Jean-Louis Garcia (born 20 September 1962) is a French football manager and former player.
Club career Garcia was a goalkeeper for many clubs including Cannes, Monaco, Châtellerault, Nancy and Nantes. As a player, he had quite a successful career apart from one game in Europe in 1995 against Bayer Leverkusen. Nantes had no other goalkeepers – David Marraud, Éric Loussouarn and Dominique Casagrande were injured. Therefore, Garcia, who had not played for two years, played in goal, conceding five goals during the match.
Coaching career As a coach, he was firstly assistant goalkeeper coach to Nantes between 1995 and 1998, then took charge of the reserves at Bordeaux from 1999 to 2003. He finally became a proper manager at Toulon, staying there from 2003 until 2006. He joined Angers in June 2006, replacing Stéphane Paille.
On 28 May 2019, he was appointed manager of Nancy.Exclusif. Jean-Louis Garcia nouvel entraîneur de l'ASNL !, estrepublicain.fr, 28 May 2019 On 20 May 2021, he was replaced as manager by Daniel Stendel.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecord Toulon 1 July 20039 June 2006Angers 9 June 20061 June 2011Lens 1 June 201124 September 2012Châteauroux28 October 201329 May 2014Grenoble16 June 20155 June 2016Troyes5 June 201622 May 2018Nancy28 May 201920 May 2021Seraing3 January 20224 May 2022Quevilly-Rouen24 January 202430 June 2024Total
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