Jacques Abardonado (born 27 May 1978) is a French former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played as a
defender. He was the interim manager of
Ligue 1 club
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...
in 2023.
Personal life
Abardonado is of
Spanish Romani
The Romani in Spain, generally known by the exonym () or the endonym ''Calé'', belong to the Iberian Cale Romani subgroup, with smaller populations in Portugal (known as ) and in Southern France. Their sense of identity and cohesion stems ...
descent through his father. His cousin is the French footballer
André-Pierre Gignac
André-Pierre Christian Gignac (born 5 December 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. Gignac is described as a "powerful and dangerous" striker who is known for his "aerial presence". He ...
.
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1978 births
Living people
Footballers from Marseille
Men's association football defenders
French men's footballers
French people of Spanish descent
French people of Romani descent
French expatriate men's footballers
Olympique de Marseille players
FC Lorient players
OGC Nice players
1. FC Nürnberg players
Valenciennes FC players
Grenoble Foot 38 players
ÉFC Fréjus Saint-Raphaël players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Romani footballers
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