Aimé Jacquet

Aimé Jacquet ( born November 27, 1941 in Sail- sous- Couzan, Loire ) is a French former football player, coach and federation in charge. From 1998, he was technical director of the French national football team and won with her ​​the world and European champion. At the end of 2006, he declared the end of his footballing activities.

  • 2.1 In the club
  • 2.2 Association of Coaches

The player

The midfielder began his playing career with the U.S. Sail- sous- Couzan; during his military service he packed the football boots in the AS PTT Nice. His first professional contract he signed in 1961 with AS Saint -Étienne, for in December 1960, he played a top-flight for the first time. In the early days he worked beside still fully professionally in a small business. Than twelve years, he played very successfully at the Verts and was in the years 1964 and 1967 to 1970 equal to five time national champion and three times (1962, 1968 and 1970 ) Cup winner. He has also played in all three European club competitions for the ASSE. In 1973 he moved to Olympique Lyon yet. In September ( against West Germany ) and October 1968 Jacquet was appointed twice to the French national team.

In his autobiography, published in 1998, he rated his quite successful playing career with the words: "I was a very good midfielder, nothing more. "

Club stations

  • Union Sportive Sail- sous- Couzan
  • Association Sportive de Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones Nice
  • Association Sportive Saint- Étienne (1960-1973; 190 games and 21 goals in the D1; 13 European matches )
  • Olympique Lyonnais (1973-1976, 22 games, 2 goals in the D1)

The coach

In the club

In February 1976 changed Aimé Jacquet from the field to the throne of his Lyon team coach. For the season 1980/81 he went to Bordeaux. There was Aime Jacquet in his new role three times French champion (1984, 1985, 1987 ) and Cup Winners' Cup twice (1986 and 1987). After this very successful decade he moved in 1990 to Montpellier Hérault SC and 1991 AS Nancy Lorraine, before he entered the service of the French Federation FFF. 1981 and 1984 he was voted coach of the year.

Thither he brought the experience of 560 Erstligabegegnungen as trainers, of which 330 ( plus their 42 European games at that time ) with Bordeaux, Lyon with 167, 38 and 25 with Nancy with Montpellier.

Head coach

As of 1992, Jacquet worked as Kotrainer of Gérard Houllier with the senior team. Of 16 February 1994 to 12 July 1998, he took over his office.. His greatest achievement in this role was winning the football World Cup in 1998, he has the best stats of all French national coach on, because in the 53 games under his leadership won the French team 34 times, played 16 times draws and only lost three games - and a goal difference of 93:27. Nevertheless, Aimé Jacquet by step in this role, the depths of the trainer profession. Initially his work was heavily criticized, after the European Football Championship in 1996, when his team was eliminated in England on penalties against the Czech national football team, he was able to convince his skeptics.

At the World Cup in their own country, the team of France was able to convincingly win the world title over long distances. Under Aimé Jacquet in 1994 the then 22 -year-old Zinédine Zidane of Bordeaux his debut in the national team; it succeeded the novice to turn the 0-2 against the Czech Republic yet. Zidane made ​​a very creative midfield axis with Youri Djorkaeff and was in the era Jacquet and in the blue national jersey and celebrated the undisputed playmaker. The coach called it in retrospect modestly as "a great stroke of luck, to be found such a generation of players ". In 1998 he was elected for the third time coach of the year.

After winning the world title Jacquet moved to the post of technical director of the national team; on the bench followed him to his friend Roger Lemerre. Jacquet was initially not keen on such an official existence, but eventually had to take of FFF president Claude Simonet in the duty. He took the new position of for all national teams - was responsible, to improve the training of young players and players as possible even further, but also devoted himself intensively to the amateur and coach education - including the youth and women.

In this time ongoing success of the Équipe Tricolore fall ( European Champion title in 2000, winner of the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003, Vice World Champion 2006), but also the setbacks at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004, for which he just emphasized his own responsibility, as he is never alone as father of the French victories looked. The end of 2006, shortly after his 65th birthday, Aimé Jacquet stepped down from this position. Didier Deschamps is now even a club coach, appreciates him two things: "He was never too fine for it to ask for and accept the advice of his more experienced players. Besides, he always knew exactly what he was doing why " And René Girard, under Jacquet also head coach, described him with these words: ". A simple mate in a complicated world. "

Aimé Jacquet was established in 2000, certainly, also selected under the still fresh impression of the World Cup title for best French coach of the century - before Albert Batteux, who was from 1967 to 1972 Jacquets coach in Saint -Étienne.

Achievements

  • Champion of France: eight titles, including five as a player, three as a coach
  • French Cup winners: five titles, three as a player, two as coach
  • World Champion 1998 ( as a coach ), Vice World Champion 2006 ( as an association in charge )
  • European Champion 2000 ( as an association in charge )
  • Konföderationenpokalsieger 2001 and 2003 ( as an association in charge )
  • French Coach of the Year: 1981, 1984, 1998
  • French "Coach of the 20th Century"

Honors

Aimé Jacquet in 1998 and Chevalier 2007 Officier of the Legion of Honour.

Film

FC Girondins de Bordeaux Maurice Cottenet Jules Bigot Jean Snella Just Fontaine Georges Boulogne Michel Hidalgo Michel Platini Jacques Santini Raymond Domenech Laurent Blanc Integrated Authority File
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