Didier Deschamps

Didier Deschamps

Deschamps in September 2011 as Marseille manager
Personal information
Full name Didier Claude Deschamps
Date of birth (1968-10-15) 15 October 1968
Place of birth Bayonne, France
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 France (Manager)
Youth career
1976–1983 Bayonne
1983–1985 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 Nantes 111 (4)
1989–1994 Marseille 123 (6)
1990–1991 → Bordeaux (loan) 29 (3)
1994–1999 Juventus 124 (4)
1999–2000 Chelsea 27 (1)
2000–2001 Valencia 13 (0)
Total 427 (17)
National team
1988–1989 France U21 18 (0)
1989–2000 France 103 (4)
Teams managed
2001–2005 Monaco
2006–2007 Juventus
2009–2012 Marseille
2012– France

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Didier Claude Deschamps (French pronunciation: ​[di.dje de.ʃã] ; born 15 October 1968) is a retired French footballer and current manager of the France national football team. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England, and Spain, such as Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France team-mate Eric Cantona, Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working defensive midfielder who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays, and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career. As a French international, he was capped on 103 occasions and took part at three UEFA European Football Championships and one FIFA World Cup, captaining his nation to victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

In addition to winning two French league titles in 1991 and 1992, Deschamps was part of the Marseille squad that became the first, and so far only, French club to win the Champions League, a feat which the team achieved in 1993; with the Champions League victory, Deschamps became the youngest captain ever to lead his team to win the title. With Juventus he played three Champions League finals in a row between 1996 and 1998, winning the title in 1996. With the Turin side, he also won the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup, as well as three Serie A titles, among other trophies. With Chelsea, he won the 1999–2000 FA Cup, and also reached another Champions League final with Valencia in 2001, before retiring later that season. After Franz Beckenbauer and followed by Iker Casillas, he was only the second captain in the history of football to have lifted the Champions League trophy, the World Cup trophy, and the European Championship trophy.

As a manager, Deschamps began his career with Monaco, and helped the club to win the Coupe de la Ligue and 2003, and reached the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final, being named Ligue 1 Manager of the Year in 2004. During the 2006–07 season, he helped his former club Juventus win the Serie B title and return to Serie A following their relegation due to their involvement in the 2006 Calciopoli Scandal the previous season. He subsequently managed another one of his former clubs, Marseille, where he won the Ligue 1 title during the 2009–10 season, as well as three consecutive Coupe de la Ligue titles between 2010 and 2012, and consecutive Trophée des Champions titles in 2010 and 2011. On 8 July 2012, Deschamps was named as the new manager of the French national team, leading the team to the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the final of UEFA Euro 2016.

Club career

Didier Deschamps in 2000.

After a short passage at rugby in the Biarritz Olympique, Deschamps started his football career at an amateur club, Aviron Bayonnais whilst still at school. His potential was spotted by scouts from Nantes, for whom he signed in April 1983. Deschamps made his league debut on 27 September 1985. He transferred to Marseille in 1989. Deschamps then spent a season on loan with Bordeaux in 1990, before returning to Marseille. In this second spell with Marseille, Deschamps gained his first honours as a professional player, winning two French league titles in 1991 and 1992, and was a member of the first and currently only French side to win the Champions League in 1993, becoming the youngest captain ever to lift the trophy in the process.

In 1994, Deschamps joined Italian club Juventus, with whom he won three Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, two Italian Supercups, as well as his second Champions League title, an UEFA Super Cup, and an Intercontinental Cup in 1996; he also reached two more Champions League finals in his next two seasons, and an UEFA Cup final in 1995. After his spell with Juventus, Deschamps spent a season in England with Chelsea, winning the FA Cup, and scoring once against Hertha Berlin in the Champions League.[1] He finished his playing career in Spain, spending a season with Valencia, helping them to the 2001 UEFA Champions League Final, but he remained on the bench as they lost to Bayern Munich. He then retired in the middle of 2001, only 32 years old.

