Laurent Blanc

French football manager and former player

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February 2025 Awarded Saudi Pro League Manager of the Month for February
November 2024 Wins Saudi Pro League Manager of the Month for November.
October 2024 Wins Saudi Pro League Manager of the Month for October.
October 2024 Laurent Blanc was named the Saudi Pro League Manager of the Month.
July 13 2024 Starts managing Al-Ittihad football club in Saudi Arabia.
July 13 2024 Laurent Blanc was appointed as the head coach of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad, taking over from Argentine Marcelo Gallardo.
September 8 2023 Laurent Blanc was sacked by Lyon after losing three of their four opening games, leaving the team in last place.
October 9 2022 Laurent Blanc was appointed as the manager of French club Lyon, replacing outgoing Dutch manager Peter Bosz.
February 13 2022 Laurent Blanc was terminated from his position as head coach of Al-Rayyan due to poor results and was replaced by Nicolás Córdova.
December 19 2020 Laurent Blanc was appointed as the head coach of Qatari club Al-Rayyan, taking over from Uruguayan Diego Aguirre.
2016 Blanc received the Ligue 1 Manager of the Year award for the third time.
June 27 2016 PSG announced that Laurent Blanc and assistant coach Jean-Louis Gasset had left the club by mutual agreement.
June 27 2016 Laurent Blanc's managerial role at Paris Saint-Germain came to an end.
May 21 2016 PSG defeated Marseille 4–2 in the 2016 Coupe de France Final, achieving a domestic treble for the second consecutive season.
February 11 2016 Blanc signed a two-year contract extension with PSG.
2015 Wins multiple trophies with PSG including Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, and Trophée des Champions. Named French Manager of the Year and Ligue 1 Manager of the Year.
2015 Laurent Blanc was awarded the Ligue 1 Manager of the Year for the second time.
2015 Laurent Blanc's team once again won the Trophée des Champions.
May 16 2015 Blanc led PSG to win the Ligue 1 title for the third consecutive year with a 2–1 victory at Montpellier.
April 11 2015 PSG retained the Coupe de la Ligue with a 4–0 victory over Bastia, where Edinson Cavani and Zlatan Ibrahimović each scored two goals.
2014 Won Ligue 1, Trophée des Champions, and Coupe de la Ligue with Paris Saint-Germain
2014 Laurent Blanc's team won the Trophée des Champions.
2014 Laurent Blanc's Paris Saint-Germain secured the Ligue 1 title.
2014 Paris Saint-Germain won the Coupe de France under Laurent Blanc's management.
May 7 2014 PSG clinched the league title after Monaco drew with Guingamp, despite losing to Rennes later that day.
April 19 2014 Blanc secured a second item of silverware, winning the 2014 Coupe de la Ligue Final with PSG by defeating Lyon 2–1.
2013 Paris Saint-Germain, managed by Laurent Blanc, won the Coupe de la Ligue.
August 3 2013 Blanc won his first trophy with PSG, the 2013 Trophée des Champions, defeating Bordeaux 2–1 in Libreville, Gabon.
June 25 2013 Begins managing Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club.
June 25 2013 Laurent Blanc was appointed manager of Paris Saint-Germain shortly after Carlo Ancelotti left for Real Madrid.
2012 France was defeated 2–0 by Spain in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012.
2012 France won their second match of Euro 2012 against Ukraine with a score of 2–0.
2012 Blanc's team topped their Euro 2012 qualifying group and achieved friendly wins over England, Brazil, and Germany.
2012 Under Blanc's management, the France national team reached the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2012.
June 2012 France drew 1–1 with England in their first match of Group D in Euro 2012.
June 30 2012 Ends his role as manager of the French national team.
June 30 2012 Laurent Blanc stepped down as manager of the France national team and was replaced by Didier Deschamps.
2011 Laurent Blanc was part of the Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP.
August 2011 In his first game as manager, France lost 2–1 to Norway at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo.
July 2 2010 Appointed as manager of the French national football team.
July 2 2010 Laurent Blanc was officially named as the manager of the France national team.
June 26 2010 French media confirmed that Laurent Blanc had signed a two-year contract with the French Football Federation to lead the national team to Euro 2012.
May 20 2010 Bordeaux and the French Football Federation reached an agreement for €1.5 million in compensation.
May 18 2010 Bordeaux chairman Jean-Louis Triaud demanded compensation from the French Football Federation as Blanc's appointment to the national team became more probable.
May 16 2010 Laurent Blanc confirmed his departure from Bordeaux after three seasons in charge.

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