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Christian Gourcuff
	Gourcuff as manager of Rennes in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Christian Jean Gourcuff
Date of birth	5 April 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Hanvec, Brittany, France
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1974	Rennes
1974–1978	US Berné
1978–1980	Guingamp
1980–1981	Rouen
1981–1982	La Chaux-de-Fonds
1982–1986	Lorient
1986–1989	Le Mans
1989	Montreal Supra
International career
1988	Brittany
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 professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Ligue 1 club Nantes.^[2]

Club career

During his playing career, Gourcuff played for Rennais, US Berné, Guingamp, Rouen, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lorient, Le Mans and Montreal Supra.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]

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 football team, taking over the vacant spot left by the departure of Vahid Halilhodžić.^[6] On 3 February 2015, Gourcuff was given a new deal despite Algeria's quarter-final exit at the Africa Cup of Nations.^[7]

Personal life

His son, Yoann,^[8] 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	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	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