International career

Receiving his first international call-up from Michel Platini on 29 April 1989 against Yugoslavia, Deschamps started his international career in what was a dark time for the French team as they failed to qualify for the World Cup in both 1990 and 1994, also suffering a first-round elimination at UEFA Euro 1992. When new team coach Aimé Jacquet began to rebuild the team for Euro 96, he initially selected Manchester United star Eric Cantona as captain. After Cantona earned a year-long suspension in January 1995, the make-up of the team changed dramatically, with veterans Cantona, Jean-Pierre Papin, and David Ginola being dropped in favour of younger players such as Zinedine Zidane. Deschamps, as one of the few remaining veterans, was chosen to lead what would be later be called the "Golden Generation". He first captained France in 1996 in a friendly match against Germany as a warmup for Euro 96. During that tournament, held in England, he led them all the way to the semi-finals, their best finish in an international tournament since the 1986 World Cup. In 1998, Deschamps captained France as they won the 1998 World Cup on home soil in Paris, holding an integral role in the team. Propelled by the momentum of this triumph, Deschamps also captained France as they won Euro 2000, giving them the distinction of being the first national team to hold both the World Cup and Euro titles since West Germany did so in 1974. Following the tournament, Deschamps announced his retirement from international football, making his second last appearance in a ceremonial match against a FIFA XI in August 2000, which resulted in 5–1 victory. His final appearance was against England. At the time of his retirement Deschamps held the record for the most appearances for France, though this has since been surpassed by Marcel Desailly, Zinedine Zidane and Lilian Thuram. In total, Deschamps earned 103 caps and scored four goals. Deschamps was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

Style of play

In his position, Deschamps primarily excelled at impeding the opposition's attacking movements as a defensive midfielder, and was capable of subsequently starting up attacking plays and distributing the ball to team-mates once he won back possession, leading to him being derisively nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France team-mate Eric Cantona, who inferred that Deschamps's primary contribution to the national team was to retrieve the ball and pass it forward to "more talented" players.[2][3][4] Deschamps's ability to perform this role was made possible due to his high work-rate, tenacity, stamina, reliable distribution, and his efficacy at pressing and tackling opponents. He also had an excellent positional and organisational sense, and was known for his tactical intelligence, versatility, and his leadership as a footballer.[4][5]

Managerial career

Monaco

After retiring as a player, he went into football management. He was appointed head coach of Monaco in France's Ligue 1, leading them to the Coupe de la Ligue title in 2003 and to its first UEFA Champions League final in 2004. He resigned on 19 September 2005 after a poor start to the season, and disagreement with the club's president.[6]

Juventus

On 10 July 2006, Deschamps was named head coach of Juventus, after Fabio Capello resigned in the wake of the match-fixing scandal. Deschamps' first game in charge of "Juve" was highly successful, since Juventus beat Alessandria 8–0 in a friendly. But poor results followed as Juventus was knocked out in the 3rd round of the Coppa Italia and then drew 1–1 against Rimini on the first day of the league season. But the following three matches, in which Juventus beat Vicenza 2–1, Crotone 0–3, and Modena 4–0, made it look like Deschamps had everything under control. Also, Deschamps helped Juventus to win their first competition since being relegated, which was the Birra Moretti Cup in which Juventus beat Internazionale 1–0 and Napoli in a penalty shoot out. He led Juventus to its return to Serie A, which was confirmed on 19 May 2007 with a 5–1 away win at Arezzo. On 26 May, several media announced Deschamps had resigned as Juventus manager, following several clashes with the club management.[7] This was however denied by the club itself a few hours later.[8] Later that evening, after the game against Mantova, which confirmed Juve as Serie B champions, Deschamps confirmed to the media that he had indeed resigned. The news was then made official by Juventus a few hours later.[9]

Marseille

Deschamps, Antonio Pintus, Nicolas Dehon and Guy Stéphan celebrating their Trophée des Champions win over Lille in 2011.

On 5 May 2009, it was announced that Deschamps would be named manager of Marseille to the upcoming season which began on 1 July 2009.[10] In his first season, he managed them to their first Ligue 1 title in 18 years.[11] His success had seen the Marseille manager linked to a return to Juventus where former president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli urged the club to bring back Deschamps to replace Ciro Ferrara. Ferrara was eventually replaced by Alberto Zaccheroni. On 29 June 2010, Deschamps signed a contract extension that would keep him at Marseille until June 2012.[12] On 6 June 2011, he extended his contract again, this time until June 2014. On 13 March 2012, his Marseille side progressed to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 1993 by beating Inter Milan.[13][14][15][16] On 14 April 2012, Olympique de Marseille won the Coupe de la Ligue for third time in a row after they beat Lyon 1–0 with Brandão scoring in extra-time. The victory also ended a winless run of 12 matches in all competitions.[17][18][19] Deschamps was delighted with Marseille's Coupe de la Ligue triumph and added: "All title wins are beautiful, as they are difficult to achieve. This is the sixth in three years. For a club that had not won anything for 17 years, it is something to be proud of. The credit goes mostly to the players, but I also want to associate my staff with the victory. This is a great source of pride for me, even if it does not change the fact it has been a difficult season in Ligue 1."[20][21][22] On 2 July 2012, Deschamps left the club by mutual agreement, citing their poor finish of 10th place in 2011–12.[23][24][25][26]

