Didier Deschamps
Deschamps in September 2011 as Marseille manager
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| Full name | Didier Claude Deschamps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bayonne, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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France (Manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1983 | Bayonne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Nantes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1989 | Nantes | 111 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1994 | Marseille | 123 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | → Bordeaux (loan) | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1999 | Juventus | 124 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Chelsea | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Valencia | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 427 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1988–1989 | France U21 | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–2000 | France | 103 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001–2005 | Monaco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Juventus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Marseille | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Didier Claude Deschamps (French pronunciation: [di.dje de.ʃã] ; born 15 October 1968) is a retired French footballer and current manager of the France national football team. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England, and Spain, such as Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France team-mate Eric Cantona, Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working 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 French league 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 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 1999–2000 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.
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