Vincent Guérin is a former footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who played in a midfield role, currently the reserve coach at Paris Saint-Germain.

Career

In a career stretching from 1984 to 2002, he played for Stade Brestois 29

Stade Brestois 29

Stade Brestois 29 is a French football club based in Brest. The club was founded in 1903 under the name Armoricaine de Brest and adopted its current name in 1950...

, Matra Racing, Montpellier Hérault

Montpellier HSC

Montpellier Hérault Sport Club is a French association football club based in the city of Montpellier. The club was founded in 1919 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Montpellier plays its home matches at the Stade de la Mosson, located within the city...

, Paris Saint-Germain, Heart of Midlothian

Heart of Midlothian F.C.

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 in Scotland

Scotland

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 and, finally, with Red Star 93

Red Star Saint-Ouen

Red Star Football Club 93 is a French association football club based in Saint-Ouen located in the northern suburbs of Paris. The club was founded in 1897 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football...

.

With Paris Saint Germain he won one Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

 in 1994, placed second in 1993, 1996 and 1997, won the Coupe de France

Coupe de France

The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...

 twice, in 1993 and 1995, won one Coupe de la Ligue

Coupe de la Ligue

The Coupe de la Ligue , known outside of France as the French League Cup, is a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel...

 in 1995, and one Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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 in 1996. He was also a finalist in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997, and won another Coupe de France in 1990 with Montpellier.

With France

France national football team

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 he won the UEFA Under 21 European Cup in 1988 (13 matches played), and earned 19 full international caps, scoring 2 goals, as well as participating at Euro 1996

1996 UEFA European Football Championship

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.

Doping controversy

In 1997, the French Football Federation

French Football Federation

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 moved to suspend Guérin after he failed a drugs test administered after a PSG game on 5 October. Guérin appealed unsuccessfully to the FFF's doping appeals commission, who awarded him an 18-month ban, 12 months of which were suspended. Guérin subsequently appealed to the French federal Administrative Court at Versaille, contesting the FFF's decision on several counts. The court at Versaille upheld one of Guérin's contentions, that the drugs test was improperly administered, and thus decreed that the entire process should be deemed void. Resultantly, the FFF-imposed suspension was annulled.

Honours

•   UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1

1995-96

•   Ligue 1
  Ligue 1
  Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
  
  : 1

1993-94

•   Coupe de France
  Coupe de France
  The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...
  
  : 3

1989-90, 1992-93, 1994-95

•   Coupe de la Ligue
  Coupe de la Ligue
  The Coupe de la Ligue , known outside of France as the French League Cup, is a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel...
  
  : 1

1994-95

External links

• Profile at londonhearts.com