Didier Deschamps

Deschamps as France manager in 2018

Personal information

Full name

Didier Claude Deschamps^[1]

Date of birth

15 October 1968 (age 56)^[2]

Place of birth

Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Height

1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)^[3]

Position(s)

Defensive midfielder

Team 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

(0)

2000–2001

Valencia

14

(0)

Total

427

(17)

International career

1988–1989

France U21

18

(0)

1989–2000

France

103

(4)

Managerial career

2001–2005

2006–2007

2009–2012

2012–

Medal record

Men's football

Representing France (as player)
FIFA World Cup
Winner	1998
UEFA European Championship
Winner	2000
Representing France (as manager)
FIFA World Cup
Winner	2018
Runner-up	2022
UEFA Nations League
Winner	2021
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up	2016

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Didier Claude Deschamps (French pronunciation: [didje klod deʃɑ̃];^[4] born 15 October 1968) is a French professional football manager and former player who has been managing the France national team since 2012. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England and Spain, namely Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" (French: le porteur d'eau), 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 Division 1 titles in 1990 and 1992, Deschamps was part of the Marseille squad that became the first, and so far only, French club to win the UEFA 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.^[5]

As a manager, Deschamps began his career with Monaco, and helped the club to win the Coupe de la Ligue in 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 France national team. He led the team to the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the final of UEFA Euro 2016, victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and a back-to-back final appearance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Upon winning the World Cup in 2018, Deschamps became the third man to win the World Cup as both a player and a manager, alongside Mário Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer—both of whom died in January 2024 two days apart, leaving Deschamps the only living man to have reached the milestone. Deschamps follows Beckenbauer as only the second to do so as captain.^[6]

Club career

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Deschamps was born in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the French part of the Basque Country.^[7] After a short passage at rugby in the Biarritz Olympique club, 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 Division 1 titles in 1991 and 1992, and was a member of the first and only French side to win the Champions League in 1993, becoming the youngest captain ever to lift the trophy in the process.^[8]

In 1994, Deschamps joined Italian club Juventus, with whom he won three Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, two Supercoppa Italiana, as well as his second Champions League title, a UEFA Super Cup, and an Intercontinental Cup in 1996; he also reached two more Champions League finals in his next two seasons, and a 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 BSC in the Champions League.^[9] 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

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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 France national 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 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, a feat emulated and surpassed by the Spain national team between 2008 and 2012. 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 Hugo Lloris, Zinedine Zidane, Lilian Thuram, Marcel Desailly, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Patrick Viera and Thierry Henry. 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

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In his position, Deschamps primarily excelled at impeding the opposition's attacking movements as a defensive midfielder, and so was capable of starting up attacking plays and distributing the ball to teammates once he won back possession, leading to him being derisively nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France teammate Eric Cantona, who implied that Deschamps's primary contribution to the national team was to retrieve the ball and pass it forward to "more talented" players.^[10]^[11]^[12] Deschamps's ability to perform this role was made possible due to his high work-rate, tenacity, stamina, vision, reliable distribution and technique, 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.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Managerial career

[edit]

Monaco

[edit]

After retiring as a player, he went into football management. He was appointed head coach of Monaco in France's Ligue 1, leading the club 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.^[15]

Juventus

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On 10 July 2006, Deschamps was named head coach of Juventus, after Fabio Capello resigned in the wake of the Calciopoli scandal. Deschamps' first game in charge of Juventus was highly successful since Juventus beat Alessandria 8–0 in a friendly, but poor results followed as Juventus were knocked out in the third round of the Coppa Italia and then drew 1–1 against Rimini on the first day of the league season. In the following three matches, Juventus beat Vicenza 2–1, Crotone 3–0 and Modena 4–0. Deschamps also 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.^[16] However, this was denied by the club itself a few hours later.^[17] 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 and the news was then made official by Juventus a few hours later.^[18]

Marseille

[edit]

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.^[19] In his first season, he managed them to their first Ligue 1 title in 18 years.^[20] His success had seen the Marseille manager linked to a return to Juventus,, whose 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.^[21] 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.^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25] On 14 April 2012, 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.^[26]^[27]^[28] 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."^[29]^[30]^[31] On 2 July 2012, Deschamps left the club by mutual agreement, citing their poor finish of tenth place in 2011–12.^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]

France

[edit]

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 France teammate Laurent Blanc, who resigned after the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament.^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]

