| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 January 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Vendôme, France | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | MC Alger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1979 | Rennes | ||
| 1979–1982 | Valenciennes | ||
| 1982–1984 | Laval | 65 | (5) |
| 1984–1985 | Lens | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Guingamp | ||
| 1990–1992 | La Roche VF | ||
| 1994–1995 | Rouen | ||
| 1995–1997 | Besançon | ||
| 1998–2000 | AS Vitré | ||
| 2000–2001 | Angers (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2004 | Burkina Faso | ||
| 2004–2005 | MC Alger | ||
| 2006–2008 | Alkhor | ||
| 2008 | F.C. Ryūkyū | ||
| 2010–2011 | Madagascar | ||
| 2012– | MC Alger | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jean-Paul Rabier (born 25 January 1955) is a French football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club MC Alger.
In April 1971, while playing for Stade Lannionnais, Jean-Paul Rabier took part in the National Cadets Cup with the Ligue de l'Ouest, in a team whose goalkeeper was Pierrick Hiard. He left Lannion for Rennes in 1972. A defensive midfielder, he won the Gambardella Cup in 1973 with Stade Rennais and played 150 matches with his training club before moving to US Valenciennes-Anzin in 1979.
In 1982, he joined Laval, then coached by Michel Le Milinaire, in Division 1. He was on the field during his team's remarkable achievement in the 1983-84 UEFA Cup season, where they faced the formidable Dynamo Kyiv team, featuring Blokhin and Zavarov. The first leg in the Soviet Union ended in a flattering 0-0 draw, after which the courageous Laval players triumphed in the return leg, thanks to José Souto's only goal of the match, in front of a packed Francis-Le-Basser stadium for the occasion.
Rabier played for Rennes, Valenciennes, Laval [1] and Lens.
He coached Guingamp, [2] La Roche VF, Rouen, Besançon, AS Vitré, Burkina Faso, [3] [4] MC Alger, Alkhor, F.C. Ryūkyū. He was appointed manager of the Madagascar national football team in April 2010. [5]
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