Christian Jean Gourcuff (born 5 April 1955) is a French former professional football player and manager. He spent a majority of his managerial career at Lorient, where he was the head coach for 25 years across three different spells.[2]

Club career

During his playing career, Gourcuff played for Rennais, US Berné, Guingamp, Rouen, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lorient, Le Mans and Montreal Supra.[3][4]

International career

Gourcuff played one match for the Brittany regional team in 1988. It was an indoor game against the United States, and the final score was 6–2 in favor of Brittany.[5]

Managerial career

Becoming a player-manager at the age of 27, Gourcuff coached Lorient, Le Mans, Pont-l'Abbé, Stade Rennais and Al-Ittihad.

On 4 August 2014, Gourcuff was officially unveiled as the new head coach of the Algeria national team, taking over the vacant spot left by the departure of Vahid Halilhodžić.[6] On 3 February 2015, Gourcuff was given a new deal despite Algeria's quarter-final exit at the Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

In the 2018–19 season, Gourcuff was the head coach of Qatari club Al-Gharafa.[8]

Personal life

His son, Yoann,[9] is also a professional footballer who represented France at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 6 December 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Lorient France 1 July 1982 1 July 1986 125 64 26 35 051.20
Le Mans France 1 July 1986 1 January 1989 83 37 21 25 044.58
Pont-L'Abbé France 1 September 1989 1 July 1991 52 15 12 25 028.85
Lorient France 1 July 1991 1 July 2001 404 166 109 129 041.09
Rennes France 1 July 2001 1 July 2002 44 17 8 19 038.64
Al-Ittihad Qatar 1 July 2002 30 June 2003 21 9 9 3 042.86
Lorient France 1 July 2003 25 May 2014 465 168 138 159 036.13
Algeria Algeria 1 August 2014 3 April 2016 21 13 3 5 061.90
Rennes France 17 May 2016 8 November 2017 55 19 17 19 034.55
Al-Gharafa Qatar 19 May 2018 3 June 2019 33 13 8 12 039.39
Nantes France 8 August 2019 8 December 2020 44 16 7 21 036.36
Total 1,347 537 358 452 039.87

Honours

Orders

References

  1. ^ a b "Décret du 29 mars 2013 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 29 March 2013 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 2013 (77): 5480. 31 March 2013. PREX1307219D. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Christian Gourcuff : "Ces 25 ans à Lorient, c'était bien"". Ouest-France (in French). 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Christian Gourcuff - Footmercato.net". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert.
  4. ^ "Christian Gourcuff soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com".
  5. ^ Bervas, Loïc (2013). Christian Gourcuff : un autre regard sur le football [Christian Gourcuff: another look on football] (in French). Liv'éditions. ISBN 978-2844972637.
  6. ^ "Christian Gourcuff a signé son contrat avec la FAF" (in French). DZfoot. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Algeria renew Christian Gourcuff's contract". BBC Sport. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Christian Gourcuff : « Au Qatar, on jouait devant 30 personnes »". SOFOOT.com (in French). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Christian Gourcuff, au nom du père, le fils (Partie 1/4) - Toute l'Information du Football sur Clash Foot - Sport". Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
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