Bruno Metsu
French footballer and manager (1954-2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bruno Jean Cornil Metsu (28 January 1954 – 15 October 2013)[1] was a French footballer and football manager. During his senior playing career from 1973 to 1987, he played for seven different clubs in France.
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Full name | Bruno Jean Cornil Metsu[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1954-01-28)28 January 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Coudekerque-Branche, France | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 October 2013(2013-10-15) (aged 59)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Coudekerque-Branche, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1969–1970 | Hazebrouck | ||||||||||||||||
1970–1973 | Anderlecht | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1973–1974 | Dunkerque | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Hazebrouck | 34 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
1975–1979 | Valenciennes | 119 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
1979–1981 | Lille | 57 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
1981–1983 | Nice | 64 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
1983–1984 | Roubaix | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1984–1987 | Beauvais | ||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1987–1988 | Beauvais (youth team) | ||||||||||||||||
1988–1992 | Beauvais | ||||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Lille | ||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Valenciennes | ||||||||||||||||
1995–1998 | Sedan | ||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Valence | ||||||||||||||||
2000 | Guinea | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Al Ain | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | Al-Gharafa | ||||||||||||||||
2006 | Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Qatar | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Al-Gharafa | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | Al Wasl | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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From 1988 until his death, he was the manager of a total of nine clubs in France and Persian Gulf region, the Guinea, Senegal, United Arab Emirates and Qatar national football teams. He was perhaps most famous for coaching Senegal to the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, including a surprise victory over defending champions France in the opening match of the tournament.