Vincent Guérin

Vincent Guérin

Personal information
Date of birth	22 November 1965
Place of birth	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Paris St Germain (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1984–1988	Brest	91	(10)
1988–1989	Matra Racing	34	(2)
1989–1992	Montpellier	98	(9)
1992–1998	Paris Saint-Germain	182	(16)
1998–1999	Hearts	19	(1)
Total		424	(38)
National team
1993–1996	France	19	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Vincent Guérin (born 22 November 1965 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a former footballer who played in a midfield role, currently the reserve coach at Paris Saint-Germain.

Career

In a career stretching from 1984 to 2002, he played for Stade Brestois 29, Matra Racing, Montpellier Hérault, Paris Saint-Germain, Heart of Midlothian in Scotland and, finally, with Red Star 93.

With Paris Saint Germain he won one Ligue 1 in 1994, placed second in 1993, 1996 and 1997, won the Coupe de France twice, in 1993 and 1995, won one Coupe de la Ligue in 1995, and one Cup Winners' Cup in 1996. He was also a finalist in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997, and won another Coupe de France in 1990 with Montpellier.

With France he won the UEFA Under 21 European Cup in 1988 (13 matches played), and earned 19 full international caps, scoring 2 goals, as well as participating at Euro 1996.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
.	6 September 1995	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France	Azerbaijan	3–0	10–0	Euro 1996 qualifier

Doping controversy

In 1997, the French Football Federation moved to suspend Guérin after he failed a drugs test administered after a PSG game on 5 October.^[1] Guérin appealed unsuccessfully to the FFF's doping appeals commission, who awarded him an 18-month ban, 12 months of which were suspended. Guérin subsequently appealed to the French federal Administrative Court at Versaille, contesting the FFF's decision on several counts. The court at Versaille upheld one of Guérin's contentions, that the drugs test was improperly administered, and thus decreed that the entire process should be deemed void.^[1] Resultantly, the FFF-imposed suspension was annulled.

Honours

• UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1

1995-96

• Ligue 1: 1

1993-94

• Coupe de France: 3

1989-90, 1992-93, 1994-95

• Coupe de la Ligue: 1

1994-95

References

1. Estelle de La Rochefoucauld. "Collection of sports-related case-law" (PDF). EC Sport and Law Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2007.

External links

• Profile at londonhearts.com