The outstanding French coach coached the national team in France, Cameroon, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia and Ivory Coast. and belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 29-10-1947 Died: 24- 4-2018 Country: France Matches as Coach: 178 (W86-D45-L47 – GF290-GA174 – %60.96) Matches as Coach for France: 36 (W16-D12-L8 – GF46-GA27 – %61.11) Matches as Coach for Cameroon: 8 (W1-D4-L3 – GF10-GA16 – %37.50) Matches as Coach for Morocco: 62 (W36-D14-L12 – GF113-GA50 – %69.35) Matches as Coach for UA Emirates:17 (W7-D3-L7 – GF40-GA26 – %50.00) Matches as Coach for Tunisia: 7 (W2-D3-L2 – GF8-GA4 – %50.00) Matches as Coach for Ivory Coast:31 (W17-D7-L7 – GF52-GA32 – %66.13) Matches as Coach for Eq. Guinea: 9 (W4-D1-L4 – GF11-GA10 – %50.00) Matches as Coach for Kenya: 8 (W3-D1-L4 – GF10-GA9 – %43.75) Age First Match: 34 yr 349 d 13-10-1984 vs. Luxembourg 4-0 Age Last Match: 65 yr 40 d 8-12-2012 vs. Uganda 1-2 National Team Career: 28 yr 56 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
Coach for France
1 13-10-84 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-0 World Cup Qualifying
2 21-11-84 Paris Bulgaria 1-0 World Cup Qualifying
3 8-12-84 Paris East Germany 2-0 World Cup Qualifying
4 3- 4-85 Sarajevo Yugoslavia 0-0 World Cup Qualifying
5 2- 5-85 Sofia Bulgaria 0-2 World Cup Qualifying
6 21- 8-85 Paris Uruguay 2-0 Intercontinental Cup
7 11- 9-85 Leipzig East Germany 0-2 World Cup Qualifying
8 30-10-85 Luxembourg Luxembourg 6-0 World Cup Qualifying
9 16-11-85 Paris Yugoslavia 2-0 World Cup Qualifying
10 26- 2-86 Paris Northern Ireland 0-0
11 26- 3-86 Paris Argentina 2-0
12 1- 6-86 León Canada 1-0 World Cup
13 5- 6-86 León Soviet Union 1-1 World Cup
14 9- 6-86 León Hungary 3-0 World Cup
15 17- 6-86 Cd. de México Italy 2-0 World Cup
16 21- 6-86 Guadalajara Brazil 1-1 World Cup
17 25- 6-86 Guadalajara West Germany 0-2 World Cup
18 28- 6-86 Puebla Belgium 4-2 World Cup
19 19- 8-86 Lausanne Switzerland 0-2
20 10- 9-86 Reykjavík Iceland 0-0 European Championship qualifier
21 11-10-86 Paris Soviet Union 0-2 European Championship qualifier
22 19-11-86 Leipzig East Germany 0-0 European Championship qualifier
23 29- 4-87 Paris Iceland 2-0 European Championship qualifier
24 16- 6-87 Oslo Norway 0-2 European Championship qualifier
25 12- 8-87 Berlin East Germany 1-2
26 9- 9-87 Moskva Soviet Union 1-1 European Championship qualifier
27 14-10-87 Paris Norway 1-1 European Championship qualifier
28 18-11-87 Paris East Germany 0-1 European Championship qualifier
29 27- 1-88 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-1
30 2- 2-88 Toulouse Switzerland 2-1
31 5- 2-88 Monaco Morocco 2-1
32 23- 3-88 Bordeaux Spain 2-1
33 27- 4-88 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-0
34 24- 8-88 Paris Czechoslovakia 1-1
35 28- 9-88 Paris Norway 1-0 World Cup Qualifying
36 22-10-88 Lefkosia Cyprus 1-1 World Cup Qualifying
Coach for Cameroon
1 16- 3-94 Cairo Egypt 0-0
2 1- 5-94 Seoul South Korea 2-2
3 3- 5-94 Changwon South Korea 1-2
4 9- 5-94 Pireas Greece 3-0 Greece Tournament
5 11- 5-94 Pireas Bolivia 1-1 Greece Tournament
6 19- 6-94 Pasadena Sweden 2-2 World Cup
7 24- 6-94 Palo Alto Brazil 0-3 World Cup
8 28- 6-94 Palo Alto Russia 1-6 World Cup
Coach for Morocco
1 17-11-95 Rabat Mali 2-0
2 3- 1-96 Rabat Tunisia 3-1
