Pierre Laigle
| Pierre Laigle | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | September 12, 1970 | |
| place of birth | Auchel , France | |
| size | 181 cm | |
| position | Defense / midfielder | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1978-1981 | US Auchel | |
| 1981-1988 | RC Lens | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1988-1990 | RC Lens B | 35 (6) |
| 1990-1996 | RC Lens | 182 (23) |
| 1996-1999 | Sampdoria Genoa | 90 (9) |
| 1999-2002 | Olympique Lyon | 69 (6) |
| 2002-2004 | HSC Montpellier | 40 (1) |
| 2004-2007 | AS Saint-Priest | 52 (4) |
| 2007-2009 | US Chalon-en-Champagne | 48 (16) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| France B | ||
| 1996-1998 | France | 8 (1) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Pierre Laigle (born September 12, 1970 in Auchel ) is a former French football player .
In the course of his career he won the French league cup twice and in 2002 he won the French championship title with Olympique Lyon . In 2009 he ended his active career as a player for US Chalon-en-Champagne in the top amateur league .
He was mainly used in the left or defensive midfield , but could also take the position of the left full-back.
Club career
Laigle began his career in the youth of his home club US Auchel at the age of seven. In 1981 he moved to the RC Lens youth academy , where he matured into a professional player.
From 1988 to 1990 he was a regular in the RCL B team before signing his first professional contract. Lens, which had just missed the immediate return to Ligue 1 , was forced to rely more on home-made players due to financial problems, whereupon alongside Laigle players such as Jean-Guy Wallemme , Cyrille Magnier , Eric Sikora or Frédéric Déhu advanced to become regulars who advanced to the The following years should form the supporting structure of the team.
After a strong debut season and promotion to second place in the table, Laigle, at that time still mainly used in left midfield, established himself in the following seasons in Ligue 1 . Under coach Patrice Bergues he was then converted into a defensive midfielder from 1994, which although his goal rate suffered, he became a key figure in the system of the RCL. As an interface between defensive and offensive, he acted alongside the then still young talent Marc-Vivien Foé as an extended arm of the coach on the field and shone as a template for the strikers Roger Boli , Titi Camara and Tony Vairelles . After winning the league cup in 1994 and being named French national player , he was in the focus of various European clubs and moved to Italy for the 1996/97 season to Sampdoria Genoa , which was overseen by Sven-Göran Eriksson .
After a brief start-up, he established himself in Italy in the same position as before at Lens and together with Fausto Salsano , Christian Karembeu and Juan Sebastián Verón formed the strong midfield diamond of the "Samp" . With the arrival of compatriot Alain Boghossian and the change of coach to César Luis Menotti and later Vujadin Boškov , he was also used as the left outer link in the back four or in his old position in the left midfield, but retained his status as a regular player and scored five goals this season his goal danger again. The 1998/99 season developed despite the obligations of Lee Sharpe , Doriva or Ariel Ortega to a disaster season for Sampdoria, which ended after three coach changes and table position 16 with the first going into the second division since 1982. Laigle then moved back to France to Olympique Lyon .
In his first season he struggled with a few minor injuries and only made 17 appearances this season before he was able to establish himself in midfield alongside his former teammate from Lens times Marc-Vivien Foé. After a third place and the runner-up title in the 2000/01 season behind FC Nantes , he then won the French championship title with the club for the first time in 2002 . Up until the penultimate round, his youth club RC Lens led the table before Lyon managed to turn things around in the last game with a 3-1 home win. Laigle managed the decisive goal to the final score. In the team with stars like Sonny Anderson , Juninho , Éric Carrière or Steve Marlet , Laigle had once again played a key role in midfield and was considered a guarantee of success due to his consistently strong performances.
After the league title he moved to HSC Montpellier at the time, where he again only made 18 season appearances due to injury in his debut season. In the following season he was largely injury-free again, but could no longer build on his old class. Montpellier then rose despite a strong Habib Bamogo , who scored 16 goals this season, from bottom of the table in Ligue 2 .
Laigle then ended his professional career and moved to the French amateur league , where he worked for three seasons for AS Saint-Priest and US Chalon-en-Champagne . In 2009 he announced his final resignation.
National team
After appearances for the French U-21 and B national team, Laigle celebrated his debut for France on February 21, 1996 in a 3-1 win in the friendly against Greece . As a result, he was part of the extended circle of the national team, but was not called up in the final French squad for the 1996 European Football Championship .
He was a member of the well-known "bannis de Clairefontaine" , those six players ( Lionel Letizi , Martin Djetou , Sabri Lamouchi , Ibrahim Ba and Nicolas Anelka ) who were coached shortly before the 1998 home World Cup , which ended with the title for France Aimé Jacquet were removed from the provisional 28-man squad. To this day, Laigle gives his non-nomination as the greatest sporting disappointment.
He played his last international game on November 12, 1997 in a 2-1 win over Scotland .
After strong performances for Olympique Lyon , he was called up again in November 2000 by the then team boss Roger Lemerre for the friendly against Turkey , but had to cancel due to an injury. As a result, he was no longer taken into account for France.
After the active career
After his playing career, he settled with his family in the greater Lyon area and has been working as a real estate agent ever since . He has completely turned his back on the football business.
successes
- 1 × French soccer champion : 2002
- 2 × Coupe de la Ligue : 1994, 2001
Web links
- Pierre Laigle in the database of weltfussball.de
- Player profile on the official website of the French Football Association
- Player profile on a fan page of the RC Lens
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Divers: Pierre Laigle (French) pailladins.free.fr, accessed on October 21, 2010
- ↑ a b c Lens, mes années souvenirs ... (French) lavoixdessports.com, accessed on October 21, 2010
- ↑ a b c La Coupe du Monde 1998? Une déception ... (French) footmercato.net, accessed on October 21, 2010
- ↑ France - Grèce 3: 1 ff.fr, accessed on October 21, 2010
- ^ France-Ecosse 2: 1 ff., Accessed on October 21, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laigle, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auchel |