Alain Michel (born 30 August 1948) is a French

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, amateur

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and current manager.

Biography

Michel is an associate professor of history and geography, and is also an amateur association football goalkeeper for

Beaugency Beaugency () is a commune in the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, north-central France. It is located on the Loire river, upriver (northeast) from Blois and downriver from Orléans. History 11 March 1152 the council of Beaugency annulled ...

Blois Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours. With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the ...

and

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
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Bourges Bourges () is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry. History The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, t ...

, and Louhans-Cuiseaux, (where he met

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). He was named coach of the

Grenoble Foot 38 Grenoble Foot 38, commonly referred to as simply Grenoble or GF38, is a French association football club based in Grenoble. The club plays its home matches at the Stade des Alpes, a sports complex based in the heart of the city, and wears white ...

(GF38) at its inception in 1997. Under the leadership of

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and his team, the GF38 entered professional football in five years, advancing to the second division in four years and winning a title: National champion France in 2000-2001.Alain Michel
, les.verts.pagesperso-orange.fr In the summer of 2001 Michel was approached by

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, who were seeking a replacement to

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. He returned to Grenoble within a few months, following the dismissal of

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, and remained there until 2004, providing annual maintenance of the club in Division 2. In 2004, he was hired as athletic director by

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, and, at the end of the first season, he became coach following the sacking of

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. In 2006, he left Normandy and went on Championship UAE, first working at

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, and then

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, where he was dismissed in March 2008. On 21 September 2008 he was appointed coach of Mouloudia Club of Algiers, and dean of Algerian football clubs, where his work as head of a youth team allowed his team to lead the Algeria national football championship in 2009-2010. However, he left the club in late 2009 and signed to the Qatari side Al Shamal. After being coach of the Algerian national team, he made his return to his coaching duties for MC Alger for the 2010-2011 season, at the expense of

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. In March 2011 he was sacked after his defeat in the championship against

USM Blida Union Sportive Madinat Blida ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة البليدة), known as USM Blida or simply USMB, is a football club based in Blida, Algeria. They currently play in the Inter-Régions Division, the third tier of ...

. On 4 January 2012, he became the coach of the

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in Algeria.

Coaching successes

Bourges * Promotion to Division 2: 1986, 1989 Louhans-Cuiseaux * Promotion to Division 2: 1995 Grenoble * Promotion to Division 3: 1999 * Promotion to Division 2: 2001

References

External links

Alain Michel
at Footballdatabase {{DEFAULTSORT:Michel, Alain French football managers Grenoble Foot 38 managers AS Saint-Étienne managers FC Rouen managers MC Oran managers Al-Shamal SC managers MC Alger managers Baniyas SC managers 1948 births Living people Louhans-Cuiseaux FC managers JS Saoura managers Bourges 18 managers JSM Béjaïa managers