Olivier Renard
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Olivier Renard | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Haine-Saint-Paul, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Montreal Impact (Sporting director) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Charleroi | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Charleroi (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Modena (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Napoli (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Standard Liège | 40 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Mechelen (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2008–2013 | Mechelen | 119 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Charleroi (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | Belgium U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Belgium U19 | 13 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Belgium U21 | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Olivier Renard (born 24 May 1979) is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper and is currently working as Sporting Director for the Montreal Impact.
Career[]
He was transferred in January 2008 from Standard Liège. He has also represented his country in the national football team and was a part of the Belgian team in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and he played at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in 2000 and 2002 where he was backup goalie to Jean-François Gillet. In the 2007–2008 season he finished second in the Goalkeeper of the year award, next to youngster Kenny Steppe.
Management career[]
From January 2014, Renard joined KV Mechelen as sporting director.[1] He left the club in February 2016, to join Standard Liège, still as sporting director.[2] From the summer 2018, he became the head of scouting instead of sporting director.[3] He left the club by mutual consent on 20 May 2019.[4]
In June 2019, he was hired as a sports consultant at Royal Antwerp.[5] He left the club again on 29 September 2019, where it was announced that Renard had signed with Major League Soccer (MLS) club Montreal Impact as the sporting director.[6]
References[]
- ^ Olivier Renard assistent sportief directeur bij KV Mechelen, hln.be, 23 December 2013
- ^ Standard schuift Lawarée opzij, Olivier Renard nieuwe sportief directeur, hln.be, 17 February 2016
- ^ Standard wuift aanbod op doelman weg, telegraaf.nl, 11 August 2018
- ^ Le Standard et Olivier Renard se séparent, rtbf.be, 20 May 2019
- ^ Renard wordt sportief adviseur bij Antwerp, sport.be, 4 June 2019
- ^ "Olivier Renard named Montreal Impact sporting director". Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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