Franck Tanasi
Franck Tanasi ( born December 20, 1959 in Fort-de -France, Martinique ) is a French former football player and later coach.
Career
Tanasi was six years old when he moved to metropolitan France with his parents from Martinique to Paris. In the state capital, he first played rugby before he turned to the football. In 1976, he was inducted into the reserve team of professional clubs Paris Saint- Germain; Although he came in the following years also two appearances in the top French league, but he could be in the professional selection does not establish, so in 1979 he was loaned to second division side Paris FC. Because the loan went well thanks to regular assignments, it was extended from one to two years. As Tanasi 1981 should return to Saint- Germain, he was awarded for another season on the similarly second-rate U.S. Orléans.
After his final return in 1982, coach Georges Peyroche at Saint -Germain, although at him, not put him in the middle as before, but on the left side of defense on. He reached the entry into the Cup final in 1983 and thanks to a 3-2 success against FC Nantes the first title of his career. When his rival Philippe Col left the club in the same year, became Tanasi team regular. Due to physical problems and the obligation of the defender Claude Lowitz he lost it in the following years, however, partly again. In 1987 he won the first and only time in his career the French championship. This was followed by Pierre Bianconi a new competitor committed against whom Tanasi but was able to prevail, after which he claimed his place permanently. He gave him ultimately voluntarily when he age of 31 by 215 Erstligapartien with two goals ended his professional career in 1991 without a goal and 66 second division games.
He remained through exposure at an amateur club near Paris yet in the football business and was brought back in 1992 by his now third-rate ex-club Paris FC. For this Tanasi ran a year long before he ended his career for good. After that he worked as a coach for various amateur clubs and as a talent scout for his former club Saint- Germain. He also received in 1999 a post as managing director of a construction and cleaning company. Later he was first coach of the U-16 youth national team of Burkina Faso and then took over the co- coaching job at the first team.