Alain Giresse

Alain Giresse
Giresse managing Gabon in 2009.
Personal information
Full name Alain Giresse
Date of birth (1952-08-02) 2 August 1952[1]
Place of birth Langoiran, France
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 (none)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1986 Bordeaux 520 (158)
1986–1988 Marseille 67 (5)
Total 587 (163)
National team
1974–1986 France 47 (6)
Teams managed
1995–1998 Toulouse
1998 Paris Saint-Germain
1999–2000 Toulouse
2001–2003 FAR Rabat
2004–2005 Georgia
2006–2010 Gabon
2010–2012 Mali
2013–2015 Senegal
2015–2017 Mali
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alain Giresse (French pronunciation: ​[alɛ̃ ʒiʁɛs]; born 2 August 1952) is a retired French international footballer who played as a midfielder. He was French footballer of the year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking midfielder or central midfielder, Giresse was an intelligent playmaker who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame.

International career

Giresse played for the France national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup (fourth place) and the 1986 FIFA World Cup (third place). He was a member of the Euro 84 winning team, and alongside Michel Platini, Luis Fernández and Jean Tigana, forming the team's legendary "Carré Magique" (Magic Square) in midfield.

Coaching career

Alain Giresse managing Mali in 2015.

He has been in charge of Toulouse and the Georgian national team, among others. Giresse worked as the head coach of the Gabon national football team, and was named a few months after the 2010 African Cup of Nations the Mali national football team manager.[2] He was the coach of Senegal national football team from 2013 to January 2015.

On 7 September 2017, Giresse resigned as manager of Mali. [3]

In December 2017 he was linked with the vacant Benin national team manager's job.[4]

In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job.[5]

Career statistics

Club

[6]

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
France League Coupe de France Europe Total
1970–71Girondins BordeauxDivision 124350--293
1971–7228400--284
1972–7322300--223
1973–74311200--3112
1974–75361141--4012
1975–76301310--3113
1976–77371640--4116
1977–78351154--4015
1978–7938631--417
1979–80371210--3812
1980–8134662--408
1981–82341474304418
1982–83351251664619
1983–84341651214118
1984–85361110804511
1985–8629951203610
1986–87Olympique MarseilleDivision 134482--426
1987–883311071412
TeamGirondins Bordeaux 5201585215217593180
Total 5871636117288676188

International

France national team
YearAppsGoals
197410
197500
197600
197720
197820
197901
198000
198150
1982112
198340
1984102
198551
198670
Total476

[7]

Honours

Player

Club

FC Girondins de Bordeaux[8]

International

France[8]

Individual

Manager

Club

Paris Saint-Germain F.C.[12]
FAR Rabat[12]

International

Mali

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Player Statistics: Alain GIRESSE". FIFA.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Football: Alain Giresse nommé entraîneur du Mali , Sport , Reuters". Fr.reuters.com. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Giresse steps down as Mali coach". 7 September 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Benin begin search for new national team coach". 17 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (23 April 2018). "77 applicants for vacant Cameroon coaching position". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Alain Giresse". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "Wikiwix's cache". archive.wikiwix.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Joueur - Alain GIRESSE - FFF".
  9. 1 2 Courtney, Barrie (14 August 2004). "European Championships - UEFA Teams of Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "1982 - Paolo Rossi". France Football.
  11. ↑ "Player of the year - France". worldfootball.net.
  12. 1 2 "Alain GIRESSE - FSI California".
  13. ↑ "Giresse, France's pocket-sized playmaker". FIFA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Alain GIRESSE - FSI California". Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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