A figure of the FCSM has passed away. Pierre Tournier died at the age of 88. FC Sochaux Montbéliard announces it this Wednesday on its website. Former player with nearly 400 professional matches, this native of Belfort 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 worn the colors of Sochaux in the semi-finals of the European Cup“.
He trained Bats, Genghini, Stopyra and many more
Pierre Tournier was an outstanding trainer. It was he who allowed the emergence of many talents who then became internationals such as Bernard Genghini, Yannick Stopyra, Joël Bats or Gilles Rousset, the late Stephane Paille, Franck Sylvestre (…). ” Elements which then make up the backbone of the vice-champion team of France in 1980, then semi-finalist of the UEFA Cup”, recalls the FCSM. Pierre Tournier is eight years at the head of the “Sochaux nursery” before joining AS Monaco.
Moment of contemplation at the Bonal stadium
For the trace he left at the club, FC Sochaux Montbéliard will pay Pierre Tournier a deserved tribute. A minute of silence will be observed in his memory. just before the kick-off of the Sochaux-Nîmes match this Saturday at the Bonal stadium at 7 p.m.