Michel Hidalgo
French association football player and manager (1933-2020)
Michel Hidalgo (22 March 1933 – 26 March 2020) was a French football player and manager. He was the coach of the French national team from 1976 to 1984. He coached the nation to a UEFA Euro victory in 1984, as well as a fourth place finish at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
![]() Hidalgo as France head coach in 1981 | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Michel François Hidalgo | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 22 March 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Leffrinckoucke, France | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 March 2020 | (aged 87)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Marseille, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
US Normande | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1952–1954 | Le Havre | 47 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
1954–1957 | Reims | 66 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
1957–1966 | Monaco | 256 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 369 | (62) | |||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
1962 | France | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
1967–1968 | Monaco (2nd team) | ||||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Menton (player-coach) | ||||||||||||||||
Monaco (2nd team) | |||||||||||||||||
France (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
1976–1984 | France | ||||||||||||||||
1986–1991 | Marseille (director of football) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Hidalgo was born in Leffrinckoucke. He played as a midfielder. He played for Le Havre, Stade de Reims and AS Monaco. He scored Stade de Reims third goal in the 1956 European Cup Final. He made one appearance for the national team in 1962.
Hidalgo died in Paris on 26 March 2020, at the age of 87.[2]
Honours
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- Division 1: 1954–55[source?]
- Trophée des Champions: 1955[source?]
- European Cup runner-up: 1955–56[source?]
Monaco
- Division 1: 1960–61, 1962–63[source?]
- Coupe de France: 1959–60, 1962–63[source?]
- Trophée des Champions: 1961[source?]
Manager
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Individual
References
change- ↑ "Michel Hidalgo". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ↑ Goldbaum, Maxime (26 March 2020). "Michel Hidalgo, ancien sélectionneur de l'équipe de France, est mort". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ "Morto Hidalgo, profeta del "calcio champagne": vinse l'Europeo '84 da c.t. della Francia". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
Other websites
changeWikimedia Commons has media related to Michel Hidalgo.
- Michel Hidalgo at WorldFootball.net