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Goalkeeper coach

Christophe Lollichon


Christophe joined Chelsea in November 2007 from Rennes, where he had
previously worked with Petr Cech.


He had been at the French club since 1999, in which time he has taken care
of a host of top class goalkeepers. As well as cech, he mentored French
international Michael Landreau, Andreas Isaksson, Christophe Revault and
Patrice Luzi, formerly of Liverpool.


His time there has coincided with the club's best ever period, regularly
battling for European football at the top end of the French league. When
he joined the club, he began working in the Academy, but quickly rose up
the ladder to work with the first team, where he met a young Cech during
the 2003/4 season.


Much like Avram Grant, Christophe never played at the top level, although
as a youth, he would train once a week with Nantes, where he occasionally
got to share a training pitch with future Chelsea players Marcel Desailly
and Didier Deschamps.


Realising that his path in football lay with coaching, at the age of 24,
he gave up the amateur game and became a coach with Ancenis near Nantes.
His role there was to build an academy, and he eventually achieved success
that led to Rennes offering him a post.


Goalkeeping has long been his love, choosing the position as a child
because of the individuality of the strip, and the ability to use hands as
well as feet.


Christophe is renowned in his homeland for his qualities of hard work,
attention to detail and communication, and all at Chelsea welcome him to
his new role.


The post of goalkeeper coach became available after Silvino Louro left the
club with Jose Mourinho.