Alain Gay-Hardy


Alain Gay-Hardy is a French former football player and manager.

Playing career

A midfielder, Gay-Hardy started his career with French third tier side Quevilly-Rouen Métropole|Quevilly-Rouen], helping them reach the semi-finals of the 1967–68 Coupe [de France].

Managerial career

In 1981, Gay-Hardy was appointed manager of AC Avignon in the French third tier, where he suffered relegation to the French fourth tier.
In 1985, he was appointed manager of French sixth tier club Carpentras, helping them earn promotion to the French fifth tier. In 2008, Gay-Hardy was appointed manager of A.D. [Municipal Liberia|Liberia] in the Costa Rican top flight, helping them win their only league title.