Didier Six
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 August 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Lille, France | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Left winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Mauritius (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1977 | Valenciennes | 154 | (53) |
1977–1978 | Lens | 29 | (13) |
1978–1980 | Marseille | 66 | (14) |
1980 | Cercle Brugge | 12 | (7) |
1981 | Strasbourg | 19 | (1) |
1981–1983 | VfB Stuttgart | 59 | (23) |
1983–1984 | Mulhouse | 31 | (12) |
1984–1985 | Aston Villa | 15 | (2) |
1985–1986 | Metz | 32 | (3) |
1986 | Strasbourg | 14 | (2) |
1987 | Valenciennes | 10 | (4) |
1987–1988 | Galatasaray | 22 | (2) |
1988–1989 | Stade Vallauris | 9 | (1) |
1989–1990 | ASPV Strasbourg | 19 | (3) |
1990–1992 | VfB Leipzig | 12 | (1) |
Total | 503 | (141) | |
National team | |||
1976–1984 | France | 52 | (13) |
Teams managed | |||
1986 | RC Strasbourg | ||
2011–2014 | Togo | ||
2015 | Mauritius | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Didier Six (born 21 August 1954) is a former French international footballer. He played as a winger and he earned 52 caps and scored 13 goals for the France national football team. He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and was also part of the winning team at Euro 84. He also acquired Turkish citizenship in order to play as a neutral player at Galatasaray. He played with his Turkish citizenship at Galatasaray as Dündar Siz and won Turkish First League championship with Galatasaray in 1987–88 season. Six was signed by the Fédération Togolaise de Football as coach for the Togo national football team in November 2011.[1]
He became manager of Mauritius in January 2015 and was fired in May 2015 following a suspension for poor behaviour during the 2015 COSAFA Cup.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "Togo: Didier Six named as new Togo coach". StarAfrica.com. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ↑ Sport, Yasine Mohabuth BBC; Mauritius. "Mauritius appoint Didier Six as new coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ↑ Sport, Mark Gleeson BBC; Rustenburg. "Mauritius coach Didier Six banned from Cosafa Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ↑ "Didier Six n'est plus l'entraîneur du Club M" (in French). Le Mauricien. 25 May 2015.