Laurent Guyot

Guyot played as a central defender, mainly for Nantes, where he won the Division 1 title in 1995. He also played for Toulouse and Guingamp.

Early years

Guyot was the director of Nantes's youth academy from 2005 to 2009, but left after disagreements with president Waldemar Kita. He was head coach of the U-16 and U-17 French national teams.

Boulogne

On 9 June 2009, Guyot signed a two-year deal at Boulogne, replacing Philippe Montanier who had taken the club from the fourth-tier Championnat de France Amateur to Ligue 1 in five seasons. He chose former Nanets teammate Serge Le Dizet as his assistant coach. On his debut, he lost 3–0 at Rennes on 8 August. His team reached the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France in his first season, but lost 3–1 away at fourth-tier Quevilly. Boulogne came 19th and were relegated back to Ligue 2 for 2010–11. Guyot was sacked on 27 December, having won four and drawn 11 of the 19 games in the first half of the season.

Sedan

On 26 May 2011, Guyot was named as the manager of Sedan in the same league, signing a two-year contract. On his debut on 23 July, he won 4–1 at home to Monaco in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue, followed by victories in the next rounds against his former employers Boulogne and Nantes in a run to the last 16. In his first season, the Sangliers finished one place and five points off promotion, but they were relegated 14 points from safety in 2013. The club's owner, Pascal Urano, stopped funding the team during their promotion push in 2012 and instead sold their best players before putting the club into liquidation in August 2013…

Player

Nantes

Division 1: 1994–95 Coupe de France runner-up: 1992–93