Christian Gourcuff
# Christian Gourcuff

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.

## Club career

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

## 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.

## 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. On 3 February 2015, Gourcuff was given a new deal despite Algeria's quarter-final exit at the Africa Cup of Nations.

## Personal life

His son, Yoann, 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 | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | 1,347 | 537 | 358 | 452 | 039.87 |

## Honours

Orders

* Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 2013
