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Alain Giresse

Alain Giresse

French football coach and former player (born 1952)

Alain Jean Giresse (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʒiʁɛs]; born 2 August 1952) is a French football coach and former player who last managed Kosovo.

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Giresse was French Player of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking or central midfielder, he was an intelligent playmaker who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. He is the father of Thibault Giresse, also a football coach and former player.

International career

Giresse played for the France national 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

Other national teams

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 Gabon, and was named a few months after the 2010 African Cup of Nations the Mali manager.[3] He was the coach of Senegal national football team from 2013 to January 2015.

On 7 September 2017, Giresse resigned as manager of the Mali national team. [4]

In December 2017 he was linked with the vacant Benin manager's job.[5] In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national job.[6]

On 13 December 2018, Giresse became the manager of Tunisia.[7] He left the role in August 2019.[8]

Kosovo

On 23 February 2022, Kosovo appointed Giresse after agreeing to a contract until November 2023,[9] this happened after the former coach Bernard Challandes decided to resign after weak results in October 2021.[10] On 18 March 2022, Giresse made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the friendly matches against Burkina Faso and Switzerland.[11] He called-up Emir Sahiti for the first time in the squad.[12]

Career statistics

Giresse in 1971

Club

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International

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Managerial statistics

Alain Giresse managing Gabon in 2009.
As of 19 June 2023
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Honours

Player

Bordeaux[15]

France[15]

Individual

Manager

Paris Saint-Germain[20]

FAR Rabat[20]

Mali

Orders

References

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    "Décret du 31 décembre 2006 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 31 December 2006 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 2007 (1): 8. 2 January 2007. PREX0609790D. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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    "FIFA Player Statistics: Alain GIRESSE". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Football: Alain Giresse nommé entraîneur du Mali , Sport , Reuters". Fr.reuters.com. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Giresse steps down as Mali coach". BBC Sport. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Benin begin search for new national team coach". BBC Sport. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  6. [6]
    Oluwashina Okeleji (23 April 2018). "77 applicants for vacant Cameroon coaching position". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Tunisia name Frenchman Alain Giresse as new coach". BBC Sport. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  8. [8]
    Khmira, Souhail (21 August 2019). "Tunisia part ways with coach Alain Giresse by mutual consent". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Alain Giresse trajner deri në 2023, nuk bëhet publike paga e tij" [Alain Giresse coach until 2023, his salary is not made public] (in Albanian). Kallxo. 23 February 2022.
  10. [10]
    "Alain Giresse përzgjedhës i ri i Kosovës" [Alain Giresse new selector of Kosovo] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 23 February 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Alain Giresse publikon listën për miqësoret e marsit" [Alain Giresse publishes list for March friendlies] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 18 March 2022.
  12. [12]
    "Sahitiju poziv za A reprezentaciju Kosova, Atanasov konkurira za Sjevernu Makedoniju" [Sahiti is invited to the A national team of Kosovo, Atanasov is competing for North Macedonia] (in Croatian). Hajduk Split. 16 March 2022.
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    "Alain Giresse". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
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    "ALAIN GIRESSE". archive.wikiwix.com (in French). Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. [15]
    "Joueur - Alain GIRESSE - FFF".
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    Courtney, Barrie (14 August 2004). "European Championships - UEFA Teams of Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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    "1982 - Paolo Rossi". France Football.
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    "Player of the year - France". worldfootball.net.
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    "Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties". Beyond The Last Man. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  20. [20]
    "Alain GIRESSE - FSI California". Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  21. [21]
    "Giresse, France's pocket-sized playmaker". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  22. [22]
    "Alain GIRESSE - FSI California". Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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