Jean-Louis Gasset
![]() Gasset as manager of Ivory Coast in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 December 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Montpellier, France | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kuwait (manager) | ||
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 | |||
1985–1998 | Montpellier (assistant) | ||
1998–1999 | Montpellier | ||
2000–2001 | Caen | ||
2001–2003 | Paris Saint-Germain (assistant) | ||
2003–2004 | Espanyol (assistant) | ||
2005–2006 | Istres | ||
2007–2010 | Bordeaux (assistant) | ||
2010–2012 | France (assistant) | ||
2013–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain (assistant) | ||
2017 | Montpellier | ||
2017 | Saint-Étienne (assistant) | ||
2017–2019 | Saint-Étienne | ||
2020–2021 | Bordeaux | ||
2022–2024 | Ivory Coast | ||
2024 | Marseille | ||
2024– | Kuwait | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jean-Louis Gasset (born 9 December 1953) is a French former football player and current manager of the Kuwait. As a player, he played as a midfielder, spending ten years at his hometown club Montpellier.[1]
Football career
[edit]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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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]
Managerial statistics
[edit]Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
Montpellier | ![]() |
1 July 1998 | 30 November 1999 | 68 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 35.29 | |||
Caen | ![]() |
1 September 2000 | 30 June 2001 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 35.29 | |||
Istres | ![]() |
17 January 2005 | 16 September 2006 | 49 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 30.61 | |||
Montpellier | ![]() |
30 January 2017 | 23 May 2017 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 31.25 | |||
Saint-Étienne | ![]() |
20 December 2017 | 30 June 2019 | 62 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 50.00 | |||
Bordeaux | ![]() |
10 August 2020 | 27 July 2021 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 33.33 | |||
Ivory Coast | ![]() |
20 May 2022 | 24 January 2024 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 61.11 | |||
Marseille | ![]() |
20 February 2024 | 19 May 2024 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 47.37 | |||
Total | 310 | 121 | 68 | 121 | 39.03 |
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Montpellier
- Division 2: 1980–81
- Ligue de la Méditerranée: 1975–76
Coach
[edit]Montpellier
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Histoire, les joueurs" (in French). Montpellier HSC. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "Saison 99–00" (in French). Montpellier HSC. Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "France – Trainers of First and Second divisions clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "PSG : Blanc-Gasset, c'est qui le chef ?" [PSG: Blanc-Gasset, who's the boss?]. Le Parisien (in French). 10 March 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ Sévérac, Dominique (13 September 2018). "Jean-Louis Gasset : «Mes trois ans au PSG sont les plus enrichissants de ma vie»" [Jean-Louis Gasset: "My three years at PSG are the most enriching of my life"]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Montpellier appoint Der Zakaria [sic] as coach". FourFourTwo. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Saint-Etienne appoint Gasset an hour before kick-off... and lose". FourFourTwo. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Jean-Louis Gasset stays on as St Étienne boss". Get French Football News. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Saint-Etienne's Gasset resigns amid reported board spat". France 24. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Gasset takes the reins at Bordeaux". Ligue 1. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Merci Jean-Louis" (in French). Bordeaux. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire : « Jean-Louis Gasset devient le nouveau sélectionneur des Eléphants »" (in French). LeMonde Afrique. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "AFCON: Ivory Coast sack head coach Jean-Louis Gasset despite host nation's hopes of last-16 place in balance". Eurosport. 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Jean-Louis Gasset nommé entraîneur" (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 20 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Jean-Louis Gasset at Soccerway
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Montpellier
- French men's footballers
- AS Béziers Hérault (football) players
- Montpellier HSC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- French football managers
- Montpellier HSC non-playing staff
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. non-playing staff
- RCD Espanyol non-playing staff
- Montpellier HSC managers
- Stade Malherbe Caen managers
- FC Istres managers
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux non-playing staff
- AS Saint-Étienne non-playing staff
- AS Saint-Étienne managers
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux managers
- Ivory Coast national football team managers
- Olympique de Marseille managers
- Ligue 1 managers
- Ligue 2 managers
- Men's association football midfielders
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- French expatriate football managers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast
- Expatriate football managers in Ivory Coast
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
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- French football midfielder stubs