Charbonnier :: Lionel Charbonnier

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Lionel André Michel Charbonnier (French pronunciation: ; born 25 October 1966) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. After retiring, he became a football manager and managed Aceh United of the Liga Primer Indonesia in the season before they folded along with their independent league. Charbonnier played for the Auxerre side which won the Ligue 1 title and Coupe de France in the 1995–96 season under the management of Guy Roux. After eleven seasons with Auxerre, from 1987 to 1998, he joined Rangers in Scotland, where he won the treble of Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in his first season, 1998–99. They retained the League and Cup in his second season. He retired in 2002, after a season with Lausanne Sports of the Swiss Super League. Charbonnier was selected 32 times to the France national team but earned his only full cap in 1997. He was a member of the squad which won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil, although he did not play a game. He also managed Tahiti, a French overseas territory, at under-20 level, winning the Oceania Football Confederation's championship in that age bracket. Charbonnier qualified the Under-20 team to the 2009 World Cup in Egypt, the first time that any island has qualified in this level of competition. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article