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).^[40] 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 Kyiv, 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.^[41]^[42] In the second leg held at the Stade de France, France beat Ukraine 3–0 to win the tie 3–2 on aggregate. France thus qualified for the final phase of the FIFA World Cup for the fifth consecutive time. At the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Deschamps's team advanced to the quarter-finals where they lost 1–0 to eventual champions Germany,^[43] and Paul Pogba was named Best Young Player of the tournament.^[44]

On 20 November 2013, Deschamps extended his contract to coach the France national 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.^[45]

At Euro 2016, Deschamps led France to the final on 7 July after a brace from Antoine Griezmann helped defeat Germany 2–0.^[46]^[47] In the final, France were defeated 1–0 after extra time by Portugal.^[48]

On 31 October 2017, Deschamps signed a new contract until 2020.^[49]

For the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Deschamps "was careful in selecting his 23-man roster for Russia, selecting only players who he felt could gel as a cohesive unit", resulting in the omission of Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema.^[50]^[51] Although initially criticized for conservative tactics as the national team had indifferent showings to advance from the group stage with narrow wins over Australia and Peru and a draw against Denmark,^[52] they put in dominant performances during the knockout rounds, defeating Argentina 4–3 in the round of 16,^[53] and Uruguay 2–0 in the quarter-finals to reach the semi-finals.^[54] Following these matches, France became World Cup winners after beating Belgium 1–0 in the semi-final^[55] and Croatia 4–2 in the final.^[56] As such, Deschamps became only the third man after Mário Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer to win the World Cup as both a player and a manager, and only the second captain after Beckenbauer to do so.^[6]

In December 2019, Deschamps signed a new contract with France, keeping him with the national team until World Cup 2022.^[57] At the Euro 2020, France were knocked out on penalties by Switzerland in the round of 16, following a 3–3 draw.^[58] Deschamps was criticized for getting his team selections and tactics wrong.^[59] In the 2022 World Cup, he led France to reach their second final in a row, which they lost 4–2 on penalties to Argentina after a 3–3 draw.^[60] In January 2023, he extended his contract with France until June 2026.^[61]

France secured their place in UEFA Euro 2024 by finishing at the top of their qualifying group, achieving seven wins and one draw.^[62] In one of the matches, France beat Gibraltar 14–0, marking the largest victory in their history.^[63]

France began the competition well with a 1–0 win over Austria. However, their captain Kylian Mbappé sustained a broken nose during the match.^[64] They made it to the semi-finals before losing to eventual champions Spain.

In January 2025, Deschamps announced that he would not extend his contract when it expires after the 2026 FIFA World Cup.^[65]

Style of management

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Deschamps first made a name for himself with Monaco as one of the best tacticians in Europe during the team's 2003–04 Champions League run, with his counter-attacking style.^[66]

Due to his successes with the France national team, Deschamps is known for being an astute tournament manager and setting teams up with a solid foundation and work ethic. Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris describes him as being "calm and collected" which transmits to the players. He also brings understanding and pragmatism, common sense and adaptability; the same qualities that served him so well as a player in midfields with more glamorous talents.^[67]

During the 2018 World Cup, Deschamps used holding midfielder Blaise Matuidi in a new role, playing him out wide, rather than in the centre, as a left-sided defensive winger or attacking midfielder in a fluid 4–2–3–1 formation. In this system, helped provide balance to the team by covering the left flank defensively, thus limiting the attacking threat of the opposing full-backs. This in turn gave Kylian Mbappé the licence to attack and run at defences from the right wing. Moreover, Matuidi often tucked into the centre of the pitch, in order to provide defensive support to playmaker Paul Pogba in midfield, along with N'Golo Kanté, and help reduce spaces in their opponents' midfield.^[68]^[69]^[70] Deschamps also used centre-forward Olivier Giroud as a false-9 who used his physicality to create space and chances for forwards Antoine Griezmann and Mbappé, giving them the freedom to generate opportunities and score, in a similar manner to Stéphane Guivarc'h, who was Deschamps's teammate in the victorious French 1998 World Cup side.^[71]^[72]^[73]^[74] However, his pragmatic and defensive style drew criticism from several Belgian players following France's semi-final victory in the tournament.^[75]

During the 2022 World Cup, due to injuries to several of the French team's key midfielders, Deschamps used Griezmann in a deeper role, as a central midfielder, in which he excelled, due to his vision, work-rate, and ability to link the defence and the attack.^[76]

