Jean-Louis Gasset

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Jean-Louis Gasset

Jean-Louis Gasset (born 9 December 1953) is a French professional football manager and former player. As a player, he played as a midfielder, spending ten years at his hometown club Montpellier.[1]

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Jean-Louis Gasset
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Gasset as manager of Ivory Coast in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-12-09) 9 December 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Montpellier, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1969–1974 Béziers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1975 Béziers 4 (0)
1975–1985 Montpellier 231 (10)
Total 235 (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
2024–2025 Montpellier
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Football career

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Born in Montpellier, Gasset played ten years at his hometown club Montpellier.[1]

He led Montpellier to victory in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1999.[2] He then coached Caen and Istres.[3] He was assistant to Luis Fernández at Paris Saint-Germain and Spain's Espanyol.[4]

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 2016–17 season, finishing 15th.[6] He then became Oscar's right-hand man at Saint-Étienne, and succeeded the Spaniard in December 2017, just an hour before a 2–1 loss at Guingamp.[7]

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Gasset as manager of Montpellier in 2017

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]

On 7 April 2025, Gasset left Montpellier by mutual consent as the club sat last in Ligue 1.[15]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 6 April 2025
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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Montpellier France 1 July 1998 30 November 1999 68241727035.29
Caen France 1 September 2000 30 June 2001 3412814035.29
Istres France 17 January 2005 16 September 2006 49151420030.61
Montpellier France 30 January 2017 23 May 2017 165110031.25
Saint-Étienne France 20 December 2017 30 June 2019 62311417050.00
Bordeaux France 10 August 2020 27 July 2021 3913620033.33
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 20 May 2022 24 January 2024 181134061.11
Marseille France 20 February 2024 19 May 2024 19937047.37
Montpellier France 22 October 2024 7 April 2025 203215015.00
Total 33012470136037.58
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Montpellier

Coach

Montpellier

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