Christophe Lollichon is the current Goalkeeping Coach at Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

. He took the position in November 2007, following the arrival of Avram Grant at the club and under Petr Cech

Petr Cech

Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...

's recommendation He was previously Goalkeeping Coach at Rennes

Rennes

Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...

 for 8 years.

Rennes

Christophe worked as Goalkeeping Coach at Rennes for an impressive 8 years, from 1999 to 2007. During that period, he helped nurtured Petr Cech

Petr Cech

Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...

 into one of the finest goalkeepers in today's game. He also nurtured Mickaël Landreau

Mickaël Landreau

Mickaël Vincent André-Marie Landreau is a French professional football goalkeeper, who currently plays for French Ligue 1 side Lille OSC. He has 11 caps for the French national team.-Club career:...

, Andreas Isaksson

Andreas Isaksson

Andreas Isaksson is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven and for the Swedish national team.-Club career:...

, Christophe Revault

Christophe Revault

Christophe Revault is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Le Havre AC-Le Havre:Revault started his career with Le Havre, playing his first Ligue 1 game for them against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes.-Paris SG:Revault would return to Paris to play for PSG in...

 and Patrice Luzi

Patrice Luzi

Patrice Luzi Bernardi is a French goalkeeper. The longest stint in his career so far have been his three years with Liverpool, which came to an end when he was released by the Anfield club in June 2005. He then signed a contract with Belgian side Mouscron...

 during his stint at Rennes.

Chelsea FC

Following Avram Grant's arrival at the club in the 2007/2008 season, Christophe was recruited to Chelsea as their goalkeeping coach. He filled one of the many vacancies created by Jose Mourinho

José Mourinho

José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One".Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches and critics as the best ever coach in football....

's departure from the club, as many backroom staff left with the Portugese manager. He was widely recommended by Petr Cech

Petr Cech

Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...

 for the role.

During Luiz Felipe Scolari

Luiz Felipe Scolari

Luiz Felipe Scolari , ComIH , also known as Felipão in Brazil and Phil Scolari in the United Kingdom, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian football manager. He is currently the manager of Palmeiras. He served as the manager of the Portuguese national team from July 12, 2003 to June 30, 2008...

's short stint as manager at Chelsea FC, Christophe had a strained relationship with then manager Scolari. His position at the club was threatened with plans by Scolari to bring in Carlos Pracidelli as the club's goalkeeping coach. The move never materialized as Scolari was relieved of his duties shortly after.