Bernard Lama

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Bernard Lama
Personal information
Date of birth	April 7, 1963 (age 43)
Place of birth	Saint-Symphorien, France
Height	1.83 m (6'0")
Position	Goalkeeper
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1982-1983 1983-1984 1984-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001	Abbeville Besançon Lille Metz Brest Lens Paris SG West Ham Paris SG Rennes Total	0 (0) 23 (0) 103 (1) 38 (0) 38 (0) 36 (1) 221 (0) 12 (0) 65 (0) 32 (0) 568 (2)
National team
1993-2000	France	44 (0)
Teams managed
2006	Kenya
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Bernard Lama is a former French footballer born in the Indre-et-Loire département but originating from French Guiana who played as a goalkeeper, spending a number of years in goal for Lille and Paris Saint-Germain. He also played for Brest, Lens, Metz and West Ham. His debut with the France national team was on February 17, 1993 against Israel in a 4-0 victory, and he would go on to win 44 caps for his nation. He played in the Euro 1996 finals, and was a substitute at the Euro 2000 finals.

Lama also received a two month ban for failing a drug test in 1998. It was reported that it was the consumption of cannabis which led to the ban. This led to Lama losing his place in the French national team to Fabien Barthez for the World Cup in France.

He is now a coach and in July 21, 2006 Lama was appointed the Kenya national football team coach [1]. Kenya, however, lost on his debut to Eritrea on September 2nd, 2006, during an Africa Cup Qualifier game, and he quit just two months later, being replaced by Tom Olaba.[2].

[edit] Honours

• World Cup (1998)
• Euro 2000

[edit] External links

• French Profile, stats and pictures of Bernard Lama

	France squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Champions (1st Title)
1 Lama | 2 Candela | 3 Lizarazu | 4 Vieira | 5 Blanc | 6 Djorkaeff | 7 Deschamps | 8 Desailly | 9 Guivarc'h | 10 Zidane | 11 Pirès | 12 Henry | 13 Diomède | 14 Boghossian | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Petit | 18 Leboeuf | 19 Karembeu | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Dugarry | 22 Charbonnier | Coach: Jacquet