Laurent Guyot


Laurent Guyot is a French former footballer and football manager, currently managing Boulogne in the French Championnat National.

Career

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

Coaching career

He was the director of FC Nantes 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. He signed until June 2011 for newly promoted US Boulogne soon after, he chose former teammate Serge Le Dizet as his assistant coach. On 25 May 2011, he was named as the manager of the CS Sedan, signing a two-year contract.
On 29 June 2015, it was announced that Guyot would become the Academy Director at Toronto FC. His term begins on the 1 August.
On 26 January 2018, Guyot was unveiled as the new Toronto FC II coach, succeeding Jason Bent. On 1 June 2018, Toronto FC announced that he would be leaving the club for another coaching opportunity. From June 2018 2018 until May 2nd 2019, he coached Cercle Brugge and maintained that side against all odds in division 1A.
Guyot returned to Boulogne for a second spell in June 2019.