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My Take
Rémi Garde has always struck me as one of French football's thinkers. A Lyon man through and through, he helped his boyhood club climb out of the second division before building a coaching life that eventually took him across the Atlantic to the Montreal Impact. Playing as a defender and defensive midfielder is the kind of role that rewards anticipation over athleticism, and that intellectual streak tends to carry naturally into management. I'm partial to the cool-headed tacticians who command from the spine of the team rather than the spotlight, and Garde fits that mold beautifully, a loyal one-club product turned international coach.
Overview
Rémi Marie François Garde (French pronunciation: [ʁemi ɡaʁd], born 3 April 1966) is a French former professional footballer. He was most recently the head coach of Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer. He played as a defender and defensive midfielder, spending most of his career with his first club Lyon, with whom he won the 1988–89 French Division 2.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rémi Garde
- Name (Japanese)
- レミ・ガルド
- Reading
- れみ・がるど
- Born
- April 3, 1966 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Horse
- Origin
- L'Arbresle, Rhône, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from France →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.