Alain Jean Giresse (; born 2 August 1952) is a French
football
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coach and former player who is the current
manager
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Management includes the activitie ...
of the
Kosovo national team. He was
French Player of the Year
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in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
or
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, Giresse was an intelligent
playmaker
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who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. He is the father of
Thibault Giresse
Thibault Giresse (born 25 May 1981) is a French professional football manager and former player who is an assistant coach at club Nîmes. As a player, he was a midfielder.
Playing career
Giresse signed a two-year contract with Guingamp on 15 J ...
, also a football player.
International career
Giresse played for the
France national team in the
1982 FIFA World Cup
The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 ...
(fourth place) and the
1986 FIFA World Cup
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(third place). He was a member of the
Euro 84 winning team, and alongside
Michel Platini
Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French football administrator and former player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times in a row, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, a ...
,
Luis Fernández
Luis Miguel Fernández Toledo (born 2 October 1959), known as Luis Fernandez, is a French football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.
Fernandez spent most of his playing career for Paris Saint-Germain. He earned ...
and
Jean Tigana, forming the team's legendary "Carré Magique" (Magic Square) in midfield.
Coaching career
Other national teams
He has been in charge of
Toulouse
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and the
Georgian national team, among others. Giresse worked as the head coach of the
Gabon national football team
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, and was named a few months after the
2010 African Cup of Nations the
Mali national football team
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manager. He was the coach of
Senegal national football team
The Senegal national football team (French: ''Équipe de football du Senegal''), nicknamed the ''Lions of Teranga'', represents Senegal in international association football and is operated by the Senegalese Football Federation.
One of Africa' ...
from 2013 to January 2015.
On 7 September 2017, Giresse resigned as manager of the
Mali national football team
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.
In December 2017 he was linked with the vacant
Benin national team manager's job. In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant
Cameroon national team job.
On 13 December 2018, Giresse became the manager of the
Tunisia
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. He left the role in August 2019.
Kosovo
On 23 February 2022,
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a international recognition of Kosovo, partiall ...
appointed Giresse after agreeing to a contract until November 2023, this happened after the former coach
Bernard Challandes decided to resign after weak results in October 2021. On 18 March 2022, Giresse made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the
friendly matches
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against
Burkina Faso
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and
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. He called-up
Emir Sahiti
Emir Sahiti (born 29 November 1998) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Prva HNL club Hajduk Split and the Kosovo national team.
Club career Early career and Trepça '89
Sahiti is a product of youth team systems o ...
for the first time in the squad.
Career statistics
Club
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International
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Managerial statistics
Honours
Player
Bordeaux
*
French Division 1
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:
1983–84,
1984–85
*
Coupe de France
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:
1985–86
France
*
UEFA European Championship
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:
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
*
Artemio Franchi Trophy
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*Artemio Franchi (1922–1983), Italian football administrator
*Artemio Lomboy Rillera (1947–2011), the Roman Catholic bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
* Artemio Panga ...
:
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
*
FIFA World Cup
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Third place:
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
Individual
*
UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1984
*
Onze d'Argent: 1982
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Ballon d'Or
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– Runner-up: 1982
*
French Player of the Year
__FORCETOC__
The French Player of the Year is an association football award presented annually by the French magazine ''France Football'' since 1959. Originally, only French players playing in France were eligible, but from 1996 French players play ...
: 1982, 1983, 1987
*
7th French Player of the Century
Manager
Paris Saint-Germain
*
Trophée des Champions
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His ...
:
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
FAR Rabat
*
Coupe du Trône
The Moroccan Throne Cup or the Throne Cup is a football tournament sponsored by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and brings together Moroccan clubs who play on the knockout system until two teams reach the final match. Unlike the league cha ...
: 2003
Mali
*
Africa Cup of Nations
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Third place:
2012
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Orders
*
Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
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: 2006
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References
French Football Federation profile
External links
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at francefootball.fr
Alain Giresse Interview
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1952 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gironde
French footballers
France international footballers
French football managers
Association football midfielders
1982 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 1984 players
1986 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA European Championship-winning players
Georgia national football team managers
Gabon national football team managers
Mali national football team managers
Senegal national football team managers
Olympique de Marseille players
FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Ligue 1 players
Toulouse FC managers
Paris Saint-Germain F.C. managers
AS FAR (football) managers
Ligue 1 managers
2010 Africa Cup of Nations managers
2012 Africa Cup of Nations managers
2015 Africa Cup of Nations managers
2017 Africa Cup of Nations managers
Expatriate football managers in Georgia (country)
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
2019 Africa Cup of Nations managers
Outfield association footballers who played in goal
Footballers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
French expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Kosovo
Expatriate football managers in Mali
Expatriate football managers in Tunisia
Expatriate football managers in Senegal
Expatriate football managers in Gabon
French expatriate sportspeople in Mali
French expatriate sportspeople in Senegal
French expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo
French expatriate sportspeople in Gabon
French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
French expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
Expatriate football managers in Morocco
French expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)