Michel Dussuyer (born 28 May 1959) is a French football coach and former professional player.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1959-05-28) 28 May 1959 (age 63) | ||
Place of birth | Cannes, France | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1981 | Cannes | 66 | (0) |
1981–1983 | Nice | 17 | (0) |
1983–1984 | Alès | 34 | (0) |
1984–1986 | Cannes | 31 | (0) |
1986 | Montceau | 1 | (0) |
1986–1996 | Cannes | 128 | (0) |
Total | 277 | (0) | |
Teams managed | |||
2002–2004 | Guinea | ||
2006–2007 | Cannes | ||
2008–2010 | Benin | ||
2010–2013 | Guinea | ||
2014–2015 | Guinea | ||
2015–2017 | Ivory Coast | ||
2018–2021 | Benin | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dussuyer played club football as a goalkeeper for Cannes, Nice and Alès.[1][2]
Dussuyer was an assistant coach at Cannes between 1996 and 2002.[2]
He was appointed as manager of the Guinea national team in September 2002.[3] He led them to the 2004 African Cup of Nations, their first appearance in the competition since 1998.[4] The country reached the quarter-finals of the competition - their best result in 30 years - but he resigned in March 2004, citing family reasons.[5][6]
In 2006, he was an assistant coach to Henri Michel for the Ivory Coast national team, for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.[2] He returned to Cannes as manager, from 2006 to 2007.[7]
He was appointed as manager of the Benin national team in June 2008.[8] He was sacked in February 2010, along with the rest of the coaching staff.[9] He claimed he was not informed of his sacking by the Benin Football Federation.[10]
In May 2010 he returned as manager of Guinea.[11] After leaving in late 2013, he was re-appointed in February 2014.[12] After taking Guinea to the quarter-finals of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, he became manager of the Ivory Coast national team in July 2015.[13]
Dussuyer resigned from his role as Ivory Coast manager after the team failed to reach the quarter-finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[14]
In December 2017 he was linked with the vacant Benin national team manager's job.[15] He was appointed to the role in August 2018[16] and was in charge of Benin at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[17][18] He was sacked by Benin in June 2021.[19]
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Guinea squad – 2004 African Cup of Nations | ||
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Benin squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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Guinea squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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Guinea squad – 2015 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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Ivory Coast squad – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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Benin squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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Guinea national football team – managers | |
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Benin national football team – managers | |
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Ivory Coast national football team – managers | |
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