Deschamps places significant importance on creating a cohesive team environment by developing positive relationships with his players; he also believes in the importance of his players' personalities, and how they gel with one another. He also likes to lead by example in his professional relationships with his staff and players. While he believes in controlling possession, he stresses the importance of transitions during matches in particular. Tactically, Deschamps likes to let matches unfold without giving instructions to his players from the bench, and does not believe in being overly controlling with his players. He likes to observe the match and discuss any possible changes with his staff.^[77]

Personal life

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Deschamps married Claude Antoinette in 1989. Together they have a son, Dylan, who was born in 1996.^[78] He was raised a Catholic. Deschamps' brother Philippe died in a plane crash when Deschamps was 19 years old which he said has "marked [his] life".^[79]^[80]

He is first cousin with retired professional tennis player and 1998 Wimbledon finalist Nathalie Tauziat.^[81]

Career statistics

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Club

[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^{[citation needed]}^[82]
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nantes	1985–86	Division 1	7	0	0	0	1	0	—		8	0
	1986–87	Division 1	19	0	1	0	2^[b]	0	—		22	0
	1987–88	Division 1	30	2	3	0	—		—		33	2
	1988–89	Division 1	36	1	5	0	—		—		41	1
	1989–90	Division 1	19	1	0	0	—		—		19	1
	Total		111	4	9	0	!3	0	0	0	123	4
Marseille	1989–90	Division 1	17	1	5	3	4^[c]	0	—		26	4
	1991–92	Division 1	36	4	4	0	4^[c]	0	—		44	4
	1992–93	Division 1	36	1	3	0	11^[d]	0	—		50	1
	1993–94	Division 1	34	0	4	0	—		—		38	0
	Total		123	6	16	3	19	0	0	0	158	9
Bordeaux (loan)	1990–91	Division 1	29	3	1	0	4^[b]	0	—		34	3
Juventus	1994–95	Serie A	14	1	3	0	6^[b]	0	—		23	1
	1995–96	Serie A	30	2	1	0	8^[d]	0	1^[e]	0	40	2
	1996–97	Serie A	26	1	3	0	10^[d]	0	2^[f]	0	41	1
	1997–98	Serie A	25	0	0	0	8^[d]	0	1^[e]	0	34	0
	1998–99	Serie A	29	0	1	0	9^[d]	0	1^[e]	0	40	0
	Total		124	4	8	0	41	0	5	0	178	4
Chelsea	1999–2000^[83]	Premier League	27	0	6	0	14^[d]	1	—		47	1
Valencia	2000–01	La Liga	13	0	1	0	7^[d]	0	—		21	0
Career total			427	17	41	3	88	1	5	0	561	21

^ Includes Coupe de France, Coppa Italia, FA Cup, Copa del Rey
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearances in UEFA Cup
^ ^a ^b Appearances in European Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Appearances in UEFA Champions League
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
^ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year^[84]^[85]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	1989	5	2
	1990	6	1
	1991	6	0
	1992	11	0
	1993	8	0
	1994	4	0
	1995	5	0
	1996	12	0
	1997	6	1
	1998	17	0
	1999	9	0
	2000	14	0
Total		103	4

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Deschamps goal.

List of international goals scored by Didier Deschamps^{[citation needed]}
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 1989	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	Scotland	1–0	3–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	18 November 1989	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France	Cyprus	1–0	2–0	1990 FIFA 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

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As of match played 23 March 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Monaco	1 July 2001	19 September 2005	220	110	59	51	050.00
Juventus	10 July 2006	26 May 2007	43	30	11	2	069.77
Marseille	1 July 2009	2 July 2012	163	82	40	41	050.31
France	8 July 2012	Present	167	106	34	27	063.47
Total			593	328	144	121	055.31

Honours

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Player

[edit]

Marseille^[86]

Juventus^[86]

Serie A: 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98
Coppa Italia: 1994–95
Supercoppa Italiana: 1995, 1997
Intercontinental Cup: 1996
UEFA Champions League: 1995–96; runner-up: 1996–97,^[87] 1997–98^[88]
UEFA Cup runner-up: 1994–95^[89]
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999
UEFA Super Cup: 1996

Chelsea^[86]

FA Cup: 1999–2000

Valencia^[86]

UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2000–01^[90]

France^[91]

