Michel Dussuyer (born 28 May 1959) is a French

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coach and former professional player.

Playing career

Dussuyer played club football as a

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for

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

and

Alès Alès (; oc, Alès) is a Communes of France, commune in the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie regions of France, region in southern France. It is one of the Subprefectures in France, su ...

Coaching career

Dussuyer was an assistant coach at

between 1996 and 2002. He was appointed as manager of the Guinea national team in September 2002. He led them to the

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, their first appearance in the competition since

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. The country reached the quarter-finals of the competition - their best result in 30 years - but he resigned in March 2004, citing family reasons. In 2006, he was an assistant coach to

Henri Michel Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the wor ...

for the Ivory Coast national team, for the

2006 Africa Cup of Nations The 2006 Africa Cup of Nations was the 25th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa. It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 2004, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt w ...

. He returned to Cannes as manager, from 2006 to 2007. He was appointed as manager of the Benin national team in June 2008. He was sacked in February 2010, along with the rest of the coaching staff. He claimed he was not informed of his sacking by the

Benin Football Federation The Benin Football Federation (french: Fédération Béninoise de Football, FEBEFOOT, FBF) is the governing body of association football in Benin. It was founded in 1960, affiliated to CAF in 1963 and to FIFA in 1964. It organizes the national f ...

. In May 2010 he returned as manager of Guinea. After leaving in late 2013, he was re-appointed in February 2014. After taking Guinea to the quarter-finals of the

2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was orga ...

, he became manager of the Ivory Coast national team in July 2015. Dussuyer resigned from his role as Ivory Coast manager after the team failed to reach the quarter-finals of the

2017 Africa Cup of Nations The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017), known as the Total 2017 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football champions ...

. In December 2017 he was linked with the vacant Benin national team manager's job. He was appointed to the role in August 2018 and was in charge of Benin at the

2019 Africa Cup of Nations The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football champion ...

. He was sacked by Benin in June 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dussuyer, Michel 1959 births Living people French footballers AS Cannes players OGC Nice players Olympique Alès players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Association football goalkeepers French football managers AS Cannes managers French expatriate football managers Benin national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Benin Guinea national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Guinea French expatriate sportspeople in Guinea Ivory Coast national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Ivory Coast French expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast 2004 African Cup of Nations 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 2019 Africa Cup of Nations managers FC Montceau Bourgogne players Sportspeople from Cannes French expatriate sportspeople in Benin Footballers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur