Paul Le Guen

Paul Le Guen
Le Guen managing Paris Saint-Germain in 2009
Personal information
Full name Paul Joseph Marie Le Guen
Date of birth (1964-03-01) 1 March 1964
Place of birth Pencran, Finistère, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1971–1977 GA Landerneau
1977–1982 US Pencran
1982–1983 AS Brest
1983–1984 Brest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1989 Brest 120 (4)
1989–1991 Nantes 76 (1)
1991–1998 Paris Saint-Germain 248 (16)
Total 444 (21)
International career
1993–1995 France 17 (1)
1998 Brittany 1 (0)
Managerial career
1998–2001 Rennes
2002–2005 Lyon
2006–2007 Rangers
2007–2009 Paris Saint-Germain
2009–2010 Cameroon
2011–2015 Oman
2017–2018 Bursaspor
2019–2022 Le Havre
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Joseph Marie Le Guen (French: [pɔl ɡwɛn], Breton: [pawl ɡwɛnː]; born 1 March 1964) is a French professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of French club Le Havre.

During his playing career, Le Guen played as a midfielder, and enjoyed a successful stay with Paris Saint-Germain between 1991 and 1998, and won 17 caps for the France national team. As a manager, his most notable achievement has been winning the Ligue 1 title in each of his three seasons in charge of Lyon between 2002 and 2005.