Christian Gourcuff
French football manager (born 1955) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christian Jean Gourcuff (born 5 April 1955) is a French former professional football player and manager. He spent a majority of his managerial career at Lorient, where he was the head coach for 25 years across three different spells.[3]
 Gourcuff as manager of Rennes in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Jean Gourcuff[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1955[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Hanvec,[2] Finistère, France | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1974 | Rennes | ||
| 1974–1978 | US Berné | ||
| 1978–1980 | Guingamp | 40 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Rouen | 28 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | ||
| 1982–1986 | Lorient | ||
| 1986–1989 | Le Mans | ||
| 1989 | Montreal Supra | 6 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1988 | Brittany | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1982–1986 | Lorient | ||
| 1986–1989 | Le Mans | ||
| 1989–1991 | Pont-l'Abbé | ||
| 1991–2001 | Lorient | ||
| 2001–2002 | Rennes | ||
| 2002–2003 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 2003–2014 | Lorient | ||
| 2014–2016 | Algeria | ||
| 2016–2017 | Rennes | ||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Gharafa | ||
| 2019–2020 | Nantes | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
During his playing career, Gourcuff played for Rennais, US Berné, Guingamp, Rouen, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lorient, Le Mans and Montreal Supra.[4][5]
International career
Gourcuff played one match for the Brittany regional team in 1988. It was an indoor game against the United States, and the final score was 6–2 in favor of Brittany.[6]
Managerial career
Becoming a player-manager at the age of 27, Gourcuff coached Lorient, Le Mans, Pont-l'Abbé, Stade Rennais and Al-Ittihad.
On 4 August 2014, Gourcuff was officially unveiled as the new head coach of the Algeria national team, taking over the vacant spot left by the departure of Vahid Halilhodžić.[7] On 3 February 2015, Gourcuff was given a new deal despite Algeria's quarter-final exit at the Africa Cup of Nations.[8]
In the 2018–19 season, Gourcuff was the head coach of Qatari club Al-Gharafa.[9]
Personal life
His son, Yoann,[10] is also a professional footballer who represented France at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 6 December 2020
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Lorient | 1 July 1982 | 1 July 1986 | 125 | 64 | 26 | 35 | 51.20 |
| Le Mans | 1 July 1986 | 1 January 1989 | 83 | 37 | 21 | 25 | 44.58 |
| Pont-L'Abbé | 1 September 1989 | 1 July 1991 | 52 | 15 | 12 | 25 | 28.85 |
| Lorient | 1 July 1991 | 1 July 2001 | 404 | 166 | 109 | 129 | 41.09 |
| Rennes | 1 July 2001 | 1 July 2002 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 38.64 |
| Al-Ittihad | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 42.86 |
| Lorient | 1 July 2003 | 25 May 2014 | 465 | 168 | 138 | 159 | 36.13 |
| Algeria | 1 August 2014 | 3 April 2016 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 61.90 |
| Rennes | 17 May 2016 | 8 November 2017 | 55 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 34.55 |
| Al-Gharafa | 19 May 2018 | 3 June 2019 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 39.39 |
| Nantes | 8 August 2019 | 8 December 2020 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 36.36 |
| Total | 1,347 | 537 | 358 | 452 | 39.87 | ||
Honours
Orders
References
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