Jean-Louis Gasset (born 9 December 1953) is a French former midfielder and current manager of Ivory Coast.
![]() Gasset as manager of Montpellier in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1953-12-09) 9 December 1953 (age 68) | ||
Place of birth | Montpellier, France | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1985 | Montpellier | 231 | (10) |
Teams managed | |||
1985–1998 | Montpellier (assistant) | ||
1998–1999 | Montpellier | ||
2000–2001 | Caen | ||
2001–2003 | Paris Saint-Germain (assistant) | ||
2003–2004 | Espanyol (assistant) | ||
2005–2006 | Istres | ||
2007–2010 | Bordeaux (assistant) | ||
2010–2012 | France (assistant) | ||
2013–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain (assistant) | ||
2017 | Montpellier | ||
2017 | Saint-Étienne (assistant) | ||
2017–2019 | Saint-Étienne | ||
2020–2021 | Bordeaux | ||
2022– | Ivory Coast | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Montpellier, Gasset played his whole career with hometown club Montpellier HSC.[1]
He led Montpellier to victory in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1999.[2] He then coached SM Caen and FC Istres.[3] He was assistant to Luis Fernández at Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and Spain's RCD Espanyol.[4]
Gasset assisted Laurent Blanc as manager of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, the France national team and PSG from 2007 to 2016.[5] He had the top job at Montpellier again for the second half of the 2016–17 season, finishing 15th.[6] He then became Óscar García Junyent's right-hand man at AS Saint-Étienne, and succeeded the Spaniard in December 2017 just an hour before a 2–1 loss at EA Guingamp.[7]
In June 2018, having turned Saint-Étienne's season around to finish sixth, missing out on the UEFA Europa League on goal difference to Bordeaux, Gasset was given another year in the job.[8] A year later, having come fourth and secured a place in that European competition, he resigned due to disputes with the board over transfer budgets.[9]
Gasset was hired by Bordeaux on 12 August 2020, after Paulo Sousa's exit.[10] On 27 July 2021 he left the club.[11]
On 20 May 2022, he was appointed coach of Côte d'Ivoire. He succeeds Patrice Beaumelle, whose contract expired on 6 April 2022.[12]
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