An FCSM figure has disappeared. Pierre Tournier died at the age of 88. FC Sochaux Montbéliard announce it on Wednesday on their website. Former player with nearly 400 professional matches, this Belfort native was above all ” the first director of the Club’s training center in 1974, participating in the emergence of many professionals and the generation that had dressed the colors of Sochaux in the semi-finals of the European Cup“.
He has coached Bats, Genghini, Stopyra and many others
Pierre Tournier was an exceptional coach. It was he who brought out many talents who then became international such as Bernard Genghini, Yannick Stopyra, Joël Bats or Gilles Rousset, the late Stephane Paille, Franck Sylvestre (…). ” Elements that then form the backbone of the French vice-champion team in 1980, then UEFA Cup semi-finalist “, remembers the FCSM. Pierre Tournier is eight years at the helm of the “Sochaux Nursery“before joining AS Monaco.
Moment of contemplation at the Bonal stadium
For the track he left at the club, FC Sochaux Montbéliard will pay their well-deserved tribute to Pierre Tournier. A minute of silence will be observed in his memory. just before the start of the Sochaux-Nîmes match this Saturday at the Bonal stadium at 19:00.
