Manuel Amoros

Manuel Amoros

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Amoros [1] [2]
Date of birth	(1962-02-01) 1 February 1962 (age 63) [3]
Place of birth	Nîmes, France
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [3]
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
1972–1977	Gallia Club Lunel
1977–1980	Monaco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1980	Monaco II	17	(3)
1980–1989	Monaco	287	(36)
1989–1993	Marseille	108	(2)
1993–1995	Lyon	66	(3)
1995–1996	Marseille	16	(0)
1999	AS Saint-Rémy
Total		494	(44)
International career
1982–1992	France	82	(1)
Managerial career
2004–2006	Kuwait (assistant)
2010	Comoros
2012–2014	Benin
Medal record Representing   France UEFA European Championship Winner 1984
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Amoros (born 1 February 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He was capped 82 times for France, ^[4] and played in the UEFA European Championships finals of 1984 and 1992, and the FIFA World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986.

Biography

Amoros was born in Nîmes, Gard, ^[5] to Spanish parents escaping from Francisco Franco's regime. ^[6] He represented the France national team. ^[6]

In June 2010, Amoros was appointed national team manager for the Comoros Islands, ^[7] which coached to September 2010. In January 2012, he was named new coach of Benin, replacing Edme Codjo, who had been in charge since August 2011. ^[8]

Honours

Monaco

• Division 1: 1981–82, 1987–88 ^[3]
• Coupe de France: 1984–85 ^[3]

Marseille

• Division 1: 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92 ^[3]
• UEFA Champions League: 1992–93 ^{[ citation needed ]}; runner-up: 1990–91

France

• UEFA European Championship: 1984 ^[3]
• FIFA World Cup third place: 1986 ^{[ citation needed ]}

Individual

• FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1982 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Onze d'Argent: 1986^{[ citation needed ]}
• French Player of the Year: 1986^{[ citation needed ]}
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• FIFA XI: 1986 ^[9]
• World XI: 1986, 1987 ^[10]
• Onze Mondial: 1986, 1987, 1988 ^[11]

References

1. "Entreprise Profoot à Châteaurenard (13160)" [Company Profoot in Châteaurenard (13160)]. Figaro Entreprises (in French). 7 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
2. "Manuel Amoros". BFM Business (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
3. "Manuel Amoros". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
4. "Joueur – Manuel AMOROS – FFF". Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
5. "Manuel Amoros: Profile". worldfootball.net (in French). Heim: Spiel. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
6. Bories, Flavien (3 March 2018). "Manuel Amoros : " Mes origines espagnoles m'ont donné cette fierté "". SoFoot (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2025.
7. "Manuel Amoros sélectionneur national des Comores". 16 June 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
8. "Fédération Internationale de Football Association". FIFA. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
9. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo. "Matches of FIFA XI". RSSSF . Retrieved 2 March 2025.
10. "Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties". Beyond The Last Man. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
11. Pierrend, José Luis. ""Onze Mondial" Awards". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

External links

• Manuel Amoros at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Manuel Amoros at National-Football-Teams.com
• Manuel Amoros coach profile at Soccerway
• Profile at Soccerpunter.com
• Manuel Amoros at WorldFootball.net