Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947[2][3] – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the world. He coached France at the 1986 World Cup, where they reached the semi-final, eventually managing a third–place finish; he also helped the Olympic squad win a gold medal in the 1984 edition of the tournament.
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| Full name | Henri Louis Michel[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 October 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aix-en-Provence, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 April 2018 (aged 70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gardanne, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Aix | 36 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1982 | Nantes | 531 | (81) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 567 | (84) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1980 | France | 58 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | France U21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | France Olympic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1988 | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | France (DTN) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Paris Saint-Germain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Cameroon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Al Nassr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2000 | Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | UAE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Aris Thessaloniki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Tunisia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Raja Casablanca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Ivory Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Al-Arabi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Zamalek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Mamelodi Sundowns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Zamalek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Raja Casablanca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Equatorial Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Management career
editFrance
editMichel managed the France national team, guiding the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and a third–place finish at the 1986 World Cup.
Cameroon
editIn 1994, he managed Cameroon. He coached Cameroon at the 1994 World Cup in US.
Morocco
editMichel had two stints with Morocco, the first being between 1995 and 2000.
His second stint, beginning in 2007, was short-lived with a poor showing at the Africa Cup of Nations 2008 where Morocco left in the first round. This resulted in his sacking from the post in February 2008.
Tunisia
editFrom 2001 to 2002, he coached Tunisia. He was fired when Tunisia exited the 2002 African Cup of Nations in the first round after failing to score a single goal.
Ivory Coast
editHe joined the Ivorian national team after the departure of Robert Nouzaret around 2004. He managed with a young Ivorian team to come out first of their group ahead of Cameroon and Egypt, becoming the first coach to send Ivory Coast to the World Cup. In February 2006, He reached the Africa Cup of Nations final, but lost to Egypt on penalties. Later that year, he managed the Ivory Coast at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where they played well but went home in the group stage after two defeats by Argentina and the Netherlands, before beating Serbia & Montenegro 3–2 in their final match.
El Zamalek
editAfter the 2006 World Cup he joined the Egyptian club Zamalek. He left the club in 2007 to return to Morocco.
Sundowns
editIn 2008, he was appointed coach of Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa. He left in March 2009 after being chased by an angry mob demanding his resignation.[4]
El Zamalek
editAfter two years turned back to El Zamalek on 30 August 2009 and on 30 November 2009 El Zamalek officials have fired the France national team coach due to negative results, the team was 15 points behind bitter rivals Al Ahly in the Egyptian league.[5]
Raja Casablanca
editHenri Michel was named Raja de Casablanca manager on 11 June 2010.[6]
Equatorial Guinea
editOn 10 December 2010, Michel was hired head coach of the Equatorial Guinea to lead the team for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations they would co-host with Gabon. He suddenly resigned from his post on 19 October 2011, with the Africa Cup of Nations three months away, because he said he could not have the best players in the country, but five days later he was rehired thanks to the dismissal of Sports Minister Ruslan Obiang Nsue. On 21 December 2011, he resigned as coach of Equatorial Guinea again, citing interference from a "third party" as the reason for his departure.[7]
Kenya
editOn 28 August 2012, Michel was named by the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) as the head coach of the Harambee Stars, taking over from James Nandwa, who was acting as manager on a caretaker basis.[8] Barely four months later, he resigned, stating that he "could not find an amicable agreement within the deadlines regarding my compliance with several provisions of the contract".[9] The FKF has also stated that they were disappointed with his attitude especially in looking down towards local tournaments, even describing the 2012 CECAFA Cup as useless and sent Nandwa to handle the team as interim coach.[10]
Career Statistics
editInternational
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1967 | 3 | 0 |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1970 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1971 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1973 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1974 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1975 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Michel goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 April 1969 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France |  Romania
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1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [12] |
| 2 | 8 April 1970 | Stade Robert Diochon, Le Petit-Quevilly, France |  Bulgaria
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1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | [13] |
| 3 | 2 September 1972 | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece |  Greece
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1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly | [14] |
| 4 | 26 March 1975 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France |  Hungary
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1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [15] |
International Managerial Statistics
edit| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| France | 13 October 1984 | 22 October 1988 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 44.44 |
| Cameroon | 16 March 1994 | 28 June 1994 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 12.50 |
| Morocco | 17 November 1995 | 3 February 2000 | 53 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 95 | 39 | +56 | 58.49 |
| UAE | 16 August 2000 | 11 May 2001 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 41.18 |
| Tunisia | 28 November 2001 | 13 March 2002 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 28.57 |
| Ivory Coast | 31 April 2004 | 21 June 2006 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 54.84 |
| Morocco | 8 September 2007 | 28 January 2008 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 55.56 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 8 February 2011 | 15 November 2011 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 44.44 |
| Kenya | 16 October 2012 | 8 December 2012 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 37.50 |
| Total | 178 | 86 | 45 | 47 | 290 | 174 | +116 | 48.31 | ||
Death
editHenri Michel died on 24 April 2018, aged 70. The cause of death was not disclosed.[17]
Honours
editOrders
References
edit- ^ a b "Décret du 31 décembre 1999 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 31 December 1999 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française. 2000 (1): 10. 1 January 2000. PREX9903892D. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Football : Henri Michel, ancien sélectionneur des Bleus, est décédé". 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Henri Michel en bref".
- ^ "Michel leaves Sundowns". FIFA. 23 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ Hassan replaces Zamalek's Michel
- ^ http://www.rajacasablanca.com/News/show_news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1276269042&archive=&template=Headlines_2[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Henri Michel quits as Equatorial Guinea coach again". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ "Frenchman Henri Michel takes over as Kenya Harambee Stars head coach". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Frenchman Henri Michel quits as coach of Kenya". BBC Sport. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "FKF scouting for new Harambee Stars coach". MichezoAfrika.com. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Henri Michel". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "France v Romania, 30 April 1969". 11v11. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "France v Bulgaria, 08 April 1970". 11v11. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Greece v France, 02 September 1972". 11v11. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "France v Hungary, 26 March 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Henri Michel - International Matches as Coach". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Phelippeau, David (24 April 2018). "L'ancien sélectionneur des Bleus Henri Michel est décédé à l'âge de 70 ans". www.20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
External links
edit- Henri Michel at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Henri Michel at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- French Football Federation Profile (in French)
- Henri Michel National record - Kenya FoStats.com