Alain Giresse

French association football player and manager

Alain Giresse (born 2 August 1952) is a former French football player. He has played for France national team.

Alain Giresse
Alain Giresse in 2009
Personal information
Full name Alain Jean Giresse[1]
Date of birth (1952-08-02) 2 August 1952 (age 72)[2]
Place of birth Langoiran, France
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1986 Bordeaux 519 (158)
1986–1988 Marseille 67 (5)
Total 586 (163)
National team
1974–1986 France 47 (6)
Teams managed
1995–1998 Toulouse
1998 Paris Saint-Germain
1999–2000 Toulouse
2001–2003 FAR Rabat
2004–2005 Georgia
2006–2010 Gabon
2010–2012 Mali
2013–2015 Senegal
2015–2017 Mali
2018–2019 Tunisia
2022–2023 Kosovo
Honours
Men's football
Representing  France (as player)
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1984 France
FIFA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Mexico
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner 1985 France
Representing  Mali (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Gabon–Equatorial Guinea
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Giresse in 1971
Source:[3]
Club Season League Coupe de France Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bordeaux 1970–71 Division 1 24 3 5 0 - - 29 3
1971–72 27 4 0 0 - - 27 4
1972–73 22 3 0 0 - - 22 3
1973–74 31 12 0 0 - - 31 12
1974–75 36 11 4 1 - - 40 12
1975–76 30 13 1 0 - - 31 13
1976–77 37 16 4 0 - - 41 16
1977–78 35 11 5 4 - - 40 15
1978–79 38 6 3 1 - - 41 7
1979–80 37 12 1 0 - - 38 12
1980–81 34 6 6 2 - - 40 8
1981–82 34 14 7 4 3 0 44 18
1982–83 35 12 5 1 6 6 46 19
1983–84 34 16 5 1 2 1 41 18
1984–85 36 11 1 0 8 0 45 11
1985–86 29 9 5 1 2 0 36 10
Total 519 158 52 15 21 7 592 180
Marseille 1986–87 Division 1 34 4 8 2 - - 42 6
1987–88 33 1 1 0 7 1 41 2
Total 67 5 9 2 7 1 83 8
Career total 586 163 61 17 28 8 675 188

International

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Source:[4]
France
Year Apps Goals
1974 1 0
1975 0 0
1976 0 0
1977 2 0
1978 2 0
1979 0 0
1980 0 0
1981 5 0
1982 11 3
1983 4 0
1984 10 2
1985 5 1
1986 7 0
Total 47 6

Managerial statistics

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Alain Giresse managing Gabon in 2009.
As of 19 June 2023
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
  Toulouse 1 November 1995 30 June 1998 109 44 25 40 040.37
  Paris Saint-Germain 1 July 1998 23 October 1998 12 4 3 5 033.33
  Toulouse 26 January 1999 9 October 2000 67 26 14 27 038.81
  FAR Rabat 1 July 2001 30 June 2003 59 17 23 19 028.81
  Georgia 12 March 2004 30 June 2005 10 2 2 6 020.00
  Gabon 3 March 2006 13 February 2010 31 16 7 8 051.61
  Mali 21 April 2010 30 May 2012 16 8 2 6 050.00
  Senegal 9 January 2013 29 January 2015 18 7 8 3 038.89
  Mali 17 March 2015 7 September 2017 16 8 4 4 050.00
  Tunisia 14 December 2018 21 August 2019 12 5 4 3 041.67
  Kosovo 23 February 2022 20 June 2023 15 4 7 4 026.67
Total 365 141 99 125 038.63

Honours

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Player

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Bordeaux[5]

France[5]

Individual

Manager

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Paris Saint-Germain[10]

FAR Rabat[10]

Mali

Orders

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Décret du 31 décembre 2006 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 31 December 2006 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 2007 (1): 8. 2 January 2007. PREX0609790D. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. "FIFA Player Statistics: Alain GIRESSE". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. "Alain Giresse". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  4. "ALAIN GIRESSE". archive.wikiwix.com (in French). Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Joueur - Alain GIRESSE - FFF".
  6. Courtney, Barrie (14 August 2004). "European Championships - UEFA Teams of Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  7. "1982 - Paolo Rossi". France Football.
  8. "Player of the year - France". worldfootball.net.
  9. "Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties". Beyond The Last Man. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Alain GIRESSE - FSI California". Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  11. "Giresse, France's pocket-sized playmaker". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  12. "Alain GIRESSE - FSI California". Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2017.