Alain Michel (football manager)

Alain Michel
	Alain Michel in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	30 August 1948 (age 75)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1977–1983	U.S. Sea
1983–1994	Bourges
1994–1997	Louhans-Cuiseaux
1997–2001	Grenoble
2001	Saint-Étienne
2001–2004	Grenoble Foot 38
2004–2006	Rouen
2006–2007	Al-Ahli Dubai
2007–2008	Baniyas Club
2008–2009	MC Alger
2010	Al Shamal
2010–2011	MC Alger
2011	MC Oran
2012–2013	JSM Bejaia
2013	MC Alger
2014	JS Saoura
2014–2016	CR Belouizdad
2016–2017	NA Hussein Dey
2018	MO Béjaïa
2019	MO Béjaïa

Alain Michel (born 30 August 1948) is a French football coach, amateur goalkeeper, assistant professor and current manager.

Biography

Michel is an associate professor of history and geography, and is also an amateur association football goalkeeper for Beaugency, Blois and Orléans. He found work as a coach at Beaugency, Bourges, and Louhans-Cuiseaux, (where he met Christian Larièpe).

He was named coach of the Grenoble Foot 38 (GF38) at its inception in 1997. Under the leadership of Michel Destot and his team, the GF38 entered professional football in five years, advancing to the second division in four years and winning a title: National champion France in 2000-2001.^[1]

In the summer of 2001 Michel was approached by AS Saint-Étienne, who were seeking a replacement to Jean-Guy Wallemme. He returned to Grenoble within a few months, following the dismissal of Marc Westerloppe, and remained there until 2004, providing annual maintenance of the club in Division 2. In 2004, he was hired as athletic director by FC Rouen, and, at the end of the first season, he became coach following the sacking of Eric Dewilder.^[2]

In 2006, he left Normandy and went on Championship UAE, first working at Al-Ahli Dubai, and then Baniyas Club, where he was dismissed in March 2008. On 21 September 2008 he was appointed coach of Mouloudia Club of Algiers, and dean of Algerian football clubs, where his work as head of a youth team allowed his team to lead the Algeria national football championship in 2009-2010. However, he left the club in late 2009 and signed to the Qatari side Al Shamal.^[3]

After being coach of the Algerian national team, he made his return to his coaching duties for MC Alger for the 2010-2011 season, at the expense of François Bracci. In March 2011 he was sacked after his defeat in the championship against USM Blida.

On 4 January 2012, he became the coach of the JSM Bejaia in Algeria.^[1]

Coaching successes

Bourges

Promotion to Division 2: 1986, 1989^[4]

Louhans-Cuiseaux

Promotion to Division 2: 1995

Grenoble

Promotion to Division 3: 1999
Promotion to Division 2: 2001^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Alain Michel Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, les.verts.pagesperso-orange.fr
^ Alain Michel at FootballDatabase.eu
^ Al Alain Michel leaves the MCA: "The club is always in turbulence", algerie360.com
^ "Alain Michel, cet agrégé d'histoire enseigne le ballon rond". L'Humanité (in French). 29 January 1997. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ "Carriere linked with Chelsea". BBC Sport. 9 May 2001. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

External links

Alain Michel at FootballDatabase.eu

[verts-1] Alain Michel Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, les.verts.pagesperso-orange.fr

[2] Alain Michel at FootballDatabase.eu

[3] Al Alain Michel leaves the MCA: "The club is always in turbulence", algerie360.com

[4] "Alain Michel, cet agrégé d'histoire enseigne le ballon rond". L'Humanité (in French). 29 January 1997. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

[5] "Carriere linked with Chelsea". BBC Sport. 9 May 2001. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

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