth dismiss manager Perrin". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 24 November 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Perrin replaces Houllier at Lyon". BBC Sport. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ex-Pompey boss Perrin leaves Lyon". BBC Sport. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "Alain Perrin entraînera St-Etienne" (in French). Le Figaro. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  7. ↑ Tirage au sort : réaction d’Alain Perrin
  8. ↑ "Former Olympique Lyonnais and Portsmouth boss Alain Perrin appointed Qatar Olympic coach". goal.com. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "关于中国足协中国之队用鞋资格的公告". 中国足球协会. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

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