Jacques Abardonado (born 27 May 1978) is a French former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender, currently assistant manager of

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

club

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

Career

Abardonado joined

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...

as a player in 1996, coming from

US Marseille Endoume Union Sportive Marseille Endoume Catalans is a French association football team founded in 1925. They are based in Marseille, France, and play at the 6th level of French football. They play at the Stade le Cesne in Marseille, which has a capacity ...

. He ended his professional playing career at OM in 2014 to pursue coaching. Between 2014 and 2023, he held several roles within the club: assistant coach for the reserve team, head coach for the youth squads, assistant for the U19s, assistant for the first team, and even served as interim head coach between Marcelino’s departure and

Gennaro Gattuso Gennaro Ivan Gattuso (; born 9 January 1978) is an Italians, Italian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is currently the Manager (association football), head coach of the Italy na ...

’s arrival.

Personal life

Abardonado is of

Spanish Romani The Romani in Spain, generally known by the endonym ''Calé'', or the exonym (), belong to the Iberian Romani subgroup known as Calé, with smaller populations in Portugal (known as ) and in Southern France (known as ). Their sense of identit ...

descent through his father. His cousin is the French footballer

André-Pierre Gignac André-Pierre Christian Gignac (born 5 December 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward. Gignac began his career in his home Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône, playi ...

. He grew up in La Castellane.

Honours

Player

Marseille *

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runner-up: 1998-09 Lorient *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...

: 2001–02 *

Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...

runner-up: 2001–02 Nice *

runner-up: 2005–06

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abardonado, Jacques 1978 births Living people Footballers from Marseille Men's association football defenders French men's footballers French people of Spanish descent Sportspeople of Spanish descent French people of Romani descent French expatriate men's footballers Olympique de Marseille players FC Lorient players OGC Nice players 1. FC Nürnberg players Valenciennes FC players Grenoble Foot 38 players ÉFC Fréjus Saint-Raphaël players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Romani footballers