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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Gregory Coupet | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Olympique Lyon | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 30, 2006 | |||
Grégory Coupet, (born december 31, 1972 in Le Puy-en-Velay) is a football (soccer) player from France. He plays goalkeeper with Olympique Lyonnais and France national team.
After being for a long time the second goalkeeper in France, after Fabien Barthez, he alternates with Barthez in the France national team and has a good chance to be the regular goalkeeper during the coming Football World Cup 2006, due to his excellent performances with Olympique Lyonnais (five-time defending French Ligue 1 championship).
Having started six of his side's 10 games in qualifying, Coupet was demoted to the bench when France head coach Raymond Domenech selected rival Barthez as his first-choice goalkeeper ahead of the World Cup 2006 finals in Germany.
Clubs
- 1993 - 1996 : AS Saint-Étienne (France)
- 1996 – 2006 : Olympique Lyonnais (France)
After starting his career with AS Saint-Étienne (first game in Ligue 1 in march 1994) he made a risky move by playing to rival Olympique Lyonnais (two cities are only 80 km apart, and are long-time local and national rivals). His gamble payed off as AS Saint-Étienne is not anymore the main French team (it was in 1960s and 1970s) but since 2002 Olympique Lyonnais has dominated the French Ligue 1 championship and is also regularly present in the UEFA Champions League (Quarter-finals during UEFA Champions League 2004-05).
He will be the number 2 goalkeeper for France in this upcoming world cup, despite pressure from the majority of french fans stating he should be N.1.
National team
"Greg" has 18 caps with the France team.
He made his debut in the national team in June, 2001 during the Confederation Cup. He was a member of the French team during the Football World Cup 2002 but did not play.
Honours
- French Ligue 1 championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais.
- Trophée Des Champions in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 with Olympique Lyonnais.
- Coupe de la Ligue (French League Cup) in and 2001 with Olympique Lyonnais
- UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1997 with Olympique Lyonnais
- Confederation Cup in 2001 and 2003 with France national team
- Won "Best Goal-keeper of Ligue 1" in 2004, 2005.
External links
| France squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup runners-up | ||
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| Olympique Lyonnais – current squad | |
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