Personal information | |||
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Full name | Georges Tournay | ||
Date of birth | 6 October 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Cambrai, France | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Boulogne (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1977 | Cambrai | ? | (?) |
1977–1983 | Lens | 18 | (0) |
1983–1985 | Abbeville | 55 | (8) |
1985–1992 | Louhans-Cuiseaux | 159 | (16) |
Managerial career | |||
2001 | Lens | ||
2012– | Boulogne | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Georges Tournay (born 6 October 1960) is a French former professional footballer who is currently the manager of Championnat National side US Boulogne. During his career he played as a forward for Cambrai, Lens, Abbeville and Louhans-Cuiseaux and made over 200 league appearances in total. [1] After retiring in 1992 he became manager of the Lens C team and was then named reserve team coach two years later. Between 1999 and 2005, Tournay was the assistant manager at Lens, and had a four-month spell in charge of the first team between February 2001 and June 2001. He later worked as the head of youth development at the club before returning to the assistant manager post under László Bölöni in January 2011. [2]
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