Alain Giresse

Alain Giresse
Giresse in 2010
Personal information
Full name Alain Jean Giresse[1]
Date of birth (1952-08-02) 2 August 1952 (age 71)[2]
Place of birth Langoiran, France
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1986 Bordeaux 519 (158)
1986–1988 Marseille 67 (5)
Total 586 (163)
International career
1974–1986 France 47 (6)
Managerial career
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
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France (as player)
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1984 France
FIFA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Mexico
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner 1985 France
Representing  Mali (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Gabon–Equatorial Guinea
*Club domestic league appearances and 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.

  1. ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2006 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 31 December 2006 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 2007 (1): 8. 2 January 2007. PREX0609790D. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Alain GIRESSE". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2011.

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