Didier Six

Didier Six
Personnel
birthday	August 21, 1954
place of birth	Lille ,  France
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
1964-1965	Iris Club de Lambersart
	US Calais
	Iris Club de Lambersart
1970-1972	US Valenciennes
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1972-1977	US Valenciennes	155 (53)
1977-1988	RC Lens	29 (13)
1978-1980	Olympique Marseille	66 (14)
1980	Cercle Brugge	12 0(7)
1981	Racing Strasbourg	19 0(1)
1981-1983	VfB Stuttgart	59 (23)
1983-1984	FC Mulhouse	31 (12)
1984-1985	Aston Villa	16 0(2)
1985-1986	FC Metz	32 0(3)
1986	Racing Strasbourg	14 0(2)
1986	Racing Strasbourg B	1 0(1)
1987	US Valenciennes	10 0(4)
1987-1988	Galatasaray Istanbul	39 (11)
1988-1989	Stade Vallauris	9 0(1)
1989-1990	ASPV Strasbourg	19 0(3)
1991-1992	VfB Leipzig	12 0(1)
1995-1996	Strasbourg - FCSK 06
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	France (Juniors)
	France U-21
	France (military)
1976-1984	France	52 (13)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1986	Racing Strasbourg
1992-1993	Strasbourg - FCSK 06
2004-2005	JS Audun-le-Tiche
2011-2014	Togo
2015	Mauritius
2019–	Guinea
1 Only league games are given.

Didier Six, also Dündar Siz (born August 21, 1954 in Lille ) is a former French football player and coach . He also has Turkish citizenship.

Club career

During his career he has worked at US Valenciennes (1972–1977, second half of 1986/87), RC Lens (1977/78), Olympique Marseille (1978–1980), Cercle Brugge (first half of 1980/81), Racing Strasbourg (second half of the season 1980/81, first round 1986/87), VfB Stuttgart (1981-1983), FC Mulhouse (1983/84), Aston Villa (1984/85), FC Metz (1985/86), Galatasaray Istanbul (1987/88) and VfB Leipzig (1991/92) played. Most recently he was active for Strasbourg FCSK 06 (1995 to 1996).

The dribbling winger scored 23 goals in 59 Bundesliga games for VfB Stuttgart. His highest placement in the 1st Bundesliga was a third place in 1983 and thus qualification for the UEFA Cup . Under the coach Helmut Benthaus , who followed Jürgen Sundermann , his not always efficient style of play (quote: "Six: sometimes everything, sometimes nothing") came under fire and, despite major protests from fans, resulted in his dismissal by then President Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder .

In Turkey he played under the name Dündar Siz.

National team

Didier Six was left winger for the French national team , including at the World Cup in 1978 and 1982 . His greatest success was winning the 1984 European Football Championship in his own country.
For the Equipe Tricolore , he played a total of 52 games between March 1976 and June 1984, scoring 13 goals. His last international match was the semi-final match against Portugal at the EM; Six was not used in the final against Spain (2-0). He also took on the legendary World Cup semi-final in 1982 against the Federal Republic of Germany in part, the France with 7: 8 n E.. Lost - and Six was one of two unfortunate French, who their penalty Missed.

Trainer

Didier Six coached Racing Strasbourg from 1986 , the Strasbourg FCSK 06 from 1992 to 1993, JS Audun-le-Tiche from 2004 to 2005 and the Togo national team from 2011 to 2014 . From January to May 2015 he was in charge of the Mauritius national team . He has been the coach of the Guinea national soccer team since September 2019 .

Palmarès

• European Champion: 1984
• World Cup fourth in 1982

Web links

• Profile and photos of Didier Six
• Didier Six on the night of Seville