Christian Gourcuff

Christian Gourcuff

Gourcuff as manager of Rennes in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Christian Jean Gourcuff [1]
Date of birth	(1955-04-05) 5 April 1955 (age 70) [2]
Place of birth	Hanvec, [2] Finistère, France
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1974	Rennes
1974–1978	US Berné
1978–1980	Guingamp	40	(0)
1980–1981	Rouen	28	(0)
1981–1982	La Chaux-de-Fonds
1982–1986	Lorient
1986–1989	Le Mans
1989	Montreal Supra	6	(0)
International career
1988	Brittany	1	(0)
Managerial career
1982–1986	Lorient
1986–1989	Le Mans
1989–1991	Pont-l'Abbé
1991–2001	Lorient
2001–2002	Rennes
2002–2003	Al-Ittihad
2003–2014	Lorient
2014–2016	Algeria
2016–2017	Rennes
2018–2019	Al-Gharafa
2019–2020	Nantes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. ^[3]

Club career

During his playing career, Gourcuff played for Rennais, US Berné, Guingamp, Rouen, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lorient, Le Mans and Montreal Supra. ^{[4] [5]}

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. ^[6]

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. ^[7] On 3 February 2015, Gourcuff was given a new deal despite Algeria's quarter-final exit at the Africa Cup of Nations. ^[8]

In the 2018–19 season, Gourcuff was the head coach of Qatari club Al-Gharafa. ^[9]

Personal life

His son, Yoann, ^[10] 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	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Lorient	1 July 1982	1 July 1986	125	64	26	35	051.20
Le Mans	1 July 1986	1 January 1989	83	37	21	25	044.58
Pont-L'Abbé	1 September 1989	1 July 1991	52	15	12	25	028.85
Lorient	1 July 1991	1 July 2001	404	166	109	129	041.09
Rennes	1 July 2001	1 July 2002	44	17	8	19	038.64
Al-Ittihad	1 July 2002	30 June 2003	21	9	9	3	042.86
Lorient	1 July 2003	25 May 2014	465	168	138	159	036.13
Algeria	1 August 2014	3 April 2016	21	13	3	5	061.90
Rennes	17 May 2016	8 November 2017	55	19	17	19	034.55
Al-Gharafa	19 May 2018	3 June 2019	33	13	8	12	039.39
Nantes	8 August 2019	8 December 2020	44	16	7	21	036.36
Total			1,347	537	358	452	039.87

Honours

Orders

• Knight of the Legion of Honour: 2013 ^[1]

References

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