Didier Six

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Didier Six
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Six in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-08-21) 21 August 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth Lille, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1977 Valenciennes 154 (53)
1977–1978 Lens 29 (13)
1978–1980 Marseille 66 (14)
1980 Cercle Brugge 12 (7)
1981 Strasbourg 19 (1)
1981–1983 VfB Stuttgart 59 (23)
1983–1984 Mulhouse 31 (12)
1984–1985 Aston Villa 15 (2)
1985–1986 Metz 32 (3)
1986 Strasbourg 14 (2)
1987 Valenciennes 10 (4)
1987–1988 Galatasaray 22 (2)
1988–1989 Stade Vallauris 9 (1)
1989–1990 ASPV Strasbourg 19 (3)
1990–1992 VfB Leipzig 12 (1)
Total503(141)
International career
1976–1984 France 52 (13)
Managerial career
1986–1987 Strasbourg (assistant)
1992–1993 Strasbourg B
1997–1998 Strasbourg Koenigshoffen
2004 Audun-le-Tiche  [ fr ]
2011–2014 Togo
2015 Mauritius
2019–2021 Guinea
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Didier Six (born 21 August 1954) is a French football coach and former player, who most recently worked as manager of the Guinea national football team until October 2021. [1]

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A gifted but inconsistent winger, Six had a rather nomadic career, playing in five countries. He also played for France in the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups, and was also part of the winning team at Euro 84.

Playing career

Six began his playing career at Division 2 side Valenciennes, making his debut at the age of 17 in 1972. He helped Les Athéniens achieve promotion to the top flight in 1975, which was followed by a remarkable season where they finished tenth, and Six finished as the top scorer at the club with 12 goals.

After turning down offers from Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Feyenoord, Six decided to join Lens in 1977, where he spent a single season, notably scoring a hattrick against Lazio in the UEFA Cup. Lens were relegated at the end of 1977-78 and Six would be made the scapegoat. This was followed by two more disappointing years playing for Marseille, after which his career would become nomadic in the years that followed, playing in Belgium, Germany, England and Turkey.

He acquired Turkish citizenship in order to play as a domestic player at Galatasaray, playing under the name Dündar Siz. [2] There he won the Turkish First League championship in 1987–88 season.

He ended his career in 1992 after a two-year spell in the newly re-unified 2.Bundesliga with VfB Leipzig.

International career

Six was first selected for the France national football team by manager Michel Hidalgo whilst still at Valenciennes, making his debut on 27 March 1976 against Czechoslovakia, the same game in which Michel Platini made his debut.

He played as a winger and he earned 52 caps and scored 13 goals for the France national football team. He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and was also part of the winning team at Euro 84. [3]

Coaching career

Six was signed by the Togolese Football Federation as coach for the Togo national football team in November 2011. [4]

He became manager of Mauritius in January 2015 and was fired in May 2015 following a suspension for poor behaviour during the 2015 COSAFA Cup. [5] [6] [7]

In April 2018, he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job. [8]

He became manager of Guinea on 13 September 2019, but left this role in October 2021. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Frenchman Six replaced as Guinea coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Galatasaray-PSG : quand le Français Didier Six devenait Dündar Siz". CNEWS (in French). October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fédération Française de Football". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Togo: Didier Six named as new Togo coach". StarAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  5. ↑ Sport, Yasine Mohabuth BBC; Mauritius. "Mauritius appoint Didier Six as new coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Sport, Mark Gleeson BBC; Rustenburg. "Mauritius coach Didier Six banned from Cosafa Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Didier Six n'est plus l'entraîneur du Club M" (in French). Le Mauricien. 25 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (23 April 2018). "77 applicants for vacant Cameroon coaching position". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Didier Six: Guinea appoint Frenchman as national team coach". BBC. 13 September 2019.
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