Aimé Mignot

Aimé Mignot ( born December 3, 1932 in Aix -en- Provence ) is a French former football player and coach. The majority of his career he has spent in two functions at Olympique Lyon, which is why he this association is considered as " the most faithful of the faithful ". In addition, Mignot was ten years coach of the France women's national.

Playing career

Aimé Mignot emerged from the youth of the AS Aix; for this club he played from 1953 to 1955 in the second division. During the 1955/56 season he moved to first division club Olympique Lyon. In the local eleven seasons of Lyon left-back had almost entirely a typical midfield team that even in four years as tables - 15th or -16. the descent only very narrowly escaped (1959 /60 to 1961/62 and 1965 /66). Only in the intervening three seasons from 1962 to 1965, she managed to intervene in the battle for the championship; but in the end was even then at best a fourth place in the table to book.

In the National Cup at the Coupe de France on the other hand reached Mignot with disastrous appearance during this year 's best twice in succession in the final. 1963 forced the Lyon AS Monaco after a 0-0 draw after extra time in a replay in which the Monegasque then 2-0 to keep the upper hand. Twelve months later, Olympique Lyon was again on the lawn of the Stade Olympique Yves- du- Manoir, and after 90 final minutes against Bordeaux ( 2-0 ) got captain Aimé Mignot presented the winner's trophy. These three successful years under coach Lucien Jasseron contributed a number of players, which harmonized well as a team: next Mignot these were particularly goalkeeper Marcel Aubour, the defense stretching Thadée Polak and Jean Djorkaeff and offensive forces Victor Nurenberg, Fleury Di Nallo, Nestor Combin and Kurt Linder.

Also on the international stage has Mignot, although he was never appointed to the A national team, often played. It came in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup three times ( in 1958 against Inter Milan, in 1960 against the city of Cologne selection and 1961 against Sheffield Wednesday ), however, already in the first round of the end for Lyon. In Europe Cup Winners' Cup 1963/64, on the other hand - at the Lyon took part because Monaco was at the same time become champion of France and played along to the " superior " regarded as Landesmeistercup - reached the French after victories against B 1913 Odense, Olympiakos Piraeus and Hamburger SV even the semifinals. In it sat by Sporting Lisbon 0:0 and 1:1 only in the still necessary decision 1-0 against Olympique through. The following year, Mignot Lyonnais failed but then ( with FC Porto ) again in the first round.

After 361 first division matches ( no hit) and 17 European Cup matches ( a hit ) ended Aimé Mignot 1966 his playing career and began a coaching education.

Coaching career

In 1966, Aimé Mignot coached the reserve and from 1968 as the successor of Louis Hon league team Olympique Lyonnais, and how during his time as a player leveled the eleven between upper and lower mid-table. Only in 1974 and 1975 they finished the season in third place, after all each Division 1 from; in the French Cup but they even reached three finals under coach Mignot. In 1971, she was defeated by Stade Rennais UC, in whose ranks with Marcel and André Guy Aubour two ex- Lyon of the key figures of the game were, and in 1976 against Olympique Marseille, where Mignot was, however, previously briefly replaced by Aimé Jacquet. 1973, however, OL won the final against FC Nantes and Mignot so the trophy in his new role. To Siegerelf belonged with Fleury Di Nallo also a long-time players of the coach, with Serge Chiesa also one of the most talented midfielders in France of those years, had the Mignot athletic formed since the age of 19.

Also known as trainers brought Aimé Mignot it to a total of 14 European games, with Lyon but - as in the UEFA Cup 1974/75 against Borussia Mönchengladbach - retired always later than the second round. In 1976, he left after more than two decades, the city on the Rhone and hired at Lyons league rivals SCO Angers, with which he dismantled and in 1978 the same rise again in 1977. However, although the SCO could then hold themselves in the top division, joined the coach in 1979 to Olympique Alès in the Division 2 With Alès he rose at the end of the first season in the third division, where he continued to work for another year, before the chapter club coach graduated. He then has some time regional and national representative teams of the Fédération Française de Football trained before the Association in 1987 promoted him to head coach of the French women's national. Only in 1997 succeeded the Bleues under their manager to qualify for the finals of a European Championship after 1984, once again; there they failed then, however, just outside the semi-finals. The participation in a World Cup finals missed France, however, both in 1991 than in 1995. According to the EM 1997 Aimé Mignot of Élisabeth Loisel replaced. At the beginning of the 21st century, the association of former internationals appointed him honorary president.

His coach credo to practice with the players a " sophisticated interplay " that is "not based solely on a concrete defense and hoping for a miracle in the storm " was located. He had after all, in 1974 the hitherto best league position achieved in Olympiques club's history. And when, in the summer of 2007, five journalists who have followed OLs career for decades, their " team of the best of all time" ( " équipe type" ) were compiling, it said Aimé Mignot at left-back position.

Palmarčs

• French Cup Winners as a player: 1964 ( and finalist 1963)
• As manager: 1973 ( and finalist 1971)

Notes and Documents

• Football players (France)
• Football coach (France)
• Born in 1932
• Man