Alain Giresse

Alain Giresse, born the August 2nd 1952 with Langoiran, is old a Football or French which played as a medium ground in particular with the Girondins of Bordeaux and in team of France with which it will gain the Euro 1984 in France. He is reconverted today at the post of trainer.

Career (player)

Alain Giresse carried out the essence of his career within the Girondins of Bordeaux, before finishing it with the Olympique of Marseilles at the beginning of the era Tapie.

Native of the the Gironde, it is trained by the Girondins of Bordeaux and makes his beginnings in championship of France in 1970. After one decade when the club fights in general for the maintenance in the first division, the club takes ambition with the arrival of Claude Bez with the presidency in 1979 and of Aimé Jacquet at the station of trainer in 1980. Alain Giresse then forms part of the executives of the club and takes part in the great hours of glory of the club in the years 1980 with two titles of championships (1984 and 1985) and a half finale of Coupe of Europe of the clubs champions in 1985 against the Juventus of Turin of Michel Platini.

In 1980, Michel Hidalgo makes an indisputable holder of the team of France (with whom it made his beginnings the September 7th 1974 against the Poland) and contributes of it largely to the qualification with the semi-finals of World cup in 1982 (finishing fourth) and 1986 (finishing third), twice eliminated by the Germany, and especially makes it possible the team of France to gain in residence the Euro 1984. On this occasion, the media will call its complicity on the ground with Michel Platini, Luis Fernandez and Jean Tigana the magic Carré . It will dispute its last international match at the time of the semi-final lost out of world cup against Germany the June 25th 1986.

After this world cup, Alain decides to finish his career with the Olympique of Marseilles that Bernard Tapie decides to begin again to make a large club of it while obtaining large players. He will play two years there before taking his retirement of footballer in 1988.

He will have disputed on the whole 586 matches of championships to register 164 goals there what makes of him the player of field having disputed the most matches in the history of the championship of France (the guard Jean-Luc Ettori having disputed 602 matches).

Prize list player (club)

Champion of France: 1984 and 1985.
Victorious of the Coupe de France: 1986.
Victorious of the Cut of the Alps: 1980.
Finalist of the Cut of the Alps: 1972.
Better striker of the History of Of Gironde of Bordeaux (159 goals)
Better striker of the UEFA Cup: 1983 (7 goals).

International career

Victorious of the Euro 1984.
Third of the World cup 1986.
Fourth of the World cup 1982.
Victorious of the Intercontinental Cut of the Nations: 1985.
International French (47 selections, 6 goals) between 1974 and 1986 including once captain for a ratio of 30 victories, 10 null and 7 defeats.

Personal distinctions

Champion of the French champions the Team : 1982.
Better French player with the classification France Football : 1982, 1983 and 1987.
Eleven of money: 1982.
Second with the Balloon of gold: 1982.

Statistics season per season

Career (trainer)

After his career of footballer, Alain Giresse decides to become trainer, it makes his beginnings in 1995 on the bench of the Toulouse FC, it remains two years and half there before joining the club of the capital the Paris SG in 1998, but after one surprising elimination in Coupe of the Cuts against the Maccabi Haïfa and a catastrophic beginning of championship, it will be dislocated of its functions three months only after its arrival. It turns over then to the Toulouse FC without much success either during nine months.

In 2001, it takes then the direction of the Morocco and becomes the trainer of FAR Rabat until in 2003, but will gain one trophy: the Cut of the throne 2003.

It is found then without club and turns to the national selections, it then joined the team of Georgia but in front of the difficulty in managing a small country and without real prospect for qualification to a final stage, there will remain only one year. In March 2006, it takes in hand the selection of Gabon.

Prize list (trainer)

Victorious of the Cut of the Throne: 2003.

Others

He was the smallest player, by the size, of the World cup 1982.
His/her son, Thibault Giresse, is currently professional footballer with the Amiens SC. Previously, it spent many seasons to the Toulouse FC.
It was one of the rare European footballers to take part in jubilees in Africa, Jubilé Roger Milla, Jubilé Saar Boubacar.

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