Individual

Division 1 Rookie of the Year: 1989^[92]
Onze Mondial: 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997^[93]
French Player of the Year: 1996^[92]
UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1996^[94]
FIFA 100: 2004^[95]
The Dream Team 110 years of OM: 2010^[96]
Golden Foot Award Legends: 2018^[97]
9th French Player of the Century

Manager

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Monaco^[98]

Coupe de la Ligue: 2002–03
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2003–04

Juventus^[98]

Serie B: 2006–07

Marseille^[98]

Ligue 1: 2009–10
Coupe de la Ligue: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
Trophée des Champions: 2010, 2011

France

FIFA World Cup: 2018;^[56] runner-up: 2022^[99]
UEFA Nations League: 2020–21^[100]
UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2016^[101]

Individual

Ligue 1 Manager of the Year: 2004
The Best FIFA Football Coach: 2018^[102]
Globe Soccer Awards Coach of the Year: 2018^[103]
World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year: 2018^[104]
IFFHS World's Best National Coach: 2018,^[105] 2020^[106]

Orders

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Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998^[107]
Officer of the Legion of Honour: 2018^[108]

See also

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List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

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Further reading

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Pascuito, Bernard (2013). La face cachée de Didier Deschamps (in French). First. ISBN 978-2-7540-5471-3.
Rouch, Dominique (2001). Didier Deschamps - Vainqueur dans l'âme (in French). Editions 1. ISBN 978-2846120319.

External links

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Didier Deschamps at the French Football Federation (in French)
Didier Deschamps – UEFA coaching record (archived)
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France squads

v t e France squad – UEFA Euro 1992
1 Martini 2 Amoros (c) 3 Silvestre 4 Petit 5 Blanc 6 Casoni 7 Deschamps 8 Sauzée 9 Papin 10 Fernandez 11 Perez 12 Cocard 13 Boli 14 Durand 15 Divert 16 Vahirua 17 Garde 18 Cantona 19 Rousset 20 Angloma Coach: Platini

v t e France squad – UEFA Euro 1996 semi-finalists
1 Lama 2 Angloma 3 Di Meco 4 Leboeuf 5 Blanc 6 Guérin 7 Deschamps (c) 8 Desailly 9 Djorkaeff 10 Zidane 11 Loko 12 Lizarazu 13 Dugarry 14 Lamouchi 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Madar 18 Pedros 19 Karembeu 20 Roche 21 Martins 22 Martini Coach: Jacquet

v t e France squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup winners (1st title)
1 Lama 2 Candela 3 Lizarazu 4 Vieira 5 Blanc 6 Djorkaeff 7 Deschamps (c) 8 Desailly 9 Guivarc'h 10 Zidane 11 Pires 12 Henry 13 Diomède 14 Boghossian 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Petit 18 Leboeuf 19 Karembeu 20 Trezeguet 21 Dugarry 22 Charbonnier Coach: Jacquet

v t e France squad – UEFA Euro 2000 winners (2nd title)
1 Lama 2 Candela 3 Lizarazu 4 Vieira 5 Blanc 6 Djorkaeff 7 Deschamps (c) 8 Desailly 9 Anelka 10 Zidane 11 Pires 12 Henry 13 Wiltord 14 Micoud 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Petit 18 Leboeuf 19 Karembeu 20 Trezeguet 21 Dugarry 22 Ramé Coach: Lemerre

v t e France squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup
1 Lloris (c) 2 Debuchy 3 Evra 4 Varane 5 Sakho 6 Cabaye 7 Cabella 8 Valbuena 9 Giroud 10 Benzema 11 Griezmann 12 Mavuba 13 Mangala 14 Matuidi 15 Sagna 16 Ruffier 17 Digne 18 Sissoko 19 Pogba 20 Rémy 21 Koscielny 22 Schneiderlin 23 Landreau Coach: Deschamps

v t e France squad – UEFA Euro 2016 runners-up
1 Lloris (c) 2 Jallet 3 Evra 4 Rami 5 Kanté 6 Cabaye 7 Griezmann 8 Payet 9 Giroud 10 Gignac 11 Martial 12 Schneiderlin 13 Mangala 14 Matuidi 15 Pogba 16 Mandanda 17 Digne 18 Sissoko 19 Sagna 20 Coman 21 Koscielny 22 Umtiti 23 Costil Coach: Deschamps

