Didier Claude Deschamps is a French professional football manager and former player who has been managing the France national team since 2012. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England and Spain, namely Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France teammate 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.
Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. Drogba was named Chelsea's greatest ever player in a poll of 20,000 fans conducted by Chelsea FC Magazine in 2012, and he was also named in the Chelsea team of the 2010–2020 decade by Chelsea's fans in 2020. He is regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time and was noted for his physical strength, speed, ability in the air, powerful and accurate strikes, and ball retention. Drogba was named African Footballer of the Year twice, winning the award in 2006 and 2009. He is also the player with the most runner-up appearances (4), most third-place finishes (3), and most times in the top three (9).
Déguy Alain Didier Zokora is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He represented the Ivory Coast national team for 14 years, beginning in 2000, and is currently the nation's most capped player. He now serves as an assistant manager at AFAD Djékanou.
Didier Six is a French football coach and former player, who most recently worked as manager of the Guinea national football team until October 2021.
Clinton Bradley Didier is a professional American football player and perennial candidate. He played for the Washington Redskins and Green Bay Packers, and later sought elected office on four occasions. Didier was finally elected to political office in 2018, as a Franklin County Commissioner.
Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman names Didius and Desiderius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it has become associated with the name Desiderius, related to Latin desiderium – which can be translated as "ardent desire" or "the longed-for".
Didier Ya Konan is an Ivorian former footballer who played as a forward for the Ivory Coast national team.
Aviron Bayonnais Football Club is a French association football club based in Bayonne. The club is a part of a sports club that was formed in 1904 that is also known for its rugby union club.
Didier Sénac is a French former footballer who played as a defender. He obtained three international caps for the France national team during the early 1980s. A player of RC Lens (1977–1988), he was a member of the France national team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Didier Couécou is a former French footballer who played striker. He was part of France national football team at the FIFA World Cup 1966.
Didier Notheaux was a French football player and coach.
Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang is Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National 2 club Saumur.
Association Sportive d'Origine Arménienne de Valence was a French football team playing in the city of Valence, Drôme.
Raymond Ernest Didier was an American football coach, baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the Southwestern Louisiana Institute—now known as University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 1951 to 1956, tallying a mark of 29–27–2. Didier was also the head baseball coach at Southwestern Louisiana from 1948 to 1956, Louisiana State University from 1957 to 1963 and Nicholls State University from 1964 to 1973, amassing a career college baseball record of 458–311–4. Didier served as the athletic director at Nicholls State from 1963 to 1978.
Didier Ollé-Nicolle is French football manager and former player who played as a defender. He recently managed Division 1 Féminine side Paris Saint-Germain Féminine.
Didier Santini is a French football manager and former player who manages Rodez of the French second division.
Didier Ibrahim Ndong is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League side Al-Riyadh and the Gabon national team.
The Pole France feminin de Football, formally the Centre national de formation et d'entraînement de Clairefontaine is a French training center specializing in women's football, opened in 1998 and administered by the French Football Federation.
Didier Ekanza Simba is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was a squad member at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Africa Cup of Nations.
