José Anigo (born 15 April 1961) is a French professional

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and former player.

Career

Anigo was born in

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 ...

, and after a tough childhood went on to play for his home town club for eight years where he established a reputation for being a tough defender. After that he became the coach for Marseillaise's youth team and latter went on to become coach from 2001 to 2005 leading the team to a runners up medal in the

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. During his tenure he also signed many stars that would aid Marseille in the future such as playmaker Mathieu Valbuena, goalkeeper

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and defender Nicolas N'Koulou. In October 2019, Anigo was hired as Head of International Recruitment for

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. He left the club in June 2020.

Personal life

Born in France, Anigo's parents were Spanish Republicans on the run from

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces i ...

. In September 2013 Anigo's son Adrien Anigo was shot dead. Adrien had previously spent time in prison for robbery and became the fifteenth victim of gun violence in

that year.

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