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| Gerard Houllier |
Former Liverpool and Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier passed on at aged 73.
Houllier also had a hugely successful managerial career with Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon as well Premier League side Aston Villa.
Houllier’s coaching career began in France in the eighties where he guided Lens to promotion before taking over at PSG and winning the French league title.
He took charge of the French national team in 1992 before resigning a year later after failure to secure qualification for the 1994 World Cup.
He joined Liverpool in 1998, at first as co-manager with Roy Evans, before taking over solely.
He oversaw a period of transition before the hugely successful 2000/01 campaign where the club won both domestic cups, the Uefa Cup, after victory over Alaves in the final, as well as the Charity Shield and Uefa Super Cup to start the following season.
He left in 2004, replaced by Rafa Benitez at Anfield, before going on to lead Lyon to two Ligue 1 crowns back in France.
Again, Houllier returned to English football in 2010 with Aston Villa, helping them to a ninth-placed finish, before being forced to step down later that season due to ill health.
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