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
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
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 ...
.
Playing career
Giresse signed a two-year contract with
Guingamp
Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Gui ...
on 15 June 2009.
Managerial career
On 21 November 2022, Giresse joined
Ligue 2 club
Nîmes as an assistant coach to newly-appointed head coach
Frédéric Bompard
Frédéric "Fred" Bompard (born 30 December 1962) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of club Nîmes. As a player, he was a goalkeeper.
Managerial career
Early career
While playing for Paris ...
, with whom he had worked at Guingamp.
Personal life
He is the son of
Alain Giresse
Alain Jean Giresse (; born 2 August 1952) is a French football coach and former player who is the current manager of the Kosovo national team. He was French Player of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking midfielder or central ...
.
Honours
Toulouse
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Ligue 2:
2002–03
Guingamp
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Coupe de France
The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...
:
2013–14
References
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1981 births
Living people
People from Talence
Sportspeople from Gironde
Association football midfielders
French footballers
Toulouse FC players
Le Havre AC players
Amiens SC players
En Avant Guingamp players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National players
Footballers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
French football managers
Association football coaches
En Avant Guingamp non-playing staff
Nîmes Olympique non-playing staff
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