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Alain Jean Giresse (; born 2 August 1952) is a French
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coach and former player who last managed
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. Giresse was French Player of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking or
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, he was an intelligent
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who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. He is the father of Thibault Giresse, also a football coach and former player.


International career

Giresse played for the France national team in the
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(fourth place) and the
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(third place). He was a member of the Euro 84 winning team, and alongside
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, Luis Fernández and
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, forming the team's legendary "Carré Magique" (Magic Square) in midfield.


Coaching career


Other national teams

He has been in charge of
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and the Georgian national team, among others. Giresse worked as the head coach of
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, and was named a few months after the
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the
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manager. He was the coach of
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from 2013 to January 2015. On 7 September 2017, Giresse resigned as manager of the Mali national team. In December 2017, he was linked with the vacant
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manager's job. In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant
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national job. On 13 December 2018, Giresse became the manager of
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. He left the role in August 2019. On 23 February 2022,
Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...
appointed Giresse after agreeing to a contract until November 2023, this happened after the former coach Bernard Challandes decided to resign after weak results in October 2021. On 18 March 2022, Giresse made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the friendly matches against
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and
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. He called-up
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for the first time in the squad.


Career statistics


Club

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International

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Managerial statistics


Honours


Player

Bordeaux * French Division 1: 1983–84, 1984–85 *
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: 1985–86 France *
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:
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* Artemio Franchi Trophy:
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*
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Third place: 1986 Individual * UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament:
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
* Onze d'Argent: 1982 *
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– Runner-up: 1982 * French Player of the Year: 1982, 1983, 1987 * World XI: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 *
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: 1982, 1983, 1984 * 7th French Player of the Century


Manager

Paris Saint-Germain *
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:
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FAR Rabat * Coupe du Trône: 2003 Mali *
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Third place:
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Orders

* Knight of the Legion of Honour: 2006


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Giresse, Alain 1952 births Living people Footballers from Gironde French men's footballers French football managers Men's association football midfielders Olympique de Marseille players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Ligue 1 players France men's international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1984 players 1986 FIFA World Cup players UEFA European Championship–winning players European champions for France Georgia national football team managers Gabon national football team managers Mali national football team managers Senegal national football team managers Kosovo national football team managers Toulouse FC managers Paris Saint-Germain FC managers AS FAR managers Ligue 1 managers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations managers 2012 Africa Cup of Nations managers 2015 Africa Cup of Nations managers 2017 Africa Cup of Nations managers Expatriate football managers in Georgia (country) Knights of the Legion of Honour 2019 Africa Cup of Nations managers French expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Kosovo Expatriate football managers in Mali Expatriate football managers in Tunisia Expatriate football managers in Senegal Expatriate football managers in Gabon French expatriate sportspeople in Mali French expatriate sportspeople in Senegal French expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo French expatriate sportspeople in Gabon French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco French expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Expatriate football managers in Morocco Occitan sportspeople 20th-century French sportsmen French expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)