Didier Deschamps

Didier Claude Deschamps born 15 October 1968 is a French professional football manager and former player who has been manager of the France national team since 2012 He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs in France Italy England and Spain namely Marseille Juventus Chelsea and Valencia as well as Nantes and Bordeaux Nicknamed the watercarrier French le porteur deau by former France teammate Eric Cantona Deschamps was an intelligent and hardworking defensive midfielder who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career As a French international he was capped on 103 occasions and took part at three UEFA European Football Championships and one FIFA World Cup captaining his nation to victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 In addition to winning two Ligue 1 titles in 1991 and 1992 Deschamps was part of the Marseille squad that became the first and so far only French club to win the UEFA Champions League a feat which the team achieved in 1993 with the Champions League victory Deschamps became the youngest captain ever to lead his team to win the title With Juventus he played three Champions League finals in a row between 1996 and 1998 winning the title in 1996 With the Turin side he also won the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup as well as three Serie A titles among other trophies With Chelsea he won the 19992000 FA Cup and also reached another Champions League final with Valencia in 2001 before retiring later that season After Franz Beckenbauer and followed by Iker Casillas he was only the second captain in the history of football to have lifted the Champions League trophy the World Cup trophy and the European Championship trophy As a manager Deschamps began his career with Monaco and helped the club to win the Coupe de la Ligue in 2003 and reached the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final being named Ligue 1 Manager of the Year in 2004 During the 200607 season he helped his former club Juventus win the Serie B title and return to Serie A following their relegation due to their involvement in the 2006 Calciopoli Scandal the previous season He subsequently managed another one of his former clubs Marseille where he won the Ligue 1 title during the 200910 season as well as three consecutive Coupe de la Ligue titles between 2010 and 2012 and consecutive Trophée des Champions titles in 2010 and 2011 On 8 July 2012 Deschamps was named as the new manager of the French national team leading the team to the quarterfinals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup the final of UEFA Euro 2016 and he won the final of 2018 FIFA World Cup beating Croatia 42 After Frances victory at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Deschamps became the third man to win the World Cup as both a player and a manager alongside Mário Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer following Beckenbauer as only the second to do so as captain Source Article Didier Deschamps from Wikipedia in english licensed under CCBYSA 30