v t e France squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup winners (2nd title)
1 Lloris (c) 2 Pavard 3 Kimpembe 4 Varane 5 Umtiti 6 Pogba 7 Griezmann 8 Lemar 9 Giroud 10 Mbappé 11 Dembélé 12 Tolisso 13 Kanté 14 Matuidi 15 Nzonzi 16 Mandanda 17 Rami 18 Fekir 19 Sidibé 20 Thauvin 21 Hernandez 22 Mendy 23 Areola Coach: Deschamps

v t e France squad – UEFA Euro 2020
1 Lloris (c) 2 Pavard 3 Kimpembe 4 Varane 5 Lenglet 6 Pogba 7 Griezmann 8 Lemar 9 Giroud 10 Mbappé 11 Dembélé 12 Tolisso 13 Kanté 14 Rabiot 15 Zouma 16 Mandanda 17 Sissoko 18 Digne 19 Benzema 20 Coman 21 Hernandez 22 Ben Yedder 23 Maignan 24 Dubois 25 Koundé 26 Thuram Coach: Deschamps

v t e France squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup runners-up
1 Lloris (c) 2 Pavard 3 Disasi 4 Varane 5 Koundé 6 Guendouzi 7 Griezmann 8 Tchouaméni 9 Giroud 10 Mbappé 11 Dembélé 12 Kolo Muani 13 Fofana 14 Rabiot 15 Veretout 16 Mandanda 17 Saliba 18 Upamecano 19 Benzema 20 Coman 21 L. Hernandez 22 T. Hernandez 23 Areola 24 Konaté 25 Camavinga 26 Thuram Coach: Deschamps

v t e France squad – UEFA Euro 2024 semi-finalists
1 Samba 2 Pavard 3 Mendy 4 Upamecano 5 Koundé 6 Camavinga 7 Griezmann 8 Tchouaméni 9 Giroud 10 Mbappé (c) 11 Dembélé 12 Kolo Muani 13 Kanté 14 Rabiot 15 Thuram 16 Maignan 17 Saliba 18 Zaïre-Emery 19 Fofana 20 Coman 21 Clauss 22 Hernandez 23 Areola 24 Konaté 25 Barcola Coach: Deschamps

Managerial positions

AS Monaco FC – managers

Szanislo & Szemtmiklosy (1933–34)
Batmale (1948–50)
Schwartz (1950–52)
Grizzetti (1952–53)
Dupal (1953–56)
Marek (1956–58)
Pironi (1958)
Leduc (1958–63)
Courtois (1963–65)
Pironi (1965–66)
Sinibaldi (1966–69)
Pironi (1969)
Domergue (1969–70)
Luciano (1970–72)
Bravo (1972–74)
Muro (1974–76)
Forchério (1976–77)
Leduc (1977–79)
G. Banide (1979–83)
Muller (1983–86)
Kovács (1986–87)
Wenger (1987–94)
Petit^c (1994)
Ettori^c (1994–95)
G. Banide^c (1995)
Tigana (1995–99)
Puel (1999–2001)
Deschamps (2001–05)
Petit^c (2005)
Guidolin (2005–06)
Bölöni (2006)
L. Banide (2006–07)
Gomes (2007–09)
Lacombe (2009–11)
L. Banide (2011)
Simone (2011–12)
Ranieri (2012–14)
Jardim (2014–18)
Henry (2018–19)
Passi^c (2019)
Jardim (2019)
Moreno (2019–20)
Kovač (2020–21)
Nado^c (2022)
Clement (2022–23)
Hütter (2023–)

(c) = caretaker manager

Juventus FC – managers

Károly (1923–26)
Viola (1926–28)
Aitken (1928–30)
Carcano (1930–35)
Bigatto (1935)
Rosetta (1935–39)
Caligaris (1939–40)
Munerati (1941)
Ferrari (1941–42)
Monti (1942)
Borel (1942–46)
Cesarini (1946–48)
Chalmers (1948–49)
Carver (1949–51)
Bertolini (1951)
Sárosi (1951–53)
Olivieri (1953–55)
Puppo (1955–57)
Broćić (1957–59)
Depetrini (1959)
Parola (1959–61)
Korostelev (1961)
Parola (1961–62)
Amaral (1962–64)
Monzeglio (1964)
Herrera (1964–69)
Carniglia (1969–70)
Rabitti (1970)
Picchi (1970–71)
Vycpálek (1971–74)
Parola (1974–76)
Trapattoni (1976–86)
Marchesi (1986–88)
Zoff (1988–90)
Maifredi (1990–91)
Trapattoni (1991–94)
Lippi (1994–99)
Ancelotti (1999–2001)
Lippi (2001–04)
Capello (2004–06)
Deschamps (2006–07)
Corradini (2007)
Ranieri (2007–09)
Ferrara (2009–10)
Zaccheroni (2010)
Delneri (2010–11)
Conte (2011–14)
Allegri (2014–19)
Sarri (2019–20)
Pirlo (2020–21)
Allegri (2021–24)
Montero^c (2024)
Motta (2024–25)
Tudor (2025–)

