Bruno Génésio
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bruno Génésio | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
Youth career | |||
1983–1985 | Lyon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1995 | Lyon | 171 | (12) |
1993–1994 | → Nice (loan) | 34 | (2) |
1995–1996 | Martigues | 28 | (1) |
Total | 233 | (15) | |
Managerial career | |||
1999–2001 | Villefranche | ||
2005–2006 | Besançon | ||
2015–2019 | Lyon | ||
2019–2021 | Beijing Guoan | ||
2021–2023 |
Rennes | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bruno Génésio (born 1 September 1966) is a French football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently the head coach of Ligue 1 club Rennes.
Early life
Génésio was born on 1 September 1966 in Lyon.[2]
Playing career
Génésio is a youth exponent from Lyon. He played 171 league games in the first team between 1985 and 1995, also representing OGC Nice on loan during the 1993–94 season.[3]
In 1995, Génésio joined
Managerial career
In 1997, one year after retiring, Génésio started working as a coach for the youth categories of FC du Pays de L'Arbresle.
Génésio was sacked in 2001, with the club suffering relegation from CFA 2.[3] He subsequently joined Racing Besançon as an assistant manager, being named at the helm of the first team for the 2005–06 season; he was relieved from his duties in March 2006.[6]
In 2006, Génésio started to work as a scout at the first club of his senior playing career,
On 24 December 2015, Génésio was appointed as Lyon's head coach after the sacking of Fournier.[7] He led the club to second position at the end of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season. The club finished in fourth or third position in the next three Ligue 1 campaigns, with Lyon reaching the semifinals of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. On 14 April 2019, Génésio confirmed his departure from Lyon in the coming summer.[8]
On 31 July 2019, Génésio joined
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 14 December 2023[citation needed]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Lyon | 24 December 2015 | 24 May 2019 | 185 | 102 | 36 | 47 | 55.1 |
Beijing Guoan
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31 July 2019 | 6 January 2021 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 61.0 |
Rennes | 4 March 2021 | 19 November 2023 | 130 | 67 | 25 | 38 | 51.5 |
Career total | 356 | 194 | 70 | 92 | 54.5 |
Honours
Player
Lyon
Nice
- Division 2: 1993–94[citation needed]
Individual
- UNFP Manager of the Year: 2021–22[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "Bruno Genesio". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Bruno Genesio". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d "OL: mais qui est vraiment Bruno Genesio?" [OL: who is Bruno Genesio?] (in French). BFM TV. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Retour aux sources pour Bruno Génésio, entraîneur de l'OL" [Back to the roots for Bruno Génésio, OL coach] (in French). Le Progrès. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Olympique Lyonnais: le plus dur commence pour Bruno Génésio" [Olympique Lyonnais: the toughest beginning of Bruno Génésio] (in French). Le Parisien. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "L'ancien entraineur du Besançon RC, Bruno Génésio, nommé entraineur officiel de l'Olympique Lyonnais" [Former manager of Besançon RC, Bruno Génésio, named manager of Olympique Lyonnais] (in French). MaCommune.info. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Bruno Genesio nouvel entraîneur de l'Olympique Lyonnais" [Bruno Genesio new manager of Olympique Lyonnais] (in French). France TV Info. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Genesio confirms Lyon exit in summer". Ligue 1. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "国安官宣施密特离任 热内西奥接任签约至赛季末" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
External links
- Bruno Génésio – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- Bruno Génésio coach profile at Soccerway