Christian Larièpe

Christian Larièpe (2 August 1959 – 2 May 2023) was a French footballer and sporting director who played as a defender.^[1]

Christian Larièpe

Personal information
Date of birth	(1959-08-02)2 August 1959
Place of birth	Montceau-les-Mines, France
Date of death	2 May 2023(2023-05-02) (aged 63)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1981	FC Montceau Bourgogne
Managerial career
	Louhans-Cuiseaux (assistant)
1991–2000[citation needed]	Saint-Étienne (assistant)
2000–2001	Lausanne-Sport (sporting director)
2001–2003	Saint-Étienne (sporting director)
2003–2007	Olympique de Marseille (trainer)
2007–2009	Nantes (sporting director)
2010–2012	FC Dynamo Moscow (trainer)
2013	ES Uzès Pont du Gard
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

After his football career abruptly ended at the age of 21, he became a trainer, later taking roles as sporting director for many clubs, including Saint-Étienne, Olympique de Marseille, Nantes, and FC Dynamo Moscow.^[2]

Biography

Born in Montceau-les-Mines on 2 August 1959, Larièpe played for FC Montceau Bourgogne until the age of 21, when he suffered a serious injury. Before arriving in Nantes, he coached the reserve team of Olympique de Marseille, but was replaced by Michel Flos [fr] due to insufficient results. Before Marseille, he was an assistant manager for Louhans-Cuiseaux FC and Saint-Étienne. He was sporting director for FC Lausanne-Sport from 2000 to 2001 before the club went bankrupt. He then returned to Saint-Étienne and served as sporting director until 2003.

Larièpe was interim coach of FC Nantes in the autumn of 2008 between the dismissal of Michel Der Zakarian and the arrival of Élie Baup. He was then a trainer for FC Dynamo Moscow from 2010 to 2013. In the autumn of 2013, he served as interim coach of ES Uzès Pont du Gard for three matches.^[3]

Christian Larièpe died on 2 May 2023, at the age of 63.^[4] He had contracted malaria after spending time in Cameroon.^[5]