Michel Hidalgo

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Michel Hidalgo (born March 22, 1933 in Leffrinckoucke , † March 26, 2020 in Marseille ) was a French football player and coach . As coach of the French national team , he became European champion in 1984 .

Player career

Born near the Belgian border and raised in Normandy , Hidalgo won his first title (Normandy Junior Champion with the US Normande from Colombelles ) in 1952. Immediately afterwards, the striker moved to the traditional club Le Havre AC and in 1954 to the strongest team at the time Landes, Stade Reims . With Reims he stood u. a. also in the very first final of the European Cup against Real Madrid ( 1956 ), in which he scored the goal for the interim 3-2 lead. From 1957 to 1966 he played for AS Monaco , then as a player-coach at RC Menton . In addition, Michel Hidalgo was president of the French players' union UNFP between 1964 and 1969 .

Hidalgo played an international match for France (1: 2 against Italy ) in 1962 .

Coaching career

After his football teacher training, he worked in the coaching staff of AS Monaco, briefly coached the RC Menton and became Ștefan Kovács ' coaching assistant for the French national team . In March 1976 he replaced Kovacs as head coach of the Èquipe tricolore and brought them back to a world championship finals for the first time in 1978 after a twelve-year absence . In the following years he formed a “magic square” around the three midfielders Michel Platini , Jean Tigana and Alain Giresse , with Bernard Genghini until 1982 , then with Luis Fernández ; with these formations Michel Hidalgo reached the semi-finals at the 1982 World Cup and won the title at the 1984 European Championship . In 1982 he was named Coach of the Year . Shortly after this high point in his career, Hidalgo resigned as national coach in June 1984 after eight and a half years.

In 2004 he coached a national team again, namely that of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

Functionary career

While still as a club coach in Monaco , he had also taken on other tasks in the French football association FFF , initially being the match committee chairman for the Southeast region, and from 1982 to 1986 national technical director . Five successful years as the manager and right-hand man of Bernard Tapie at Olympique Marseille (1986–1991) followed.

Michel Hidalgo died on March 26, 2020, four days after his 87th birthday.

reception

“Michel Hidalgo is one of the biggest names in French football ... Through his game philosophy, his personality and his incomparable passion, he has shaped our sport on an international level and contributed to its popularity in France. He gave us indescribable emotions that we will never forget "

- FFF- President Noël Le Graët (March 2020) : Original sound

successes

As a player

As a trainer

As a manager

  • French champion: 1989, 1990, 1991 (with Marseille)
  • French cup winner: 1989 (with Marseille)

Until recently, Michel Hidalgo was still an expert co-commentator on a football broadcast on Télé Monte Carlo .

literature

  • Jean Cornu: Les grandes equipes françaises de football. Famot, Genève 1978
  • Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau / Tony Verbicaro: Stade de Reims - une histoire sans fin. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2001, ISBN 2-911698-21-5 .
  • Michel Hidalgo (and Patrice Burchkalter): Le temps des bleus. Mémoires. Jacob-Duvernet, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-84724-146-4 .
  • Michel Hubert, Jacques Pernet: Stade de Reims. Sa legend. Atelier Graphique, Reims 1992, ISBN 2-9506272-2-6 .
  • L'Équipe (Ed.): Stade de Reims. Un club à la Une. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2006, ISBN 2-915535-41-8 .
  • Lucien Perpère / Victor Sinet / Louis Tanguy: Reims de nos amours. 1931/1981 - 50 ans de Stade de Reims. Alphabet Cube, Reims 1981
  • Jacques and Thomas Poncelet: Supporters du Stade de Reims 1935-2005. Self-published, Reims 2005, ISBN 2-9525704-0-X .

Web links

Commons : Michel Hidalgo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Notes and evidence

  1. Article “ Farewell in Tears ” from March 26, 2020 on the website of the French Football Association
  2. UEFA .com: French football mourns coaching legend Hidalgo (March 27, 2020) . Retrieved April 7, 2020.