Yann Lachuer

Yann Lachuer

Lachuer with Orléans in August 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-08-05) 5 August 1972 (age 49)
Place of birth	Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Romorantin (Head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1993	Créteil	31	(5)
1993–1998	Auxerre	104	(21)
1996–1997	→ Châteauroux	32	(9)
1998–1999	PSG	22	(1)
1999–2001	Bastia	65	(7)
2001–2006	Auxerre	158	(15)
2006–2007	Troyes	37	(3)
2007–2008	Châteauroux	17	(3)
2008–2009	Orléans
Teams managed
2009–2012	Orléans
2016–2017	Saran
2017–2018	US Créteil
2018–	Romorantin
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yann Lachuer (born 5 August 1972) is a French footballer coach and former professional player who coaches SO Romorantin.

Playing career[]

Lachuer began his career in the 1992–93 season with US Créteil-Lusitanos in Ligue 2 the second tier of French Football, making 31 appearances and scoring 5 goals.^[1] His displays brought him to the attention of AJ Auxerre, for whom he signed in 1993. He was limited to just two first team appearances in the following seasons until a loan spell with LB Châteauroux in the 1996–97 season. This was a most productive spell for Lachuer, where he found the net 9 times in 32 games. He continued this rich vein of form the next season, following his return to Auxerre, grabbing 7 goals in 28 domestic appearances. He played 7 times in the UEFA Cup but did not find the target.

1998–99 saw Lachuer move to Paris Saint-Germain FC,^[2] where he endured a rather disappointing season, failing to live up to the standards he had set himself in the previous two years. A solitary goal in 22 games for PSG, was sufficient for them to move him on to another club at the end of the season. A highlight was scoring the winning goal as PSG won the 1998 Trophée des Champions.^[3]

For the next two seasons, he plied his trade on the island of Corsica with SC Bastia, scoring 7 times in 65 appearances for the club. He returned to AJ Auxerre for a second spell in 2001–02, scoring 3 goals as Auxerre qualified for the UEFA Champions League. The following season he contributed 4 goals as Auxerre won the Coupe de France, their first major honour since completing the League and Cup double in 1995–96.

Winning the Coupe de France ensured Auxerre qualified for the UEFA Cup where Lachuer scored his first goal in European competition, to go alongside the 3 league goals he amassed as Auxerre finished 4th in Ligue 1. In doing so they managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup for the second successive season. In the 2004–05 season he scored only his second-ever European goal, again in the UEFA Cup. He also notched up 24 club appearances as Auxerre won the Coupe de France for the second time in three seasons.

2005–06 proved to be Lachuer's last season with Auxerre.^[4] He managed 4 goals in 27 appearances for the club. Lachuer opted not to renew his contract with Auxerre after it expired, preferring instead to pursue his career elsewhere. After considering offers from AS Nancy, OGC Nice, Le Mans UC72, AS Saint-Étienne and clubs in Italy and the United Arab Emirates, he opted to sign a one-year deal with Troyes.

He outlined his reasons for opting for Troyes in several interviews, stating that he was attracted by their style of play. After a one-year contract with Troyes where he led Ligue 1 with 10 assists he signed a contract with L2 team, LB Châteauroux.

Lachuer remains a popular figure in French football and is widely regarded by many fans, as one of the best players never to appear for Les Bleus.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching career[]

In November 2018, he became the head coach of Romorantin.^[5]

Personal life[]

Lachuer is the brother of Julien Lachuer,^[6] and the uncle of Mathis Lachuer, both professional footballers.^[7]

References[]

External links[]

• Yann Lachuer at WorldFootball.net