The death of French coach Uier, maker of Liverpool's glories
Former French coach Gerard Ouyer, who oversaw the national team, Liverpool, Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain, died at the age of 73, just days after undergoing an aortic surgery, his former club Lens said Monday.
Ouyer passed away on Monday after returning to his home after undergoing an operation in a Paris hospital, according to the sports newspaper L'Equipe.
Ouyer has always suffered from health problems, and he underwent surgery for the first time on October 13, 2001 before a match for his former team Liverpool, but that did not prevent him from continuing the coaching mission until 2011, when the English Aston Villa was his last coaching assignment.
Ouyer, who knew a modest career as a player, supervised several teams during his coaching career that began in 1973, most notably Lens, Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon at the French level, while Liverpool and Aston Villa were the only two teams outside the borders.
Ouyer coached France in 1992 and 1993, after serving as assistant coach between 1988 and 1992.
Ouyer was the architect of Saint Germain's first coronation with the French League title in 1986, then he was also crowned champion with Lyon in 2006 and 2007, while Liverpool won the Cup (2001), the League Cup (2001 and 2003), the European Cup and the European Super Cup (2001).
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