Jean-Louis Gasset
.jpg) Gasset as manager of Ivory Coast in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 December 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Montpellier, France | ||
| Position(s) |
Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Marseille (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1985 | Montpellier | 231 | (10) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Montpellier | ||
| 2000–2001 | Caen | ||
| 2005–2006 | Istres | ||
| 2017 | Montpellier | ||
| 2017–2019 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| 2020–2021 | Bordeaux | ||
| 2022–2024 | Ivory Coast | ||
| 2024– | Marseille | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jean-Louis Gasset (born 9 December 1953) is a French football manager and former player who is the head coach of Ligue 1 club Marseille. As a player, he played as a midfielder, spending his entire ten-year career at his hometown club Montpellier.
Football career
Born in Montpellier, Gasset played his whole career with hometown club Montpellier.[1]
He led Montpellier to victory in the
Gasset was the main assistant of Laurent Blanc as manager of Bordeaux, the France national team and PSG from 2007 to 2016, notably conducting the training sessions.[5]
He had the top job at Montpellier again for the second half of the
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In June 2018, having turned Saint-Étienne's season around to finish sixth, missing out on the UEFA Europa League on goal difference to Bordeaux, Gasset was given another year in the job.[8] A year later, having come fourth and secured a place in that European competition, he resigned due to disputes with the board over transfer budgets.[9]
Gasset was hired by Bordeaux on 12 August 2020, after Paulo Sousa's exit.[10] On 27 July 2021 he left the club.[11]
On 20 May 2022, Gasset was appointed coach of Ivory Coast, succeeding Patrice Beaumelle, whose contract expired on 6 April 2022.[12] He handed his resignation on 24 January 2024, following a poor performance at the group stages of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Ivory Coast.[13]
On 20 February 2024, Gasset became the head coach of Marseille, following the dismissal of Gennaro Gattuso.[14]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 24 April 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Montpellier | 1 July 1998 | 30 November 1999 | 68 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 35.29 | |||
| Caen | 1 September 2000 | 30 June 2001 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 35.29 | |||
| Istres | 17 January 2005 | 16 September 2006 | 49 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 30.61 | |||
| Montpellier | 30 January 2017 | 23 May 2017 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 31.25 | |||
| Saint-Étienne | 20 December 2017 | 30 June 2019 | 62 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 50.00 | |||
| Bordeaux | 10 August 2020 | 27 July 2021 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 33.33 | |||
| Ivory Coast | 20 May 2022 | 24 January 2024 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 61.11 | |||
| Marseille | 20 February 2024 | present | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 46.15 | |||
| Total | 304 | 118 | 67 | 119 | 38.82 | |||||
References
- ^ "Histoire, les joueurs" (in French). Montpellier HSC. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "Saison 99–00" (in French). Montpellier HSC. Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "France – Trainers of First and Second divisions clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "PSG : Blanc-Gasset, c'est qui le chef ?" [PSG: Blanc-Gasset, who's the boss?]. Le Parisien (in French). 10 March 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ Sévérac, Dominique (13 September 2018). "Jean-Louis Gasset : «Mes trois ans au PSG sont les plus enrichissants de ma vie»" [Jean-Louis Gasset: "My three years at PSG are the most enriching of my life"]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Montpellier appoint Der Zakaria [sic] as coach". FourFourTwo. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Saint-Etienne appoint Gasset an hour before kick-off... and lose". FourFourTwo. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Jean-Louis Gasset stays on as St Étienne boss". Get French Football News. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Saint-Etienne's Gasset resigns amid reported board spat". France 24. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Gasset takes the reins at Bordeaux". Ligue 1. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Merci Jean-Louis" (in French). Bordeaux. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire : « Jean-Louis Gasset devient le nouveau sélectionneur des Eléphants »" (in French). LeMonde Afrique. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "AFCON: Ivory Coast sack head coach Jean-Louis Gasset despite host nation's hopes of last-16 place in balance". Eurosport. 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Jean-Louis Gasset nommé entraîneur" (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 20 February 2024.
External links
- Jean-Louis Gasset at Soccerway
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