Bruno Génésio (born 1 September 1966) is a French football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Ligue 1 club Rennes.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1966-09-01) 1 September 1966 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rennes (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1985 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1995 | Lyon | 171 | (12) |
| 1993–1994 | → Nice (loan) | 34 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | Martigues | 28 | (1) |
| Total | 233 | (15) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999–2001 | Villefranche | ||
| 2005–2006 | Besançon | ||
| 2015–2019 | Lyon | ||
| 2019–2021 | Beijing Guoan | ||
| 2021– | Rennes | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Génésio was born on 1 September 1966 in Lyon.[2]
Génésio is a youth exponent from Olympique Lyonnais. He played 171 league games in the first team between 1985 and 1995, also representing OGC Nice on loan during the 1993–94 season.[3]
In 1995, Génésio joined FC Martigues in the Ligue 1. He played 27 league matches for the club during the campaign, scoring once in a 2–1 home win against En Avant de Guingamp on 18 May 1996; the match was also the last professional one of his career.[citation needed]
In 1997, one year after retiring, Génésio started working as a coach for the youth categories of FC du Pays de L'Arbresle.[4] In 1999, he was appointed manager of Villefranche in the CFA.[3][5]
Génésio was sacked in 2001, with the club suffering relegation from CFA 2.[3] He subsequently joined Racing Besançon as an assistant manager, being named at the helm of the first team for the 2005–06 season; he was relieved from his duties in March 2006.[6]
In 2006, Génésio started to work as a scout at the first club of his senior playing career, Olympique Lyonnais.[3] He also worked as an assistant manager of their reserve team before being named Rémi Garde's assistant in the first team in 2011. He kept the position under Garde's successor Hubert Fournier who joined the club in May 2014.[citation needed]
On 24 December 2015, Génésio was appointed as Lyon's head coach after the sacking of Fournier.[7] He led the club to second position at the end of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season. The club finished in fourth or third position in the next three Ligue 1 campaigns, with Lyon reaching the semifinals of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. On 14 April 2019, Génésio confirmed his departure from Lyon in the coming summer.[8]
On 31 July 2019, Génésio joined Beijing Guoan as their head coach.[9]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Lyon | 24 December 2015 | 24 May 2019 | 185 | 102 | 36 | 47 | 055.1 |
| Beijing Guoan | 31 July 2019 | 6 January 2021 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 061.0 |
| Rennes | 4 March 2021 | Present | 75 | 42 | 15 | 18 | 056.0 |
| Career total | 301 | 169 | 60 | 72 | 056.1 | ||
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