3 17- 1-96 Vitrolles Armenia 6-0
4 7- 2-96 Rabat Luxembourg 2-0
5 20- 3-96 Dubai Egypt 2-0 UAE Tournament
6 23- 3-96 Dubai South Korea 2-2 UAE Tournament
7 26- 3-96 Dubai U.A. Emirates 0-1 UAE Tournament
8 29- 8-96 Settat Zaire 7-0
9 6-10-96 Cairo Egypt 1-1 African Nations Cup Qualifier
10 9-11-96 Rabat Sierra Leone 4-0 World Cup Qualifying
11 11-12-96 Casablanca Croatia 2-2 Hassan II Cup (pen: 6-7)
12 12-12-96 Casablanca Nigeria 2-0 Hassan II Cup
13 12- 1-97 Kumasi Ghana 2-2 World Cup Qualifying
14 22- 2-97 Dakar Senegal 0-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier
15 6- 4-97 Libreville Gabon 4-0 World Cup Qualifying
16 26- 4-97 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-0 World Cup Qualifying
17 31- 5-97 Rabat Ethiopia 4-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier
18 7- 6-97 Casablanca Ghana 1-0 World Cup Qualifying
19 21- 6-97 Rabat Egypt 1-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier
20 13- 7-97 Addis Abeba Ethiopia 1-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier
21 27- 7-97 Rabat Senegal 3-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier
22 17- 8-97 Casablanca Gabon 2-0 World Cup Qualifying
23 9-10-97 Belem Brazil 0-2
24 26-11-97 Rabat Togo 3-0
25 14- 1-98 Casablanca Angola 2-1
26 5- 2-98 Marrakech Niger 3-0
27 9- 2-98 Bobo-Dioulasso Zambia 1-1 African Nations Cup
28 13- 2-98 Bobo-Dioulasso Mozambique 3-0 African Nations Cup
29 17- 2-98 Ouagadougou Egypt 1-0 African Nations Cup
30 22- 2-98 Ouagadougou South Africa 1-2 African Nations Cup
31 22- 3-98 Sofia Bulgaria 1-2
32 27- 5-98 Casablanca England 0-1 Hassan II Cup
33 29- 5-98 Casablanca France 2-2 Hassan II Cup (pen: 6-5)
34 4- 6-98 Avignon Chile 1-1
35 10- 6-98 Montpellier Norway 2-2 World Cup
36 16- 6-98 Nantes Brazil 0-3 World Cup
37 23- 6-98 Saint-Etienne Scotland 3-0 World Cup
38 2- 9-98 Tangiers Senegal 2-0
39 3-10-98 Casablanca Sierra Leone 3-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier
40 24-12-98 Agadir Bulgaria 4-1
41 20- 1-99 Marseille France 0-1
42 24- 1-99 Conakry Guinea 1-1 African Nations Cup Qualifier
43 28- 2-99 Lomé Togo 3-2 African Nations Cup Qualifier
44 10- 4-99 Casablanca Togo 1-1 African Nations Cup Qualifier
45 28- 4-99 Arnhem Netherlands 2-1
46 6- 6-99 Rabat Guinea 1-0 African Nations Cup Qualifier
47 7- 9-99 Ličge Belgium 0-4
48 17-11-99 Marrakech U.S.A. 1-0
49 21-12-99 Agadir Senegal 0-0
50 18- 1-00 El Jadida Trinidad/Tobago 1-0
51 25- 1-00 Lagos Congo 1-0 African Nations Cup
52 29- 1-00 Lagos Tunisia 0-0 African Nations Cup
53 3- 2-00 Lagos Nigeria 0-2 African Nations Cup
Coach for United Arab Emirates
1 16- 8-00 Hirosoma Japan 1-3
2 7- 9-00 Beirut Lebanon 1-0
3 10- 9-00 Beirut Lebanon 2-2
4 28- 9-00 Abha Saudi Arabia 1-6
5 4-10-00 Dubai South Korea 1-1 Friendship Tournament (pen: 3-2)
6 7-10-00 Dubai Kuwait 1-0 Friendship Tournament
7 12-11-00 Abu Dhabi Hong Kong 1-1
8 10-12-00 Abu Dhabi Kazakhstan 5-2
9 6- 1-01 Cairo Egypt 1-2
- 8- 2-01 Dubai Denmark 1-0 Friendship Tournament
10 11- 2-01 Dubai South Korea 1-4 Friendship Tournament
- 14- 2-01 Dubai Morocco 1-1 Friendship Tournament
11 27- 3-01 Muscat Oman 1-2
12 2- 4-01 Al-Ain Sri Lanka 6-0
13 8- 4-01 Bangalore India 0-1 World Cup Qualifying
14 14- 4-01 Bandar Seri B. Brunei 12-0 World Cup Qualifying
15 26- 4-01 Al-Ain India 1-0 World Cup Qualifying
