Jean-Louis Gasset (9 December 1953 – 26 December 2025) was a French professional football manager and player. As a player, he played as a midfielder, spending ten years at his hometown club Montpellier.[1]
.jpg) Gasset as manager of Ivory Coast in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 December 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Montpellier, France | ||
| Date of death | 26 December 2025 (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Montpellier, France | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1974 | Béziers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1975 | Béziers | 4 | (0) |
| 1975–1985 | Montpellier | 231 | (10) |
| Total | 235 | (10) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Montpellier | ||
| 2000–2001 | Caen | ||
| 2005–2006 | Istres | ||
| 2017 | Montpellier | ||
| 2017–2019 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| 2020–2021 | Bordeaux | ||
| 2022–2024 | Ivory Coast | ||
| 2024 | Marseille | ||
| 2024–2025 | Montpellier | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Montpellier, Gasset played ten years at his hometown club Montpellier.[1]
He led Montpellier to victory in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1999.[2] He then coached Caen and Istres.[3] He was assistant to Luis Fernández at Paris Saint-Germain and Spain's Espanyol.[4]
Gasset was the main assistant of Laurent Blanc as manager of Bordeaux, the France national team and PSG from 2007 to 2016, notably conducting the training sessions.[5]
He had the top job at Montpellier again for the second half of the 2016–17 season, finishing 15th.[6] He then became Óscar García's right-hand man at Saint-Étienne, and succeeded the Spaniard in December 2017, just an hour before a 2–1 loss at Guingamp.[7]
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In June 2018, having turned Saint-Étienne's season around to finish sixth, missing out on the UEFA Europa League on goal difference to Bordeaux, Gasset was given another year in the job.[8] A year later, having come fourth and secured a place in that European competition, he resigned due to disputes with the board over transfer budgets.[9]
Gasset was hired by Bordeaux on 12 August 2020, after Paulo Sousa's exit.[10] On 27 July 2021 he left the club.[11]
On 20 May 2022, Gasset was appointed coach of Ivory Coast, succeeding Patrice Beaumelle, whose contract expired on 6 April 2022.[12] He handed his resignation on 24 January 2024, following a poor performance at the group stages of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil.[13] Emerse Faé then led the team to the title.[14]
On 20 February 2024, Gasset became the head coach of Marseille, following the dismissal of Gennaro Gattuso.[15]
On 7 April 2025, Gasset left Montpellier by mutual consent as the club sat last in Ligue 1.[16]
Death
editGasset died on 26 December 2025, at the age of 72.[17]
Managerial statistics
edit| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Montpellier | 1 July 1998 | 30 November 1999 | 68 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 35.29 | |||
| Caen | 1 September 2000 | 30 June 2001 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 35.29 | |||
| Istres | 17 January 2005 | 16 September 2006 | 49 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 30.61 | |||
| Montpellier | 30 January 2017 | 23 May 2017 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 31.25 | |||
| Saint-Étienne | 20 December 2017 | 30 June 2019 | 62 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 50.00 | |||
| Bordeaux | 10 August 2020 | 27 July 2021 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 33.33 | |||
| Ivory Coast | 20 May 2022 | 24 January 2024 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 61.11 | |||
| Marseille | 20 February 2024 | 19 May 2024 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 47.37 | |||
| Montpellier | 22 October 2024 | 7 April 2025 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15.00 | |||
| Total | 330 | 124 | 70 | 136 | 37.58 | |||||
Honours
editPlayer
editMontpellier
- Division 2: 1980–81
- Ligue de la Méditerranée: 1975–76
Coach
editMontpellier
References
edit- 1 2 "Histoire, les joueurs" (in French). Montpellier HSC. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ↑ "Saison 99–00" (in French). Montpellier HSC. Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ↑ "France – Trainers of First and Second divisions clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ↑ "PSG : Blanc-Gasset, c'est qui le chef ?" [PSG: Blanc-Gasset, who's the boss?]. Le Parisien (in French). 10 March 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ Sévérac, Dominique (13 September 2018). "Jean-Louis Gasset : "Mes trois ans au PSG sont les plus enrichissants de ma vie"" [Jean-Louis Gasset: "My three years at PSG are the most enriching of my life"]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ "Montpellier appoint Der Zakaria [sic] as coach". FourFourTwo. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ "Saint-Etienne appoint Gasset an hour before kick-off... and lose". FourFourTwo. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ "Jean-Louis Gasset stays on as St Étienne boss". Get French Football News. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ "Saint-Etienne's Gasset resigns amid reported board spat". France 24. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ "Gasset takes the reins at Bordeaux". Ligue 1. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ "Merci Jean-Louis" (in French). Bordeaux. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire : " Jean-Louis Gasset devient le nouveau sélectionneur des Eléphants "" (in French). LeMonde Afrique. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "AFCON: Ivory Coast sack head coach Jean-Louis Gasset despite host nation's hopes of last-16 place in balance". Eurosport. 24 January 2024.
- ↑ "Emerse Fae: Ivory Coast appoint Afcon-winning coach on permanent deal". BBC Sport. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ↑ "Jean-Louis Gasset nommé entraîneur" (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 20 February 2024.
- ↑ "Official | Jean-Louis Gasset leaves Montpellier by mutual consent with club on verge of relegation". Yahoo Sports. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "Former Ivory Coast coach Gasset dies at 72". RFI. 26 December 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
External links
edit- Jean-Louis Gasset at Soccerway
- Jean-Louis Gasset at IMDb