Didier Deschamps

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Didier Deschamps
Didier Deschamps in 2018.jpg
Didier Deschamps in March 2018
Personnel
birthday 15th October 1968
place of birth Bayonne ,  France
size 174 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1980-1983 Aviron Bayonnais
1983-1985 FC Nantes
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1984-1988 FC Nantes B 52 (4)
1985-1989 FC Nantes 111 (4)
1989-1990 Olympique Marseille 17 (1)
1990-1991 Girondins Bordeaux 29 (3)
1990-1991 Girondins Bordeaux B 1 (1)
1991-1994 Olympique Marseille 106 (5)
1994-1999 Juventus Turin 124 (4)
1999-2000 Chelsea FC 27 (0)
2000-2001 Valencia CF 13 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1989-2000 France 103 (4)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2001-2005 AS Monaco
2006-2007 Juventus Turin
2009–2012 Olympique Marseille
2012– France
1 Only league games are given.

Didier Deschamps (born October 15, 1968 in Bayonne , France ) is a former Basque - French football player and today's coach . Deschamps was considered one of the best defensive midfielders in Europe during his playing days . As a player, "Dédé" won all important titles with the national team and with the club: with the national team he was world and European champion as team captain , with his clubs he won twice the Champions League, the World Cup and several times the national championship. Since 2012 he has been the coach of the French national team , with which he became world champion in 2018 . After Mário Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer, he is the third footballer to win a world championship both as a player and as a coach. In 2018 he was named FIFA Coach of the Year .

Player career

society

Didier Deschamps began his playing career as a student at the amateur club Aviron Bayonnais . His skills caught the eye of FC Nantes , who signed him in April 1983. Deschamps made his debut on September 27, 1985 in the top French division . In 1989 he went to Olympique Marseille , a year later he moved to Girondins Bordeaux for a year and returned to Olympique Marseille in 1991, for which he played until 1994. With Olympique, he became French champions in 1991 and 1992 and in 1993 was part of the only French team to date to win the Champions League .

In 1994 Deschamps moved to Italy to Juventus Turin , with whom he won three Italian championships , a Coppa Italia , two Italian Supercups and in 1996 his second Champions League title . In 1999 he went to Chelsea FC in England , with whom he won the FA Cup in 2000. After the end of the season he moved to Spain for Valencia CF , where he ended his playing career in 2001.

National team

Between 1989 and 2000 Deschamps played 103 A-internationals for the Équipe tricolore . The 1992 European Championship in Sweden was his first major tournament. However, France did not get beyond the preliminary round. The European Championship in 1996 already showed the first signs of a big team, but the tournament for Deschamps and his team was already over in England in the semifinals against the Czech Republic .

The highlight of his career was the 1998 soccer world championship in his own country. As captain, he received the World Cup from President Jacques Chirac at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis after the 3-0 final victory over Brazil .

After winning the European Championship in 2000 , which took place in Belgium and the Netherlands , Deschamps ended his national team career with another triumph. Between 1999 and 2003 he was also the French record player .

Coaching career

AS Monaco

Deschamps became a soccer coach at AS Monaco in July 2001 . After the team narrowly escaped relegation in the first season, Deschamps was able to stabilize the team in the following season and lead them to the runner-up, which also meant qualifying for the Champions League. In addition, AS Monaco won the French League Cup in 2003. In 2003 he was voted Trainer of the Year . The 2003/04 season ended Monaco in third place and reached the final of the Champions League , but lost to FC Porto there . In the 2004/05 season, AS Monaco was again third and eliminated in the Champions League in the round of 16. After a weak start to the season, Deschamps resigned as coach of AS Monaco on September 19, 2005.

Juventus Turin

From July 10, 2006 Didier Deschamps trained Juventus Turin . At Juve , who had to compete in Serie B in the 2006/07 season due to the soccer scandal in 2005/2006 , he started the season with eight wins from ten games. Deschamps was able to achieve immediate promotion with Turin and is the only coach to date who was able to win Serie B with Juventus. Nevertheless, he was not without controversy in Turin, as he emphasized several times that he thought it was almost impossible to be able to play for the Scudetto (Italian championship) immediately in the following season . On May 26, 2007, the association dissolved the contract with Deschamps, which ran until 2008, by mutual agreement. His successor for the rest of the season was Giancarlo Corradini , who was succeeded by Claudio Ranieri in June 2007 .

Olympique Marseille

For the 2009/10 season he took over the training of Olympique Marseille as the successor to Eric Gerets , with whom he won the League Cup and the French championship in the first year - Olympique's first title after a 17-year drought. In the following seasons, the club reached places two and 10 and was able to win the League Cup and the French Super Cup twice.

French national coach

On July 8, 2012 Didier Deschamps was appointed as the successor to Laurent Blanc by the FFF as the new coach of the Equipe Tricolore . At the 2014 World Cup, the team lost to Germany in the quarter-finals . At the Euro 2016 , which was held in France , Deschamps reached the final with France and lost to Portugal there . At the 2018 World Cup in Russia , Deschamps was able to become world champion with France. He was the third player after Mário Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer to become world champion both as a player and as a coach. In 2018 he was named FIFA Coach of the Year after his team's World Cup success . At the end of 2019, the association extended Deschamps' contract until mid-2022; accordingly, he should also look after the Bleus at the World Cup in Qatar .

successes

As a club player

As a national player

As a trainer

Individually

See also

Web links

Commons : Didier Deschamps  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La Juve: "risolto contratto con Deschamps'. www.corriere.it, May 26, 2007, accessed December 17, 2008 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Article Didier Deschamps extended until 2022 from December 10, 2019 at fff.fr
  3. ^ Deschamps entraîneur de l'année pour France Football footmercato.net. Retrieved July 15, 2018 (French)
personal data
SURNAME Deschamps, Didier
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dédé
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 15th October 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayonne , France