Bernard Lama

Bernard Lama
	Bernard Lama
	Bernard Lama in 2008
Personnel
Surname	Bernard Pascal Maurice Lama
birthday	April 7, 1963
place of birth	Saint-Symphorien , France
size	183 cm
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
	Montjoly
	Lille OSC
Men's
National team
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2006	Kenya
	1 Only league games are given.

Bernard Lama (born April 7, 1963 in Saint-Symphorien (Indre-et-Loire) ) is a former French football goalkeeper and later football coach .

Career

Lama made 44 appearances for the French national team between February 1993 and September 2000 . He was voted Footballer of the Year in France in 1994 and was in goal for France at the 1996 European Championship . In 1997 Lama tested positive for cannabis and was banned for four months.

Later in 1998 he wore the shirt number 1 again for the national team, but was only on the bench behind Fabien Barthez at the 1998 World Cup in his own country . At the European Championships in 2000 he was allowed to play against the Netherlands in the last group game when progress was already certain.

Bernard Lama ended his active career in 2001.

In July 2006 he took over the post of Kenyan national coach. In his debut as a coach, his team was defeated by the Eritrean national soccer team . After two months in office, he was replaced by Tom Olaba .

Achievements and Awards

World Champion 1998
European Champion 2000
France's footballer of the year 1994
European Cup Winner 1996
French champion 1994
French cup winner 1993, 1995
Étoile d'Or 2000
4th place in France Football's leaderboard for French goalkeepers (October 2006)

Web links

Data sheet with photo on the website of the French Association
Profile on playerhistory.com ( Memento from June 19, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Lama, Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French soccer goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-Symphorien

[1] Now to Istanbul? Rhein-Zeitung November 5, 1997

[2] Article on BBC Sport

Personnel
Bernard Lama
Bernard Lama in 2008
Surname	Bernard Pascal Maurice Lama
birthday	April 7, 1963
place of birth	Saint-Symphorien , France
size	183 cm
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
	Montjoly
	Lille OSC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) ¹
1981-1987	OSC Lille B	37 (0)
1981-1989	Lille OSC	103 (1)
1982-1983	→ SC Abbeville (loan)	0 (0)
1983-1984	→ RC Besançon (loan)	23 (0)
1989-1990	FC Metz	38 (0)
1990-1991	Stade Brest	38 (0)
1991-1992	RC Lens	36 (1)
1992-1997	Paris Saint-Germain	221 (0)
1997-1998	West Ham United	12 (0)
1998-2000	Paris SG	65 (0)
2000-2001	Rennes stadium	32 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1993-2000	France	44 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2006	Kenya
¹ Only league games are given.