Rémi Garde
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Garde in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rémi Marie François Garde | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | L'Arbresle, Rhône, France | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1993 | Lyon | 146 | (22) |
| 1993–1996 | Strasbourg | 68 | (3) |
| 1996–1999 | Arsenal | 31 | (0) |
| Total | 245 | (25) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1992 | France | 6 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Lyon | ||
| 2015–2016 | Aston Villa | ||
| 2017–2019 | Montreal Impact | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rémi Marie François Garde (French pronunciation: [ʁemi ɡaʁd], born 3 April 1966) is a French former professional footballer. He was most recently the head coach of Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer.
He played as a defender and defensive midfielder, spending most of his career with his first club Lyon, with whom he won the 1988–89 French Division 2. In 1993, he moved to Strasbourg, reaching the Coupe de France final and winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup in his second season. He joined Arsenal in 1996, where he won the 1997–98 FA Premier League before retiring through injury a year later. Garde was capped by the France national team, featuring in their squad at UEFA Euro 1992.
Upon retirement as a player, he worked as a coach and assistant manager at Lyon, before taking the managerial position there in 2011. He won the Coupe de France and Trophée des Champions the following year, and left in 2014 for personal reasons. He was hired by Aston Villa in November 2015, and left five months later. He was hired by Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer in November 2017, and was sacked in August 2019.