Vincent Guérin

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Vincent Guérin (; born 22 November 1965) is a French former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Career

Guérin was born in Boulogne-Billancourt. In a career stretching from 1984 to 2002, he played for Stade Brestois 29, Matra Racing, Montpellier Hérault, Paris Saint-Germain, Heart of Midlothian in Scotland and, finally, with Red Star 93.

With Paris Saint Germain he won one Ligue 1 in 1994, placed second in 1993, 1996 and 1997, won the Coupe de France twice, in 1993 and 1995, won one Coupe de la Ligue in 1995, and one Cup Winners' Cup in 1996. He was also a finalist in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997, and won another Coupe de France in 1990 with Montpellier.

With France he won the UEFA Under 21 European Cup in 1988 (13 matches played), and earned 19 full international caps, scoring 2 goals, as well as participating at Euro 1996.

International goals

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guérin goal.

List of international goals scored by Vincent Guérin

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 April 1995	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Slovakia	flag alias = Flag of Slovakia.svg	flag alias-1939 = Flag of Slovakia (1939–1945).svg	flag alias-1990 = Flag of Slovakia (1939–1945).svg	Slovak Ground Forces	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|4–0 || UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
2	6 September 1995	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Azerbaijan	flag alias = Flag of Azerbaijan.svg	flag alias-1918 = Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg	flag alias-1991 = Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg	link alias-naval = Azerbaijani Navy	flag alias-army = Flag of Azerbaijani Land Forces.svg	link alias-army = Azerbaijani Land Forces	flag alias-air force = AzAF Flag of Azerbaijan.png	link alias-air force = Azerbaijani Air Force	flag alias-navy = Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg	link alias-navy = Azerbaijani Navy	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|10–0 || UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying

Doping controversy

In 1997, the French Football Federation moved to suspend Guérin after he failed a drugs test administered after a PSG game on 5 October. Guérin appealed unsuccessfully to the FFF's doping appeals commission, who awarded him an 18-month ban, 12 months of which were suspended. Guérin subsequently appealed to the French federal Administrative Court at Versaille, contesting the FFF's decision on several counts. The court at Versailles upheld one of Guérin's contentions, that the drugs test was improperly administered, and thus decreed that the entire process should be deemed void. Resultantly, the FFF-imposed suspension was annulled.

Honours

Montpellier

• Coupe de France: 1989–90

Paris Saint-Germain

• Division 1: 1993–94
• Coupe de France: 1992–93, 1994–95
• Coupe de la Ligue: 1994–95
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1995–96

Individual

• Division 1 Player of the Year: 1994–95
• French Player of the Year: 1997

External links

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