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| Full name | Henri Louis Michel[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1947-10-28)28 October 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aix-en-Provence, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 April 2018(2018-04-24) (aged 70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gardanne, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Aix-en-Provence | 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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Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947[2][3] – 24 April 2018) was a Frenchfootball player and coach. He played as amidfielder forNantes and theFrance national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the world. He coached France at the1986 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 the1984 edition of the tournament.
Michel managed theFrance national team, guiding the gold medal at the1984 Summer Olympics, and a third–place finish at the1986 World Cup.
In 1994, he managedCameroon. He coached Cameroon at the 1994 World Cup in US.
Michel had two stints withMorocco, the first being between 1995 and 2000.
His second stint, beginning in 2007, was short-lived with a poor showing at theAfrica Cup of Nations 2008 where Morocco left in the first round. This resulted in his sacking from the post in February 2008.
From 2001 to 2002, he coachedTunisia. He was fired when Tunisia exited the2002 African Cup of Nations in the first round after failing to score a single goal.
He joined theIvorian national team after the departure ofRobert Nouzaret around 2004. He managed with a young Ivorian team to come out first of their group ahead ofCameroon andEgypt, becoming the first coach to send Ivory Coast to the World Cup. In February 2006, He reached theAfrica Cup of Nations final, but lost to Egypt on penalties. Later that year, he managed the Ivory Coast at the2006 FIFA World Cup, where they played well but went home in thegroup stage after two defeats byArgentina and theNetherlands, before beatingSerbia & Montenegro 3–2 in their final match.
After the 2006 World Cup he joined the Egyptian clubZamalek. He left the club in 2007 to return to Morocco.
In 2008, he was appointed coach ofMamelodi Sundowns in South Africa. He left in March 2009 after being chased by an angry mob demanding his resignation.[4]
After two years turned back toEl Zamalek on 30 August 2009 and on 30 November 2009El 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]
Henri Michel was namedRaja de Casablanca manager on 11 June 2010.[6]
On 10 December 2010, Michel was hired head coach of theEquatorial Guinea to lead the team for2012 Africa Cup of Nations they would co-host withGabon. 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]
On 28 August 2012, Michel was named by theFootball Kenya Federation (FKF) as the head coach of theHarambee Stars, taking over fromJames 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 the2012 CECAFA Cup as useless and sent Nandwa to handle the team as interim coach.[10]
Henri Michel died on 24 April 2018, aged 70. The cause of death was not disclosed.[11]
| 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 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 April 1969 | Parc des Princes,Paris, France |  Romania | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [13] |
| 2 | 8 April 1970 | Stade Robert Diochon,Le Petit-Quevilly, France |  Bulgaria | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | [14] |
| 3 | 2 September 1972 | Karaiskakis Stadium,Piraeus, Greece |  Greece | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly | [15] |
| 4 | 26 March 1975 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France |  Hungary | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [16] |
| 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 | 044.44 |
| Cameroon | 16 March 1994 | 28 June 1994 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 012.50 |
| Morocco | 17 November 1995 | 3 February 2000 | 53 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 95 | 39 | +56 | 058.49 |
| UAE | 16 August 2000 | 11 May 2001 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 041.18 |
| Tunisia | 28 November 2001 | 13 March 2002 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 028.57 |
| Ivory Coast | 31 April 2004 | 21 June 2006 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 054.84 |
| Morocco | 8 September 2007 | 28 January 2008 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 055.56 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 8 February 2011 | 15 November 2011 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 044.44 |
| Kenya | 16 October 2012 | 8 December 2012 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 037.50 |
| Total | 178 | 86 | 45 | 47 | 290 | 174 | +116 | 048.31 | ||
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