France

On 8 July 2012, Deschamps was appointed as head coach of the France national football team on a two-year contract, following in the footsteps of Laurent Blanc, who resigned after the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament.[27][28][29][30][31]

France was placed in UEFA Group I for the qualification phase of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. UEFA Group I contained the defending world champions Spain, plus Belarus, Finland and Georgia. In that group, France earned a 1–1 draw away in the first match against Spain but lost 1–0 at home against the same opponents in the second match. After the 1–0 defeat by Spain, France failed to score a single goal in its next four matches – against Uruguay (friendly, 1–0), Brazil (friendly, 3–0), Belgium (friendly, 0–0) and Georgia(Group I qualifying match, 0–0).[32] France finished second in the group, three points behind Spain, and thus had to win the two-legged play-off tie against Ukraine to advance to the final phase of the tournament. In the first leg held in Kiev, France was beaten 2–0 by Ukraine. Coming into the second leg, Ukraine had kept eight consecutive clean sheets and had not lost their last 12 matches.[33][34] In the second leg held at the Stade de France, France beat Ukraine 3–0 to win the tie 3–2 on aggregate and became the first team to overturn a two-goal, first-leg deficit in a FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship qualification play-off.[35] France thus qualified for the final phase of the FIFA World Cup for the fifth consecutive time. On 20 November 2013, Deschamps extended his contract to coach the France national football team until the UEFA Euro 2016. The extension was triggered under the terms of an agreement reached with the French Football Federation (FFF) when Deschamps replaced Laurent Blanc after the UEFA Euro 2012, whereby qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup would earn Deschamps the right to lead France until the Euro 2016 to be held in France.[36] At Euro 2016, Deschamps led France to the final on 7 July after a brace from Antoine Griezmann helped defeat Germany 2–0.[37][38] In the final, France were defeated 1–0 after extra time by Portugal.[39]

Honours

Statistics

As of 26 March 2013[49][50][51][52][52][53][nb 1][nb 2][nb 3]

Player

Club League Season League Cup[nb 4] Europe[nb 5] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
France League Coupe de France Europe Total
Nantes Division 1 1985–86 70001080
1986–87 1901020220
1987–88 30230—332
1988–89 36150—411
1989–90 19100—191
Total 111490301234
Marseille Division 1 1989–90 1715340264
Total 1715340264
Bordeaux Division 1 1990–91 2931040343
Total 2931040343
Marseille Division 1 1991–92 3644040444
1992–93 36130110501
1993–94 34040—380
Total 10651101501325
Italy Serie A Coppa Italia Europe Total
Juventus Serie A 1994–95 1413060231
1995–96 3021080392
1996–97 26130100391
1997–98 2500080330
1998–99 2901090390
Total 1244804101734
England League FA Cup Europe Total
Chelsea Premier League 1999–00 27060141471
Total 27060141471
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
Valencia La Liga 2000–01 1301070210
Total 1301070210
Career totals 4271741388155621

International

France national team
YearAppsGoals
198952
199061
199160
1992110
199380
199440
199550
1996120
199761
1998170
199990
2000130
Total1034

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1.
11 October 1989
 Parc des Princes, Paris, France  Scotland 1–0 3–0 1990 World Cup qualification
2.
18 November 1989
 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France  Cyprus 1–0 2–0 1990 World Cup qualification
3.
24 January 1990
 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam, Kuwait City, Kuwait  East Germany 3–0 3–0 Friendly
4.
22 January 1997
 Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga, Portugal  Portugal 1–0 2–0 Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of match played 15 November 2016.
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Monaco 2001 2005 160 79 45 36 49.38
Juventus 2006 2007 44 31 11 2 70.45
Marseille 2009 2012 164 82 41 41 50.00
France 2012 Present 61 38 11 12 62.30
Total 429 230 108 91 53.61

Notes

  1. ↑ Also played 3 (1995, 1997, 1998) Supercoppa Italiana games.
  2. ↑ Also played 1 (1996) UEFA Super Cup game.
  3. ↑ Also played 1 (1996) Intercontinental Cup game.
  4. ↑ Includes League Cup (but none played)
  5. ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

References

  1. ↑ Moore, Glenn (3 November 1999). "Chelsea's big night is spoiled by Sutton". The Independent. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Football: Deschamps: the water carrier is now Monaco's man of ideas". The Independent. 28 February 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Euro 2000 Profile: Didier Deschamps". BBC. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  4. 1 2 Meroi Massimo (4 December 1997). "all' Udinese come Giannichedda non c' e' nessuno" [At Udinese there's no-one like Giannichedda] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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  35. ↑ "France back from the brink against Ukraine". UEFA. 19 November 2013.
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