Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bernard Andrieu Casoni | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Cannes, France | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back/Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Lorient (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1980 | Cannes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1984 | Cannes | 126 | (8) |
1984–1988 | Sporting Toulon Var | 130 | (1) |
1988–1989 | Matra Racing | 27 | (1) |
1989–1990 | Sporting Toulon Var | 36 | (0) |
1990–1996 | Marseille | 169 | (3) |
Total | 488 | (13) | |
National team | |||
1988–1992 | France | 30 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1999–2000 | Marseille | ||
2001 | Cannes | ||
2002 | Etoile du Sahel | ||
2003 | Stade Tunisien | ||
2004–2005 | Armenia | ||
2005–2009 | Bastia | ||
2010–2012 | Évian | ||
2012 | Club Africain | ||
2012–2014 | Auxerre | ||
2014–2015 | Valenciennes | ||
2015 | Videoton FC | ||
2016– | Lorient | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Bernard Casoni (born 4 September 1961 in Cannes, France) is a football manager. In his playing career he played for Olympique Marseille and France at Euro 1992. He is the current manager of Ligue 1 side FC Lorient.
In January 2010, Casoni was named manager of Évian Thonon Gaillard FC whom he guided two successive promotions. In his first year, Championnat National side Évian reached the top of the league and then promoted to the Ligue 2 in the next season. In the 2010-11 Ligue 2, Évian won the Champion titles for the second straight year and secured promotion to the Ligue 1 for the first time since established in 2003. He voluntarily resigned from his position on 2 January 2012 in the winter break of the season.
On 17 March 2014 Casoni was sacked as coach of Auxerre with the club just one point above the second tier's relegation zone.
On 10 June 2015, Casoni was appointed as the coach of the Hungarian League club Videoton FC of Székesfehérvár. On 19 August 2015, Casoni was sacked from Videoton after 4 defeats in 5 Nemzeti Bajnokság I matches in the 2015–16 season and after 1 victory and 2 draws and 1 defeat in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. Casoni's early farewell was hugely affected by the resignation of the club director of Videoton, Győző Burcsa.