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Manuel Amoros
Personal information
Full name Manuel Amoros[1]
Date of birth (1962-02-01) 1 February 1962 (age 62)[2]
Place of birth Nîmes, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1980 Monaco B 17 (3)
1980–1989 Monaco 287 (36)
1989–1993 Marseille 108 (2)
1993–1995 Lyon 66 (3)
1995–1996 Marseille 16 (0)
Total 494 (44)
International career
1982–1992 France 82 (1)
Managerial career
2010 Comoros
2012–2014 Benin
Medal record
Representing  France
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Amoros (born 1 February 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was capped 82 times for France,[3] and played in the UEFA European Championships finals of 1984 and 1992, and the FIFA World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986.

Playing career

Club career

Born in Nîmes, Gard,[4] Amoros played most of his career for Monaco in the French first division. He missed his penalty in the 1991 European Cup Final for Marseille and subsequently Red Star Belgrade won the match 5–3 on penalties.[citation needed]

International career

Amoros was born in France to Spanish parents, escaping from Francisco Franco's regime. He represented the France national football team.[5]

It was his stints with the Tricolor during the 1982 and 1986 World Cups in which he stood out. In the 1982 semi-final against West Germany, he hit the crossbar in the 89th minute, and in the penalty shoot-out he converted his kick before France were eventually eliminated.[citation needed]

In the 1984 European Championships held in France, Amoros showed an egregious side of him when, during the opening game against Denmark, he was sent off for head-butting the Danish midfielder Jesper Olsen. He was banned for three games. However, in the final against Spain, national coach Michel Hidalgo used him as a substitute in a game that Les Bleus won by 2–0 at the Parc des Princes.[citation needed]

At the 1986 World Cup, the 24-year-old Amoros was voted best left-back in the tournament by the international press.[citation needed]

Managerial career

Comoros

In June 2010, Amoros was appointed national team manager for the Comoros Islands,[6] which coached to September 2010. In January 2012, he was named new coach of Benin, replacing Edme Codjo, who had been in charge since August 2011. [7]

Honours

Player

Monaco

Marseille

France

Individual

References

  1. ^ "SCI Pierrissimo GR 9210". Verif (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
    "Manuel Amoros". BFM Business (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Manuel Amoros". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Joueur – Manuel AMOROS – FFF".
  4. ^ "Manuel Amoros: Profile". worldfootball.net (in French). HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Manuel Amoros : " Mes origines espagnoles m'ont donné cette fierté "". SOFOOT.com.
  6. ^ "Manuel Amoros sélectionneur national des Comores". 16 June 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  7. ^ FIFA.com. "Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) - FIFA". FIFA.
  8. ^ "Matches of FIFA XI". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
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