Bruno Génésio

Bruno Génésio
Génésio in 2020
Personal information
Full name Bruno Génésio
Date of birth (1966-09-01) 1 September 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Lille (manager)
Youth career
1983–1985 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1995 Lyon 171 (12)
1993–1994 → Nice (loan) 34 (2)
1995–1996 Martigues 28 (1)
Total 233 (15)
Managerial career
1999–2001 Villefranche
2005–2006 Besançon
2015–2019 Lyon
2019–2021 Beijing Guoan
2021–2023 Rennes
2024– Lille
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Génésio (born 1 September 1966) is a French football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Ligue 1 club Lille.

Early life

Génésio was born on 1 September 1966 in Lyon.[2]

Playing career

Génésio is a youth exponent from Lyon. He played 171 league games in the first team between 1985 and 1995, also representing Nice on loan during the 1993–94 season.[3]

In 1995, Génésio joined Martigues in the Ligue 1. He played 27 league matches for the club during the campaign, scoring once in a 2–1 home win against Guingamp on 18 May 1996; the match was also the last professional one of his career.[citation needed]

Managerial career

In 1997, one year after retiring, Génésio started working as a coach for the youth categories of FC du Pays de L'Arbresle.[4] In 1999, he was appointed manager of Villefranche in the CFA.[3][5]

Génésio was sacked in 2001, with the club suffering relegation from CFA 2.[3] He subsequently joined Racing Besançon as an assistant manager, being named at the helm of the first team for the 2005–06 season; he was relieved from his duties in March 2006.[6]

In 2006, Génésio started to work as a scout at the first club of his senior playing career, Lyon.[3] He also worked as an assistant manager of their reserve team before being named Rémi Garde's assistant in the first team in 2011. He kept the position under Garde's successor Hubert Fournier who joined the club in May 2014.[citation needed]

On 24 December 2015, Génésio was appointed as Lyon's head coach after the sacking of Fournier.[7] He led the club to second position at the end of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season. The club finished in fourth or third position in the next three Ligue 1 campaigns, with Lyon reaching the semifinals of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. On 14 April 2019, Génésio confirmed his departure from Lyon in the coming summer.[8]

On 31 July 2019, Génésio joined Beijing Guoan as their head coach.[9] On 4 March 2021, he became the head coach of Rennes.[10] In his first two seasons at the club, Rennes finished fourth twice and reached the knockout stages of European competitions.[11] On 19 November 2023, he departed the club by mutual consent.[12] On 5 June 2024, he signed a two-year contract with Lille.[13]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 20 December 2024[citation needed]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Villefranche 1 July 1999 30 June 2001 144 89 33 22 061.81
Racing Besançon 1 July 2005 27 March 2006 51 33 14 4 064.71
Lyon 24 December 2015 24 May 2019 185 102 36 47 055.14
Beijing Guoan 31 July 2019 6 January 2021 41 25 9 7 060.98
Rennes 4 March 2021 19 November 2023 130 67 25 38 051.54
Lille 1 July 2024 present 26 14 8 4 053.85
Career total 577 330 125 122 057.19

Honours

Player

Lyon

Nice

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Bruno Genesio". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Bruno Genesio". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "OL: mais qui est vraiment Bruno Genesio?" [OL: who is Bruno Genesio?] (in French). BFM TV. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Retour aux sources pour Bruno Génésio, entraîneur de l'OL" [Back to the roots for Bruno Génésio, OL coach] (in French). Le Progrès. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Olympique Lyonnais: le plus dur commence pour Bruno Génésio" [Olympique Lyonnais: the toughest beginning of Bruno Génésio] (in French). Le Parisien. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  6. ^ "L'ancien entraineur du Besançon RC, Bruno Génésio, nommé entraineur officiel de l'Olympique Lyonnais" [Former manager of Besançon RC, Bruno Génésio, named manager of Olympique Lyonnais] (in French). MaCommune.info. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Bruno Genesio nouvel entraîneur de l'Olympique Lyonnais" [Bruno Genesio new manager of Olympique Lyonnais] (in French). France TV Info. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Genesio confirms Lyon exit in summer". Ligue 1. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  9. ^ "国安官宣施密特离任 热内西奥接任签约至赛季末" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Bruno Génésio, nouvel entraîneur de l'équipe professionnelle" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. 4 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Bruno Genesio cherche encore la bonne recette pour porter Rennes encore plus haut" (in French). L'Équipe. 8 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Communiqué officiel" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. 19 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Bruno Génésio, nouvel entraîneur du LOSC" (in French). LOSC Lille. 5 June 2024.