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Lionel Charbonnier
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Lionel André Michel Charbonnier |
| Date of birth |
October 25, 1966 (1966-10-25) (age 43) |
| Place of birth |
Poitiers, France |
| Height |
1.81 m (5 ft 11+1â„2 in) |
| Playing position |
Goalkeeper |
| Youth career |
| 1986–1987 |
AJ Auxerre |
| Senior career* |
| Years |
Team |
Apps†|
(Gls)†|
| 1987–1998 |
AJ Auxerre |
126 |
(0) |
| 1998–2001 |
Rangers |
18 |
(0) |
| 2001–2002 |
Lausanne Sports |
0 |
(0) |
| Total |
|
144[1] |
(0) |
| National team |
| 1997–1998 |
France |
1 |
(0) |
| Teams managed |
| 2002–2004 |
Stade Poitevin |
| 2005–2007 |
FC Sens |
| 2007– |
Tahiti U-20 |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
†Appearances (Goals).
|
Lionel André Michel Charbonnier (born 25 October 1966 in Poitiers[2]) is a French retired football goalkeeper.
Career
Charbonnier moved from Auxerre to Rangers in 1998 and endeared himself to the Rangers faithful with a string of outstanding performances before spending over a year out with injury. On his return, could not displace Stefan Klos as first choice goalkeeper. He is recorded as having ended his playing career with Swiss team FC Sion.
International career
Charbonnier was the third choice goalkeeper of the French national team that won the 1998 World Cup. However, he only received one cap (Italy, June 11, 1997, 2-2).
Honours
Following the 1998 World Cup, he was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1998[3][4]
Coaching career
After his retirement from his professionel career becomes the coaching job of FC Sens in 2005[5] and was later named as technical director of the Fédération Tahitienne de Football.[6]. Charbonnier has been coach of the Tahiti under-20 national side until December 2009[7] and became the first coach to ever qualify a Tahitian national team for a tournament outside of beach soccer and futsal,[8] after guiding the Under-20 Tahitian team to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.[9]
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