(c) = caretaker manager

Olympique de Marseille – managers

Mc Lalhan (1923)
Gascard (1924–26)
Gibson (1926–27)
Scheibenstock (1927–28)
Seitz (1928–30)
Farmer (1930)
Bell (1930–33)
Dittrich (1933–35)
Eisenhoffer (1935–38)
Kohut & Gascard (1938–39)
Eisenhoffer (1939–41)
Gascard (1941)
Seitz (1942)
Blanc & Gonzales (1942–43)
Henric (1943–44)
Gonzales (1944)
Wartel (1944–46)
Dewaquez (1946–47)
Zilisy (1947–49)
Jordan (1949–50)
Roessler (1950–54)
Rolhion (1954–56)
Robin (1956–58)
Zilisy (1958)
Maurer (1958–59)
Troupel (1959–62)
Glória (1962)
Penverne (1962)
Miró (1962–63)
Robin (1963–64)
Zatelli (1964–66)
Domergue (1966–68)
Zatelli (1968–70)
Leduc (1971–72)
Zatelli (1972)
Linder (1972–73)
Zatelli (1973)
Bonnel (1973)
Riera (1973–74)
Zvunka (1974–76)
Arribas (1976–77)
Zvunka (1977)
Marković (1977–78)
Zvunka (1978–80)
Robin (1980)
Batteux (1980–81)
Gransart (1981–84)
Cahuzac (1984–85)
Olarević (1985–86)
Banide (1986–88)
Gili (1988–90)
Beckenbauer (1990–91)
Goethals (1991)
Ivić (1991)
Goethals (1991–92)
Fernandez (1992)
Goethals (1992–93)
Bourrier (1993–94)
Gili (1994)
Stambouli & Peruzović (1995)
Stambouli (1995)
Gili (1995–97)
Courbis (1997–99)
Casoni (1999–2000)
Abel Braga (2000)
Emon & Galtier (2000)
Clemente (2000–01)
Ivić (2001)
Anigo (2001)
Lévy & Skoblar (2001)
Vujović (2001)
Emon (2001–02)
Perrin (2002–04)
Anigo (2004)
Emon (2004)
Troussier (2004–05)
Fernandez (2005–06)
Emon (2006–07)
Gerets (2007–09)
Deschamps (2009–12)
Baup (2012–13)
Anigo (2013–14)
Bielsa (2014–15)
Passi^c (2015)
Míchel (2015–16)
Passi^c (2016)
Garcia (2016–19)
Villas-Boas (2019–21)
Larguet^c (2021)
Sampaoli (2021–22)
Tudor (2022–23)
Marcelino (2023)
Abardonado^c (2023)
Gattuso (2023–24)
Gasset (2024)
De Zerbi (2024–)

(c) = caretaker manager

France national football team – managers

R. Guérin (1904–06)
Billy and Espir (1906–08)
Chailloux (1908–14)
Barreau (1919–30)
Caudron (1930)
Barreau (1930–34)
Barreau and Kimpton (1934–36)
Barreau (1936–45)
Hanot (1945–49)
Barreau, Nicolas, and Rigal (1949–50)
Baron and Barreau (1950–51)
Pibarot (1951–54)
Batteux (1955–62)
H. Guérin (1962–66)
Arribas and Snella (1966)
Fontaine (1967)
Dugauguez (1967–69)
Boulogne (1969–73)
Kovács (1973–75)
Hidalgo (1976–84)
Michel (1984–88)
Platini (1988–92)
Houllier (1992–93)
Jacquet (1993–98)
Lemerre (1998–2002)
Santini (2002–04)
Domenech (2004–10)
Blanc (2010–12)
Deschamps (2012–)

