Alain Giresse

Alain Giresse
Personal information
Giresse managing Gabon in 2009.
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	Senegal (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1970–1986	Bordeaux	519	(168)
1986–1988	Marseille	67	(5)
Total		586	(173)
National team
1974–1986	France	47	(6)
Teams managed
1995–1998	Toulouse
1998	Paris SG
1999–2000	Toulouse
2001–2003	FAR Rabat
2004–2005	Georgia
2006–2010	Gabon
2010–2012	Mali
2013–2015	Senegal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Alain Giresse (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʒiʁɛs]; born 2 August 1952 in Langoiran, Gironde) 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

He 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 formed the legendary "Carré Magique" (Magic Square) in midfield.

Statistics

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Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
France			League		Coupe de France		Europe		Total
1970/71	Girondins Bordeaux	Division 1	24	3
1971/72			28	4
1972/73			22	3
1973/74			31	12
1974/75			36	11
1975/76			30	13
1976/77			37	16
1977/78			35	11
1978/79			38	6
1979/80			37	12
1980/81			33	6
1981/82			34	14
1982/83			35	12
1983/84			34	16
1984/85			36	11
1985/86			29	9
1986/87	Olympique Marseille	Division 1	34	4
1987/88	Olympique Marseille	Division 1	33	1
Country	France		585	164
Total			585	164

France national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1974	1	0
1975	0	0
1976	0	0
1977	2	0
1978	2	0
1979	0	0
1980	0	0
1981	5	0
1982	11	2
1983	4	0
1984	10	2
1985	5	1
1986	7	0
Total	47	5

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.^[3] He was the coach of Senegal national football team from 2013 to January 2015.

Honour

Player

Club

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

French Division 1: 1983–84, 1984–85
Coupe de France: 1985–86, 1986–87

National

France

Individual

French Player of the Year: 1982, 1983, 1987
Onze d'Argent: 1982
Ballon d'Or – Runner-up: 1982
UEFA European Football Championship Teams of the Tournament: 1984^[4]

Manager

Club

Paris Saint-Germain F.C.

Trophée des Champions: 1998

FAR Rabat

Coupe du Trône:2003

National

Mali

Africa Cup of Nations Third place: 2012

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References

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↑ "FIFA Player Statistics: Alain GIRESSE". FIFA.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
↑ "Alain Giresse". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
↑ "Football: Alain Giresse nommé entraîneur du Mali , Sport , Reuters". Fr.reuters.com. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
↑ Courtney, Barrie (14 August 2004). "European Championships - UEFA Teams of Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ "Giresse, France's pocket-sized playmaker". FIFA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

(French) French Football Federation profile

Awards

UEFA Euro 1984 Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Harald Schumacher

Defenders	João Pinto Karlheinz Förster Morten Olsen Andreas Brehme

Midfielders	Fernando Chalana Jean Tigana Michel Platini Frank Arnesen

Forwards	Rudi Völler Alain Giresse

French Player of the Year

1959: Sbroglia
1960: Kopa
1961: Mahi
1962: Lerond
1963: Douis
1964: Artelesa
1965: Gondet
1966: Gondet
1967: Bosquier
1968: Bosquier
1969: Revelli
1970: Carnus
1971: Carnus
1972: Trésor
1973: Bereta
1974: Bereta
1975: Guillou
1976: Platini
1977: Platini
1978: Petit
1979: Bossis
1980: Larios
1981: Bossis
1982: Giresse
1983: Giresse
1984: Tigana
1985: L. Fernández
1986: Amoros
1987: Giresse
1988: Paille
1989: Papin
1990: Blanc
1991: Papin
1992: Roche
1993: Ginola
1994: Lama
1995: Guérin
1996: Deschamps
1997: Thuram
1998: Zidane
1999: Wiltord
2000: Henry
2001: Vieira
2002: Zidane
2003: Henry
2004: Henry
2005: Henry
2006: Henry
2007: Ribéry
2008: Ribéry
2009: Gourcuff
2010: Nasri
2011: Benzema
2012: Benzema
2013: Ribéry
2014: Benzema

France squads

France squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Baratelli 2 Amoros 3 Battiston 4 Bossis 5 Janvion 6 Lopez 7 Mahut 8 Trésor 9 Genghini 10 Platini (c) 11 Girard 12 Giresse 13 Larios 14 Tigana 15 Bellone 16 Couriol 17 Lacombe 18 Rocheteau 19 Six 20 Soler 21 Castaneda 22 Ettori Coach: Hidalgo

France squad – UEFA Euro 1984 Winners (1st Title)

1 Bats 2 Amoros 3 Domergue 4 Bossis 5 Battiston 6 Fernández 7 Ferreri 8 Bravo 9 Genghini 10 Platini (c) 11 Bellone 12 Giresse 13 Six 14 Tigana 15 Le Roux 16 Rocheteau 17 Lacombe 18 Tusseau 19 Bergeroo 20 Rust Coach: Hidalgo

France squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Bats 2 Amoros 3 Ayache 4 Battiston 5 Bibard 6 Bossis 7 Le Roux 8 Tusseau 9 Fernández 10 Platini (c) 11 Ferreri 12 Giresse 13 Genghini 14 Tigana 15 Vercruysse 16 Bellone 17 Papin 18 Rocheteau 19 Stopyra 20 Xuereb 21 Bergeroo 22 Rust Coach: Michel

Alain Giresse international tournaments

Gabon squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Ovono 2 Ambourouet 3 Copa 4 Nguéma Obame 5 Ecuele Manga 6 Akouassaga 7 N'Guéma 8 Cousin 9 P.-E. Aubameyang 10 Djissikadié 11 Mouloungui 12 W. Aubameyang 13 Mbanangoyé 14 Kessany 15 A. Do Marcolino 16 Nguéma Békalé 17 Apanga 18 Moubamba 19 Moundounga 20 F. Do Marcolino 21 Issiémou 22 Bitséki Moto 23 Méyé Coach: Giresse

