Didier Sénac

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Didier Sénac in May 2014

Didier Sénac (born October 2, 1958 in Saint-Denis ) is a former French football player who now works as a coach .

As a player

Club career

The athletic, energetic central defender played from 1977 for the first division RC Lens , to whom he remained loyal when this was only second class for one season (1978/79) . The dress of the northern French had already been worn by his father Guy , who had also been used for Racing Paris and also for the national team in the 1960s . In 1988 Didier Sénac moved to Girondins Bordeaux and remained a regular there for seven years. Although the Girondins had a large number of national players in their ranks - including Tigana , Battiston , Dropsy , Lizarazu , Genghini , Stopyra , Bell , Deschamps and Zidane  - a runner-up in the 1989/90 season remained the best place during Sénac's long career.

He was also denied a title win in the cup competitions: a total of eight times (four times with Lens, three times with Bordeaux, once with Créteil) he failed with his clubs in the national cup quarter-finals, once (1980/81) in the semi-finals. In the UEFA Cup he was eliminated five times in the round of 16, three times with Bordeaux (including 1993/94 against Karlsruher SC ) and twice with Lens (1977/78 against 1. FC Magdeburg ). In 1995 he moved to second division FC Toulouse , in 1996 to US Créteil in the third division , where he ended his playing days in 1998 at the age of almost 40. He had made 501 games in Division 1 , which means that he belongs to the "500 Club" , which has only 18 players to date (2008) .

Stations

  • Racing Club de Lens (1977–1988, including 1978/79 in D2)
  • Girondins de Bordeaux (1988–1995, of which 1991/92 after forced relegation in D2)
  • Toulouse Football Club (1995/96, in D2)
  • Union Sportive Créteil (1996–1998, in D3)

In the national team

At the Olympic football tournament in 1984 , Sénac was part of the French regular formation together with his Lenser comrades Brisson and Xuereb . Due to an injury not used in the final, he was still able to receive his gold medal afterwards. In November of the same year he played his first of three full international matches for France in a 1-0 win against Bulgaria ; He also wore the blue dress in December 1984 (2-0 against East Germany ) and October 1987 (1: 1 against Norway ).

Palmarès

  • French champion: Nothing (but runner-up in 1990)
  • French cup winner: Nothing
  • 3 full international matches (no hit) for France
  • Olympic champion 1984 (without final game)
  • 501 games and 21 goals in Division 1 , 275/10 for Lens and 226/11 for Bordeaux
  • 30 European Cup games (no goal), including 7/0 for Lens, 23/0 for Bordeaux

Coaching

From 1998 Didier Sénac worked for the Racing Club Lens in various functions, including as a youth coordinator, player observer and talent scout and twice as assistant coach for the league team (1998-2001 and 2004-2006).

literature

  • Paul Hurseau / Jacques Verhaeghe: Les immortels du football nordiste. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2003 ISBN 2-84253-867-6
  • L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: 50 ans de Coupes d'Europe. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2005 ISBN 2-9519605-9-X
  • Jean-Philippe Rethacker / Jacques Thibert: La fabuleuse histoire du football. Minerva, Genève 1996, 2003 2 ISBN 978-2-8307-0661-1

Remarks

  1. ↑ Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de l'équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. Larousse, o. O. 2004 ISBN 2-03-505420-6 , p. 274
  2. ↑ Hurseau / Verhaeghe, p. 115
  3. ↑ L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès, 50 ans, pp. 235 and 242
  4. ↑ Rethacker / Thibert, pp. 606f.
  5. ↑ L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: La belle histoire. L'équipe de France de football. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2004 ISBN 2-9519605-3-0 , p. 342
  6. ↑ after Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J.
  7. ↑ L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès, 50 ans, pp. 235 and 242
  8. ↑ Hurseau / Verhaeghe, p. 116

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personal data
SURNAME Senac, Didier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)