16 4- 5-01 Al-Ain Brunei 4-0 World Cup Qualifying
17 11- 5-01 Sana'a Yemen 1-2 World Cup Qualifying
Coach for Tunisia
1 28-11-01 Tunis Togo 1-0
2 30-12-01 Tunia Lieria 7-2
3 11- 1-02 Tunis Cameroon 0-1
4 21- 1-02 Bamako Zambia 0-0 African Nations Cup
5 25- 1-02 Bamako Egypt 0-1 African Nations Cup
6 31- 1-02 Kayes Senegal 0-0 African Nations Cup
7 13- 3-02 Tunis South Korea 0-0
Coach for Ivory Coast
1 31- 3-04 Tunis Tunisia 2-0
2 28- 4-04 Aix-les-Bains Guinea 4-2
3 6- 6-04 Abidjan Libya 2-0 World Cup Qualifying
4 20- 6-04 Alexandria Egypt 2-1 World Cup Qualifying
5 4- 7-04 Yaoundé Cameroon 0-2 World Cup Qualifying
6 18- 8-04 Avignon Senegal 2-1
7 5- 9-04 Abidjan Sudan 5-0 World Cup Qualifying
8 10-10-04 Cotonou Benin 1-0 World Cup Qualifying
9 8- 2-05 Rouen DR Congo 1-1
10 27- 3-05 Abidjan Benin 3-0 World Cup Qualifying
11 3- 6-05 Tripoli Libya 0-0 World Cup Qualifying
12 19- 6-05 Abidjan Egypt 2-0 World Cup Qualifying
13 17- 8-05 Montpellier France 0-3
14 4- 9-05 Abidjan Cameroon 2-3 World Cup Qualifying
15 8-10-05 Omdurman Sudan 3-1 World Cup Qualifying
16 12-11-05 Le Mans Romania 2-1
17 16-11-05 Genčve Italy 1-1
18 17- 1-06 Abu Dabi Jordan 2-0
19 21- 1-06 Cairo Morocco 1-0 African Nations Cup
20 24- 1-06 Cairo Libya 2-1 African Nations Cup
21 28- 1-06 Cairo Egypt 1-3 African Nations Cup
22 4- 2-06 Cairo Cameroon 1-1 African Nations Cup (pen: 12-11)
23 7- 1-06 Alexandria Nigeria 1-0 African Nations Cup
24 10- 2-06 Cairo Egypt 0-0 African Nations Cup (pen: 2-4)
25 1- 3-06 Valladolid Spain 2-3
26 27- 5-06 Basel Switzerland 1-1
27 30- 5-06 Villel Chile 1-1
28 4- 6-06 Evry-Bondoufle Slovenia 3-0
29 10- 6-06 Hamburg Argentina 1-2 World Cup
30 16- 6-06 Stuttgart Netherlands 1-2 World Cup
31 21- 6-06 München Serbia-Mont'gro 3-2 World Cup
Coach for Morocco (2nd spell)
1 8- 9-07 Rouen Ghana 0-2
2 17-10-07 Rabat Namibia 2-0
3 16-11-07 Saint-Denis France 2-2
4 21-11-07 Créteil Senegal 3-0
5 12- 1-08 Fčs Zambia 2-0
6 16- 1-08 Rabat Angola 2-1
7 21- 1-08 Accra Namibia 5-1 African Nations Cup
8 24- 1-08 Accra Guinea 2-3 African Nations Cup
9 28- 1-08 Accra Ghana 0-2 African Nations Cup
Coach for Equatorial Guinea
1 8- 2-11 Malabo Chad 2-0
2 29- 3-11 Malabo Gambia 1-0
3 10- 8-11 Lisboa Guinea Bissau 1-4
4 3- 9-11 Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso 0-1
5 7- 9-11 Malabo Cen. Afr. Rep. 3-0
6 7-10-11 Nice Gabon 0-2
7 11-10-11 Malabo Cameroon 1-1
8 11-11-11 Malabo Madagascar 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
9 15-11-11 Antananarivo Madagascar 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
Coach for Kenya
1 16-10-12 Nairobi South Africa 1-2
2 14-11-12 Mwanza Tanzania 0-1
3 24-11-12 Kampala Uganda 0-1 CECAFA Cup
4 27-11-12 Kampala South Sudan 2-0 CECAFA Cup
5 30-11-12 Kampala Ethiopia 3-1 CECAFA Cup
6 4-12-12 Kampala Malawi 1-0 CECAFA Cup
7 6-12-12 Kampala Zanzibar [*] 2-2 CECAFA Cup (pen: 4-2)
8 8-12-12 Kampala Uganda 1-2 CECAFA Cup
[*] match not full A for FIFA as Zanzibar is not a FIFA member.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
178 86 45 47 290-174 217 60.96 (Total)
Types of Matches
Friendlies 78
World Cup Qualifier 33
World Cup 16
African Cup Qualifier 11
African Nations Cup 13
European Ch. Qualifier 8
CECAFA Cup 6
Intercontinental Cup 1
Other Tournaments 12
Total 178
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