Mali squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Third Place

1 Sissoko 2 A. Maïga 3 Tamboura 4 Berthé 5 Kanté (c) 6 Yatabaré 7 A. Traoré 8 Souleymane Keïta 9 Diabaté 10 M. Maïga 11 Dembélé 12 Seydou Keita 13 I. Coulibaly 14 D. Diakité 15 B. Traoré 16 Soumbeïla Diakité 17 M. Traoré 18 Sow 19 Koné 20 Samba Diakité 21 N'Diaye 22 Sogoba 23 O. Coulibaly Coach: Giresse

Senegal squad – 2015 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Coundoul 2 Mbodj 3 Djilobodji 4 N'Diaye 5 Diop 6 L. Sané 7 Sow 8 Kouyaté 9 Diouf 10 Mané 11 N'Doye 12 Badji 13 M'Bengue 14 Touré 15 Cissé 16 Gomis 17 Gueye 18 Souaré 19 Konaté 20 S. Sané 21 Gassama 22 Saivet 23 Camara Coach: Giresse

Alain Giresse managerial positions

Toulouse FC – managers

Farías (1970–72)
Boucher (1972)
Dorsini (1972–73)
Boucher (1973–74)
Orsatti (1974)
Boucher (1974–75)
Sucré (1975)
Daniel (1975–76)
Boucher (1976–77)
Marcos (1977–78)
Fontaine (1978–79)
Cahuzac (1979–83)
Jeandupeux (1983–85)
Santini (1985–89)
Mosca (1989–91)
Zvunka (1991–92)
Delmas (1992–93)
Ruty (1993–94)
Courbis (1994–95)
Giresse (1995–98)
Lacombe (1998–99)
Giresse (1999–2000)
Nouzaret (2000–01)
Mombaerts (2001–06)
Baup (2006–08)
Casanova (2008–15)
Arribagé (2015–)

Paris Saint-Germain F.C. – managers

Phelipon (1970–72)
Vicot (1972–73)
Fontaine & Vicot (1973–75)
Fontaine (1975–76)
Vasović (1976–77)
Larqué (1977–78)
Alonzo (1977)
Alonzo (1978)
Vasović (1978–79)
Alonzo (1979–1980)
Peyroche (1979–83)
Leduc (1983–84)
Peyroche (1984–85)
Coste (1985)
Houllier (1985–87)
Mombaerts (1987–88)
Houllier (1988)
Ivić (1988–90)
Michel (1990–91)
Jorge (1991–94)
Fernández (1994–96)
Ricardo (1996–98)
Giresse (1998)
Jorge (1998–99)
Bergeroo (1999–2000)
Fernández (2000–03)
Halilhodžić (2003–05)
Fournier (2005)
Lacombe (2005–07)
Le Guen (2007–09)
Kombouaré (2009–11)
Ancelotti (2011–13)
Blanc (2013–)

Georgia national football team – managers

Norakidze (1990–93) Chivadze (1993–96) Gutsaev (1996) Kipiani (1997) Gutsaev (1998) Imnadze (1998) Gutsaev (1998–99) Boskamp (1999) Dzodzuashvili & Kipiani (2000–01) Chivadze (2001–03) Šušak (2003) Jordania (2003) Tqhebuchava (2004) Giresse (2004–05) Darsadze (2005) Toppmöller (2006–08) Cúper (2008–09) Ketsbaia (2009–14) Tskhadadze (2014–)

Gabon national football team – managers

Prouff (1960)
Vicot (1979)
de Martigny (1985–86)
Bulatović (1986–87)
Da Costa (1987–89)
Weigang (1989–XX)
Pintenat (1991–92)
Thissen (1992–94)
Da Costa (1994–97)
Dumas (1998–2000)
Rayelomanan (2000)
Da Costa (2000–02)
De Wolf (2002–03)
Mbourounot (2003)
Jairzinho (2003–05)
Nzamba-Nzamba (2005–06 (c))
Giresse (2006–10)
Rohr (2010–12)
Duarte (2012–13)
Bounguendza (2014 (c))
Costa (2014–)

Mali national football team – managers

Sy (1960–66)
Tóth (196x–70)
Weigang (1970–73)
Holovko (1979–1987)
Diallo (198x–89)
Sissoko (19xx–93)
Keïta (1993–97)
Sarramagna (1998–2000)
Mattè (2000–01)
Kasperczak (2001–02)
Dalger (2002–03)
Stambouli (2003–04)
Moizan (2004)
Keïta (2004–05)
Lechantre (2005–06)
Diallo (2006^c)
Jodar (2006–08)
Keshi (2008–10)
Giresse (2010–12)
Diallo (2012^c)
Carteron (2012–13)
Diallo (2013^c)
Kasperczak (2013–15)

Senegal national football team – managers

Diagne (1960–61)
Vandooren (1961–63)
Pfister (1979–82)
Diop (1982–86)
Wade (1986–89)
Le Roy (1989–92)
Dieng (1992–93)
Boubacar (1993–94)
Bocandé & Boubacar (1994–95)
Schnittger (1995–00)
Metsu (2000–02)
Stephan (2002–05)
Sarr (2005–06)
Kasperczak (2006–08)
N'Diaye (2008)
Fall (2009^c)
Traoré (2009–12)
Diouf & Cissé (2012^c)
Koto (2012^c)
Mar (2012–13^c)
Giresse (2013–15)
Cissé (2015–)