Awards

v t e UEFA Euro 1996 Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers	David Seaman Andreas Köpke
Defenders	Radoslav Látal Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Matthias Sammer Paolo Maldini
Midfielders	Didier Deschamps Steve McManaman Paul Gascoigne Rui Costa Karel Poborský Dieter Eilts
Forwards	Alan Shearer Hristo Stoichkov Davor Šuker Youri Djorkaeff Pavel Kuka Jürgen Klinsmann

FIFA World Cup winning captains

1930: Nasazzi
1934: Combi
1938: Meazza
1950: Varela
1954: Walter
1958: Bellini
1962: Mauro
1966: Moore
1970: Carlos Alberto
1974: Beckenbauer
1978: Passarella
1982: Zoff
1986: Maradona
1990: Matthäus
1994: Dunga
1998: Deschamps
2002: Cafu
2006: Cannavaro
2010: Casillas
2014: Lahm
2018: Lloris
2022: Messi

v t e UEFA European Championship winning captains
1960: Netto 1964: Olivella 1968: Facchetti 1972: Beckenbauer 1976: Ondruš 1980: Dietz 1984: Platini 1988: Gullit 1992: Olsen 1996: Klinsmann 2000: Deschamps 2004: Zagorakis 2008: Casillas 2012: Casillas 2016: Ronaldo 2020: Chiellini 2024: Morata

European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning captains

European Cup era

UEFA Champions League era

French Player of the Year

1959: Sbroglia
1960: Kopa
1961: Mahi
1962: Lerond
1963: Douis
1964: Artelesa
1965: Gondet
1966: Gondet
1967: Bosquier
1968: Bosquier
1969: Revelli
1970: Carnus
1971: Carnus
1972: Trésor
1973: Bereta
1974: Bereta
1975: Guillou
1976: Platini
1977: Platini
1978: Petit
1979: Bossis
1980: Larios
1981: Bossis
1982: Giresse
1983: Giresse
1984: Tigana
1985: Fernández
1986: Amoros
1987: Giresse
1988: Paille
1989: Papin
1990: Blanc
1991: Papin
1992: Roche
1993: Ginola
1994: Lama
1995: Guérin
1996: Deschamps
1997: Thuram
1998: Zidane
1999: Wiltord
2000: Henry
2001: Vieira
2002: Zidane
2003: Henry
2004: Henry
2005: Henry
2006: Henry
2007: Ribéry
2008: Ribéry
2009: Gourcuff
2010: Nasri
2011: Benzema
2012: Benzema
2013: Ribéry
2014: Benzema
2015: Matuidi
2016: Griezmann
2017: Kanté
2018: Mbappé
2019: Mbappé
2020: Not awarded
2021: Benzema
2022–23: Mbappé
2023–24: Mbappé

v t e The Best FIFA Men's Football Coach
FIFA World Coach of the Year	2010: Mourinho 2011: Guardiola 2012: Del Bosque 2013: Heynckes 2014: Löw 2015: Luis Enrique
The Best FIFA Football Coach	2016: Ranieri 2017: Zidane 2018: Deschamps 2019: Klopp 2020: Klopp 2021: Tuchel 2022: Scaloni 2023: Guardiola 2024: Ancelotti

IFFHS World's Best National Coach

Men's winners

1996: Vogts
1997: Zagallo
1998: Jacquet
1999: Luxemburgo
2000: Lemerre
2001: Bielsa
2002: Scolari
2003: Santini
2004: Rehhagel
2005: Parreira
2006: Lippi
2007: Dunga
2008: Aragonés
2009: Del Bosque
2010: Del Bosque
2011: Tabárez
2012: Del Bosque
2013: Del Bosque
2014: Löw
2015: Sampaoli
2016: Santos
2017: Löw
2018: Deschamps
2019: Santos
2020: Deschamps
2021: Mancini
2022: Scaloni
2023: Scaloni
2024: de la Fuente

Women's winners

2020:

2021:

2022:

2023:

2024:

