Stéphane Gilli (born 30 April 1974) is a French professional

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manager and former player who is the head coach of club

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. As a player, he was a defender.

Managerial career

Gilli had a career as a semi-amateur footballer, before working as a physical therapist after a bad injury. In that role, he worked with

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and

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. In 2003, he started working as the long-term assistant manager to

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with whom he stayed with for 17 years. He followed Baždarević as assistant at

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, ES Sahel,

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, the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He managed Bosnia and Herzegovina for a game against

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in December 2016 after Baždarević was suspended for unsportmanlike behaviour. He was terminated from Bosnia and Herzegovina, after knocking the tooth out of the Greek player Giannis Gianniotas during a brawl after the whistle after a 0-0

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draw with

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on 9 June 2017. In 2018, he joined Baždarević again at the French club

. After Baždarević was sacked on 30 December 2019, Gilli was appointed as the interim manager. In 2020

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was appointed as manager, and Gilli then shifted to his assistant. From 2020 to 2022, he was appointed as the assistant manager for

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during his stint with the Morocco national team. On 3 June 2023, he was formally appointed the manager of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilli, Stephane 1974 births Living people Footballers from Hérault French men's footballers French football managers Men's association football defenders Nîmes Olympique players Ligue 2 managers Paris FC managers French expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar French expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Association football physiotherapists French physiotherapists French football coaches