Didier Six
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Six in 1974 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 August 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Lille, France | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Guinea (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1977 | Valenciennes | 154 | (53) |
1977–1978 | Lens | 29 | (13) |
1978–1980 | Marseille | 66 | (14) |
1980 | Cercle Brugge | 12 | (7) |
1981 | Strasbourg | 19 | (1) |
1981–1983 | VfB Stuttgart | 59 | (23) |
1983–1984 | Mulhouse | 31 | (12) |
1984–1985 | Aston Villa | 15 | (2) |
1985–1986 | Metz | 32 | (3) |
1986 | Strasbourg | 14 | (2) |
1987 | Valenciennes | 10 | (4) |
1987–1988 | Galatasaray | 22 | (2) |
1988–1989 | 9 | (1) | |
1989–1990 | ASPV Strasbourg | 19 | (3) |
1990–1992 | VfB Leipzig | 12 | (1) |
Total | 503 | (141) | |
National team | |||
1976–1984 | France | 52 | (13) |
Teams managed | |||
1986 | RC Strasbourg | ||
2011–2014 | Togo | ||
2015 | Mauritius | ||
2019– | Guinea | ||
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Honours | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Didier Six (born 21 August 1954) is a French football coach and former player. He has been manager of Guinea since September 2019.
Playing career[]
He played as a winger and he earned 52 caps and scored 13 goals for the France national football team. He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and was also part of the winning team at Euro 84. He also acquired Turkish citizenship in order to play as a neutral player at Galatasaray. He played with his Turkish citizenship at Galatasaray as Dündar Siz and won Turkish First League championship with Galatasaray in 1987–88 season.
Coaching career[]
Six was signed by the Togolese Football Federation as coach for the Togo national football team in November 2011.[1]
He became manager of Mauritius in January 2015 and was fired in May 2015 following a suspension for poor behaviour during the 2015 COSAFA Cup.[2][3][4]
In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job.[5]
He became manager of Guinea on 13 September 2019.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Togo: Didier Six named as new Togo coach". StarAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ Sport, Yasine Mohabuth BBC; Mauritius. "Mauritius appoint Didier Six as new coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ Sport, Mark Gleeson BBC; Rustenburg. "Mauritius coach Didier Six banned from Cosafa Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Didier Six n'est plus l'entraîneur du Club M" (in French). Le Mauricien. 25 May 2015.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (23 April 2018). "77 applicants for vacant Cameroon coaching position". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Didier Six: Guinea appoint Frenchman as national team coach". BBC. 13 September 2019.
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- 1954 births
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