Ligue 1 Manager of the Year

1993–94: Fernández
1994–95: Smerecki
1995–96: Roux
1996–97: Tigana
1997–98: Leclercq
1998–99: Baup
1999–2000: Puel
2000–01: Denoueix
2001–02: Müller
2002–03: Lacombe
2003–04: Deschamps
2004–05: Le Guen
2005–06: Puel
2006–07: Houllier
2007–08: Blanc
2008–09: Gerets
2009–10: Fernandez
2010–11: Garcia
2011–12: Girard
2012–13: Ancelotti & Galtier
2013–14: Girard
2014–15: Blanc
2015–16: Blanc
2016–17: Jardim
2017–18: Emery
2018–19: Galtier
2019–20: Not awarded
2020–21: Galtier
2021–22: Génésio
2022–23: Haise
2023–24: Roy

FIFA World Cup winning managers

1930: Suppici
1934: Pozzo
1938: Pozzo
1950: López
1954: Herberger
1958: Feola
1962: Moreira
1966: Ramsey
1970: Zagallo
1974: Schön
1978: Menotti
1982: Bearzot
1986: Bilardo
1990: Beckenbauer
1994: Parreira
1998: Jacquet
2002: Scolari
2006: Lippi
2010: Del Bosque
2014: Löw
2018: Deschamps
2022: Scaloni

Ligue 1 winning managers

v t e Coupe de la Ligue winning managers
1995: Fernandez 1996: Müller 1997: Duguépéroux 1998: Gomes 1999: Leclercq 2000: Dupont 2001: Santini 2002: Baup 2003: Deschamps 2004: Lacombe 2005: Duguépéroux 2006: Correa 2007: Gomes 2008: Le Guen 2009: Blanc 2010: Deschamps 2011: Deschamps 2012: Deschamps 2013: Galtier 2014: Blanc 2015: Blanc 2016: Blanc 2017: Emery 2018: Emery 2019: Laurey 2020: Tuchel

v t e FIFA 100
UEFA	Baggio Ballack Banks Baresi Van Basten Beckenbauer Beckham Bergkamp Bergomi Best Boniek Boniperti Breitner Buffon Butragueño Cantona Ceulemans Charlton Cruyff Dalglish Dasayev Davids Del Piero Desailly Deschamps Emre Eusébio Facchetti Figo Fontaine Gullit Hagi Henry Kahn Keane Keegan R. van de Kerkhof W. van de Kerkhof Klinsmann Kluivert Kopa B. Laudrup M. Laudrup Lineker Luis Enrique Maier Maldini Masopust Matthäus Müller Nedvěd Neeskens Nesta Van Nistelrooy Owen Papin Pfaff Pires Platini Puskás Raúl Rensenbrink Rijkaard Rivera Rossi Rui Costa Rummenigge Rüştü Schmeichel Seedorf Seeler Shearer Shevchenko Stoichkov Šuker Thuram Totti Trésor Trezeguet Van der Elst Vieira Vieri Zidane Zoff
CONMEBOL	Carlos Alberto Batistuta Cafu Crespo Cubillas Di Stéfano Falcão Figueroa Francescoli Júnior Kempes Maradona Passarella Pelé Rivaldo Rivelino Roberto Carlos Romário Romerito Ronaldinho Ronaldo Djalma Santos Nílton Santos Saviola Sívori Sócrates Valderrama Verón Zamorano Zanetti Zico
CAF	Diouf Milla Okocha Abedi Pelé Weah
CONCACAF	Akers Hamm Sánchez
AFC	Hong M.B. Nakata

v t e Golden Foot Legends Award
2003	Eusébio Fontaine Maradona Rivera
2004	Di Stéfano Platini Zoff
2005	Best Gento Riva Rivellino Weah
2006	Facchetti Ghiggia Kopa Puskás Zico
2007	Kempes Müller Romário Rossi Stoichkov
2008	Aldair Belanov Suárez Zidane
2009	Blokhin Boniek Higuita Rummenigge Nílton Santos
2010	Antognoni Beckenbauer Dunga Sánchez Varallo
2011	Figo Gullit Madjer Abedi Pele Zanetti
2012	Baresi Cantona Matthäus Pelé
2013	Ardiles Papin Valderrama
2014	Hamm Milla Nakata Panenka Pfaff Şükür
2015	Dasayev Hagi Passarella Trezeguet
2016	De Boer Deco Puyol Ranieri
2017	Desailly Kahn Li Mancini Owen
2018	Deschamps Leonardo Lippi Pirlo Seedorf
2019	Altafini Falcão Vieira Morace
2021	Alves Maldini Netzer Oriali Smith
2022	Butragueño Terim Verón
2024	Cannavaro Costa Krol Llorente Piqué