Jean-Marc Furlan

Jean-Marc Furlan (born 20 November 1957) is a French football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is currently in charge of Ligue 2 side AJ Auxerre.

Jean-Marc Furlan
Furlan as Brest manager in 2018
Personal information
Full name Jean-Marc Furlan
Date of birth (1957-11-20) 20 November 1957
Place of birth Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Auxerre (manager)
Youth career
1962–1973 Vélines
1973–1976 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1978 Bordeaux 51 (0)
1978–1979 Montpellier 23 (0)
1979–1980 Laval 25 (0)
1980–1982 Lyon 76 (0)
1982–1985 Tours 106 (3)
1985–1986 Bastia 33 (1)
1986–1987 Montpellier 3 (0)
1987–1988 Arras
1988–1989 Lens 16 (0)
1989–1992 AS Saint-Seurin 88 (4)
1992–1993 Libourne
Teams managed
1993–1997 Libourne (youth)
1997–1998 Libourne
1998–2004 Libourne
2004–2007 Troyes
2007–2009 Strasbourg
2009–2010 Nantes
2010–2015 Troyes
2016–2019 Brest
2019– Auxerre
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Furlan started his career at Bordeaux, where he signed his first professional contract in 1975, winning the Coupe Gambardella one year later. Furlan later also played for Stade Lavallois, Olympique Lyonnais, Tours FC, where he won promotion to the first division in the 1983–84 season, SC Bastia, Montpellier HSC, in which he achieved another promotion to the top-flight in the 1986–87 campaign, RC Lens and Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle, retiring there in 1993.

From 1976 to 1993, Furlan played as a sweeper in 420 professional games, 273 in Division 1 and 147 in Division 2.

Managerial career

Libourne

After retirement, Furlan later opened a sport shop. He felt the need to share his football passion and did so by volunteering as a coach for his son’s little league team. His aim was to develop the talent of young players. Due to financial difficulties, the club merged into Libourne/Saint-Seurin and started over in CFA 2 (fifth tier).

Satisfied with the results of the Libourne youth team, Furlan was asked to manage the first-team squad from 1997 to 2004. This was a success; four seasons in a row, he guided Libourne to the round of 32 in the Coupe de France, eliminating Ligue 1 teams such as Olympique Lyonnais and FC Metz and making it to the quarter-finals. At the same time, Furlan achieved promotion from CFA 2 (fifth tier) to CFA (fourth tier) and then the National (third tier).

During his time at Libourne-Saint Seurin, Furlan was widely credited with having overseen the progress of youngsters such as Matthieu Chalmé and Mathieu Valbuena.

Troyes

Furlan’s performances as a manager drew the attention of several professional teams. He signed his first professional contract as a manager with Ligue 2 side Troyes AC in the 2004–05 season. His first season was very successful as Troyes was promoted to Ligue 1 and he was personally awarded Manager of the Year, being considered to be a shrewd tactician with collective spirit made up of well-oiled offensive tactics.

Strasbourg

Furlan was appointed manager of RC Strasbourg from 2007 to 2009.

Nantes

Furlan took over as the new manager of FC Nantes in the 2009–10 season.

Return to Troyes
Furlan during his time as Troyes manager in June 2011

In the 2010–11 season, Furlan returned to Troyes and the team was promoted to Ligue 1 the following season. Again in the 2014–15 season, Furlan easily led the side to promotion to Ligue 1, with four games before the end of the season, as well as winning its first national title, Ligue 2. He left the club on 3 December 2015.

Brest

On 30 May 2016, Furlan became the new manager of Stade Brestois 29 for three years after Alex Dupont, the previous manager, failed to bring them back up to Ligue 1 after three years in command.

Despite a low budget in the teams he managed, Furlan developed the talent of very good players such as Damien Perquis, Bafétimbi Gomis, Blaise Matuidi, Djibril Sidibé, Mounir Obbadi and Fabrice N'Sakala.

On 17 May 2019, after Furlan had led Brest to a Ligue 1 promotion, his contract ran out.[1]

Auxerre

He signed with Ligue 2 side AJ Auxerre the same day.[2]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 20 December 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Troyes 14 June 2004 1 June 2007 123 39 34 50 148 170 −22 031.71
Strasbourg 12 June 2007 3 June 2009 82 28 20 34 100 111 −11 034.15
Nantes 3 December 2009 20 February 2010 9 2 1 6 7 13 −6 022.22
Troyes 23 June 2010 3 December 2015 236 94 54 88 320 283 +37 039.83
Brest 30 May 2016 17 May 2019 128 63 35 30 206 140 +66 049.22
Auxerre 17 May 2019 Present 22 5 9 8 26 23 +3 022.73
Total 600 231 153 216 807 740 +67 038.50

Honours

Player

Bordeaux

Tours

Montpellier

Manager
Furlan with Brest in July 2016

Libourne

Troyes

Brest

Individual

References
  1. "Jean-Marc Furlan va quitter Brest: Ils ont choisi un autre entraîneur". L'Équipe (in French).
  2. "Jean-Marc Furlan entraînera Auxerre la saison prochaine (officiel)". L'Équipe (in French).
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