Jean-Paul Rabier

Jean-Paul Rabier (born 25 January 1955) is a French football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club MC Alger.

Biography In April 1971, while playing for Stade Lannionnais, Jean-Paul Rabier took part in the National Cadets Cup with the Ligue de l'Ouest, in a team whose goalkeeper was Pierrick Hiard. He left Lannion for Rennes in 1972. A defensive midfielder, he won the Gambardella Cup in 1973 with Stade Rennais and played 150 matches with his training club before moving to US Valenciennes-Anzin in 1979.

In 1982, he joined Laval, then coached by Michel Le Milinaire, in Division 1. He was on the field during his team's remarkable achievement in the 1983-84 UEFA Cup season, where they faced the formidable Dynamo Kyiv team, featuring Blokhin and Zavarov. The first leg in the Soviet Union ended in a flattering 0-0 draw, after which the courageous Laval players triumphed in the return leg, thanks to José Souto's only goal of the match, in front of a packed Francis-Le-Basser stadium for the occasion.

Career Rabier played for Rennes, Valenciennes, Laval and Lens.

He coached Guingamp, La Roche VF, Rouen, Besançon, AS Vitré, Burkina Faso, MC Alger, Alkhor, F.C. Ryūkyū. He was appointed manager of the Madagascar national football team in April 2010.