Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 May 1959 | ||
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) | |
Managerial career | |||
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 |
Michel Dussuyer (born 28 May 1959) is a French football coach and former professional player.
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]