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Alain Giresse
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Giresse in 2010
Personal information
Full name Alain Jean Giresse
Date of birth (1952-08-02) 2 August 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth Langoiran, France
Height 1.63m
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1970–1986 Bordeaux 519 (158)
1986–1988 Marseille 67 (5)
Total 586 (163)
National team
1974–1986 France 47 (6)
Teams managed
1995–1998 Toulouse
1998 Paris Saint-Germain
1999–2000 Toulouse
2001–2003 FAR Rabat
2004–2005 Georgia
2006–2010 Gabon
2010–2012 Mali
2013–2015 Senegal
2015–2017 Mali
2018–2019 Tunisia
2022–2023 Kosovo
Honours
Men's football
Representing  France (as player)
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1984 France
FIFA World Cup
Bronze 1986 Mexico
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner 1985 France
Representing  Mali (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze 2012 Gabon–Equatorial Guinea
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Alain Jean Giresse (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʒiʁɛs]; born 2 August 1952) is a French football coach and former player who last managed Kosovo.

Giresse was French Player of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking or central midfielder, he was an intelligent playmaker who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. He is the father of Thibault Giresse, also a football coach and former player.

International career

Giresse played for the France national team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup (fourth place) and the 1986 FIFA World Cup (third place). He was a member of the Euro 84 winning team, and alongside Michel Platini, Luis Fernández and Jean Tigana, forming the team's legendary "Carré Magique" (Magic Square) in midfield.

Coaching career

Other national teams

20150331 Mali vs Ghana 143
Alain Giresse managing Mali in 2015.

He has been in charge of Toulouse and the Georgian national team, among others. Giresse worked as the head coach of the Gabon national football team, and was named a few months after the 2010 African Cup of Nations the Mali national football team manager. He was the coach of Senegal national football team from 2013 to January 2015.

On 7 September 2017, Giresse resigned as manager of the Mali national football team.

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. He left the role in August 2019.

Kosovo

On 23 February 2022, Kosovo 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 against Burkina Faso and Switzerland. He called-up Emir Sahiti for the first time in the squad.

Career statistics

Alain Giresse en 1971
Giresse in 1971

Club

Source:
Club Season League Coupe de France Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bordeaux 1970–71 Division 1 24 3 5 0 - - 29 3
1971–72 27 4 0 0 - - 27 4
1972–73 22 3 0 0 - - 22 3
1973–74 31 12 0 0 - - 31 12
1974–75 36 11 4 1 - - 40 12
1975–76 30 13 1 0 - - 31 13
1976–77 37 16 4 0 - - 41 16
1977–78 35 11 5 4 - - 40 15
1978–79 38 6 3 1 - - 41 7
1979–80 37 12 1 0 - - 38 12
1980–81 34 6 6 2 - - 40 8
1981–82 34 14 7 4 3 0 44 18
1982–83 35 12 5 1 6 6 46 19
1983–84 34 16 5 1 2 1 41 18
1984–85 36 11 1 0 8 0 45 11
1985–86 29 9 5 1 2 0 36 10
Total 519 158 52 15 21 7 592 180
Marseille 1986–87 Division 1 34 4 8 2 - - 42 6
1987–88 33 1 1 0 7 1 41 2
Total 67 5 9 2 7 1 83 8
Career total 586 163 61 17 28 8 675 188

International

Source:
France
Year Apps Goals
1974 1 0
1975 0 0
1976 0 0
1977 2 0
1978 2 0
1979 0 0
1980 0 0
1981 5 0
1982 11 3
1983 4 0
1984 10 2
1985 5 1
1986 7 0
Total 47 6

Managerial statistics

Morocco vs Gabon, Alain Giresse, March 28 2009
Alain Giresse managing Gabon in 2009.
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
France Toulouse 1 November 1995 30 June 1998 &&&&&&&&&&&&0109.&&&&&0109 &&&&&&&&&&&&&044.&&&&&044 &&&&&&&&&&&&&025.&&&&&025 &&&&&&&&&&&&&040.&&&&&040 &&&&&&&&&&&&&040.37000040.37
France Paris Saint-Germain 1 July 1998 23 October 1998 &&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05 &&&&&&&&&&&&&033.33000033.33
France Toulouse 26 January 1999 9 October 2000 &&&&&&&&&&&&&067.&&&&&067 &&&&&&&&&&&&&026.&&&&&026 &&&&&&&&&&&&&014.&&&&&014 &&&&&&&&&&&&&027.&&&&&027 &&&&&&&&&&&&&038.81000038.81
Morocco FAR Rabat 1 July 2001 30 June 2003 &&&&&&&&&&&&&059.&&&&&059 &&&&&&&&&&&&&017.&&&&&017 &&&&&&&&&&&&&023.&&&&&023 &&&&&&&&&&&&&019.&&&&&019 &&&&&&&&&&&&&028.81000028.81
 Georgia 12 March 2004 30 June 2005 &&&&&&&&&&&&&010.&&&&&010 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&06.&&&&&06 &&&&&&&&&&&&&020.&&&&&020.00
 Gabon 3 March 2006 13 February 2010 &&&&&&&&&&&&&031.&&&&&031 &&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&07.&&&&&07 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 &&&&&&&&&&&&&051.61000051.61
 Mali 21 April 2010 30 May 2012 &&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&06.&&&&&06 &&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050.00
 Senegal 9 January 2013 29 January 2015 &&&&&&&&&&&&&018.&&&&&018 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&07.&&&&&07 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 &&&&&&&&&&&&&038.89000038.89
 Mali 17 March 2015 7 September 2017 &&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050.00
 Tunisia 14 December 2018 21 August 2019 &&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 &&&&&&&&&&&&&041.67000041.67
 Kosovo 23 February 2022 20 June 2023 &&&&&&&&&&&&&015.&&&&&015 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&07.&&&&&07 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&026.67000026.67
Total &&&&&&&&&&&&0365.&&&&&0365 &&&&&&&&&&&&0141.&&&&&0141 &&&&&&&&&&&&&099.&&&&&099 &&&&&&&&&&&&0125.&&&&&0125 &&&&&&&&&&&&&038.63000038.63

Honours

Player

Bordeaux

France

Individual

  • UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1984
  • Onze d'Argent: 1982
  • Ballon d'Or – Runner-up: 1982
  • French Player of the Year: 1982, 1983, 1987
  • 7th French Player of the Century

Manager

Paris Saint-Germain

  • Trophée des Champions: 1998

FAR Rabat

  • Coupe du Trône: 2003

Mali

Orders

  • Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 2006

See also

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