Olivier Renard

Olivier Renard (born 24 May 1979) is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper and is currently working as Sporting Director for the Montreal Impact.

Olivier Renard
Personal information
Full name Olivier Renard
Date of birth (1979-05-24) 24 May 1979
Place of birth Haine-Saint-Paul, Belgium
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Montreal Impact (Sporting director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Charleroi 5 (0)
1999–2005 Udinese 0 (0)
2000–2001 → Charleroi (loan) 8 (0)
2004 → Modena (loan) 6 (0)
2005 → Napoli (loan) 2 (0)
2005–2008 Standard Liège 40 (0)
2007–2008 → Mechelen (loan) 17 (0)
2008–2013 Mechelen 119 (0)
2013 → Charleroi (loan) 0 (0)
National team
1997 Belgium U18 4 (0)
1997–1998 Belgium U19 13 (0)
2000–2002 Belgium U21 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He was transferred in January 2008 from Standard Liege. He has also represented his country in the national football team and was a part of the Belgian team in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and he played at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in 2000 and 2002 where he was backup goalie to Jean-François Gillet. In the 2007–2008 season he finished second in the Goalkeeper of the year award, next to youngster Kenny Steppe.

Management career

From January 2014, Renard joined KV Mechelen as sporting director.[1] He left the club in February 2016, to join Standard Liège, still as sporting director.[2] From the summer 2018, he became the head of scouting instead of sporting director.[3] He left the club by mutual consent on 20 May 2019.[4]

In June 2019, he was hired as a sports consultant at Royal Antwerp.[5] He left the club again on 29 September 2019, where it was announced that Renard had signed with Major League Soccer (MLS) club Montreal Impact as the sporting director.[6]

References
  1. Olivier Renard assistent sportief directeur bij KV Mechelen, hln.be, 23 December 2013
  2. Standard schuift Lawarée opzij, Olivier Renard nieuwe sportief directeur, hln.be, 17 February 2016
  3. Standard wuift aanbod op doelman weg, telegraaf.nl, 11 August 2018
  4. Le Standard et Olivier Renard se séparent, rtbf.be, 20 May 2019
  5. Renard wordt sportief adviseur bij Antwerp, sport.be, 4 June 2019
  6. "Olivier Renard named Montreal Impact sporting director". Retrieved 29 September 2019.


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