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Philippe Blain
Personal information
Full namePhilippe Georges Antoine Blain
NationalityFrench
Born (1960-05-20) 20 May 1960 (age 64)
Montpellier, France
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Coaching information
Current teamJapan
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1991–1993
1994–2000
2000–2001
2001–2012
2013–2015
2013–2016
2016–2017
2017–2021
2021–		Piemonte Volley
AS Cannes
Arago de Sète
France
Montpellier UC
Poland (AC)
Skra Bełchatów
Japan (AC)
Japan
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1980–1985
1986–1989
1989–1990		Montpellier UC
Montpellier UC
Piemonte Volley
National team
1980–1991 France (340)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  France
CEV European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1987 Belgium
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Netherlands
Head Coach  France
FIVB World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Argentina
FIVB World League
Silver medal – second place 2006 Moscow
CEV European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2009 Turkey

Philippe Georges Antoine Blain (born 20 May 1960) is a French professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the France national team in 1984–1987, and a participant at the Olympic Games Seoul 1988. The current head coach of the Japan national team.

Career as coach

Since 1998 he coached in France, first at AS Cannes, then, since 2000, at Arago de Sète. Starting from 2001 he was a head coach of the France men's national volleyball team.

In 2013 he was announced a new assistant coach Stephane Antiga. They have been working with Poland men's national volleyball team. On September 21, 2014 Poland won a title of World Champion 2014.[1][2][3] On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski – Gold Cross of Merit for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport.[4]

On 29 March 2016 he signed a contract with Polish club PGE Skra Bełchatów and replaced previous head coach Miguel Angel Falasca.[5]

Honours

As a coach

Individual awards

State awards

References

  1. ^ Poland win second World Championship title at home – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
  2. ^ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
  3. ^ FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem – plusliga.pl – 21-09-2014
  4. ^ "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 27-10-2014
  5. ^ Mistrz Świata poprowadzi PGE Skrę – 29-03-2016
  6. ^ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń – isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014
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