Christian Gourcuff

Christian Jean Gourcuff (born 5 April 1955) is a French professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Ligue 1 club Nantes.[2]

Christian Gourcuff
Gourcuff as manager of Rennes in 2016
Personal information
Full name Christian Jean Gourcuff[1]
Date of birth (1955-04-05) 5 April 1955
Place of birth Hanvec, Brittany, France
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1974 Rennes
1974–1978 US Berné
1978–1980 Guingamp
1980–1981 Rouen
1981–1982 La Chaux-de-Fonds
1982–1986 Lorient
1986–1989 Le Mans
1989 Montreal Supra
Teams managed
1982–1986 Lorient
1986–1989 Le Mans
1989–1991 Pont-L'Abbé
1991–2001 Lorient
2001–2002 Rennes
2002–2003 Al-Ittihad
2003–2014 Lorient
2014–2016 Algeria
2016–2017 Rennes
2018–2019 Al-Gharafa
2019–2020 Nantes
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

During his playing career, Gourcuff played for Stade Rennais, US Berné, EA Guingamp, FC Rouen, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lorient, Le Mans and Montreal Supra.[3]

Managerial career

Becoming a player-manager at the age of 27, Gourcuff coached Lorient, Le Mans, Pont-L'Abbé, Stade Rennais and Al-Ittihad, and is considered in France as a shrewd tactician with a strong commitment to attacking football and an eye for young talent. Gourcuff is thus widely credited with having overseen the progress of youngsters such as Jérémy Morel, André-Pierre Gignac, Kevin Gameiro, Morgan Amalfitano, Michael Ciani, Christophe Jallet, Laurent Koscielny, Bruno Ecuele Manga and Lamine Koné. From 1989 onward, Gourcuff exclusively focused on management after retiring from playing at the age of 34. Gourcuff has spent a total of 25 years in charge of Lorient in three different spells ranging between 1982 and 2014.

Algeria

On 4 August 2014, Gourcuff was officially unveiled as the new head coach of the Algeria national football team, taking over the vacant spot left by the departure of Vahid Halilhodžić.[4] On 3 February 2015, Gourcuff was given a new deal despite Algeria's quarter-final exit at the Africa Cup of Nations.[5]

Personal life

His son, Yoann,[6] is also a professional footballer who represented France at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 6 December 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Lorient 1 July 1982 1 July 1986 125 64 26 35 051.20
Le Mans 1 July 1986 1 January 1989 83 37 21 25 044.58
Pont-L'Abbé 1 September 1989 1 July 1991 52 15 12 25 028.85
Lorient 1 July 1991 1 July 2001 404 166 109 129 041.09
Rennes 1 July 2001 1 July 2002 44 17 8 19 038.64
Al-Ittihad 1 July 2002 30 June 2003 21 9 9 3 042.86
Lorient 1 July 2003 25 May 2014 465 168 138 159 036.13
Algeria 1 August 2014 3 April 2016 21 13 3 5 061.90
Rennes 17 May 2016 8 November 2017 55 19 17 19 034.55
Al-Gharafa 19 May 2018 3 June 2019 33 13 8 12 039.39
Nantes 8 August 2019 8 December 2020 44 16 7 21 036.36
Total 1,347 537 358 452 039.87

Honours

Orders

References
  1. "Décret du 29 mars 2013 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 29 March 2013 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 2013 (0077): 5480. 31 March 2013. PREX1307219D. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. GOURCUFF: «AU QATAR, ON JOUAIT DEVANT 30 PERSONNES» sofoot.com
  3. "Christian Gourcuff - Footmercato.net". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert.
  4. "Christian Gourcuff a signé son contrat avec la FAF" (in French). DZfoot. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  5. "Algeria renew Christian Gourcuff's contract". BBC Sport. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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