Gaëtan Huard (born 12 January 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gaëtan Huard | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-01-12) 12 January 1962 (age 60) | ||
| Place of birth | Montargis, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Amilly | |||
| Pithiviers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1988 | Lens | 162 | (0) |
| 1988–1991 | Marseille | 63 | (0) |
| 1991–1996 | Bordeaux | 159 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Hércules | 10 | (0) |
| Total | 394 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Montargis, Loiret, Huard played 357 Ligue 1 matches for RC Lens, FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Olympique de Marseille, winning the 1989 and 1990 Division 1 championships with the latter. During the 1992–93 season with Bordeaux (which would finish third in the 1992–93 French Division 1 final standings), he enjoyed a run of 1,176 minutes (stretching between matchday 17 and 31 of the Division 1 campaign) of Division 1 football without conceding a goal.[1] He helped Bordeaux win the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[2]
Huard helped Bordeaux reach the 1996 UEFA Cup final, where they lost to FC Bayern Munich. The 34-year-old had a brief stint in Spain. He played for Hércules CF during the 1996–97 season, serving as a backup goalkeeper. They were relegated from the La Liga after finishing second-bottom in the table at the conclusion of the 1996–97 La Liga season, after which Huard retired from playing professional football.
Afterwards, Huard worked several years as a sports consultant for Canal+.