Sébastien Fournier

Sébastien Fournier

Personal information
Date of birth	27 June 1971
Place of birth	Veysonnaz, Switzerland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1987–1996	FC Sion	190	(10)
1996–1997	VfB Stuttgart	11	(0)
1997–2003	Servette	120	(4)
Total		321	(14)
National team
1994–2002	Switzerland	40	(3)
Teams managed
2012	FC Sion
2012–2013	Servette
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Sébastien Fournier (born 27 June 1971) is a Swiss former football player who last managed Servette FC.^[1]

He played for FC Sion, VfB Stuttgart^[2] and Servette Geneva, where he spent most of his career.^[3]

He played for Switzerland national football team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and at the UEFA Euro 1996.^[4]

In June 2012, one week after his graduation from the UEFA Pro Licence, it was announced that Fournier would join FC Sion as manager in summer 2012. This marks the return to his childhood club and is linked with high expectations, even though it is his first station as a professional manager. He won the selection over Michel Decastel, because the Club owner Christian Constantin wanted to have a young coach, after he was impressed with the achievements by Roberto Di Matteo, Pep Guardiola, André Villas-Boas and Murat Yakin.

He was sacked as manager of Sion on 4 September 2012 due to a bad relationship between him and the squad.^[5]

References

1. "Servette feuert Sébastien Fournier" (in German). fussball.ch. 20 Aufust 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "Sebastién Fournier" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
3. Sébastien Fournier at National-Football-Teams.com
4. Sébastien Fournier – FIFA competition record
5. "Sébastien Fournier démissionne, Michel Decastel le remplace au FC Sion" (in French). RTS Sport. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.