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Didier Deschamps

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1968 (56 years old)

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Didier Claude Deschamps (born 15 October 1968) is a French former professional footballer who has been manager of the France national team since 2012. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England and Spain, such as Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France teammate Eric Cantona, Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working defensive midfielder who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays, and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career. As a French international, he was capped on 103 occasions and took part at three UEFA European Football Championships and one FIFA World Cup, captaining his nation to victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

In addition to winning two Ligue 1 titles in 1991 and 1992, Deschamps was part of the Marseille squad that became the first, and so far only, French club to win the UEFA Champions League, a feat which the team achieved in 1993; with the Champions League victory, Deschamps became the youngest captain ever to lead his team to win the title. With Juventus he played three Champions League finals in a row between 1996 and 1998, winning the title in 1996. With the Turin side, he also won the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup, as well as three Serie A titles, among other trophies. With Chelsea, he won the 1999–2000 FA Cup, and also reached another Champions League final with Valencia in 2001, before retiring later that season. After Franz Beckenbauer and followed by Iker Casillas, he was only the second captain in the history of football to have lifted the Champions League trophy, the World Cup trophy, and the European Championship trophy.

As a manager, Deschamps began his career with Monaco, and helped the club to win the Coupe de la Ligue in 2003, and reached the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final, being named Ligue 1 Manager of the Year in 2004. During the 2006–07 season, he helped his former club Juventus win the Serie B title and return to Serie A following their relegation due to their involvement in the 2006 Calciopoli Scandal the previous season. He subsequently managed another one of his former clubs, Marseille, where he won the Ligue 1 title during the 2009–10 season, as well as three consecutive Coupe de la Ligue titles between 2010 and 2012, and consecutive Trophée des Champions titles in 2010 and 2011. On 8 July 2012, Deschamps was named as the new manager of the French national team, leading the team to the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the final of UEFA Euro 2016, and he won the final of 2018 FIFA World Cup beating Croatia 4–2. After France's victory at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Deschamps became the third man to win the World Cup as both a player and a manager; alongside Mário Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer, following Beckenbauer as only the second to do so as captain.
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FIFA World Cup
2018

France
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French Coupe de la Ligue
2011-2012

Marseille
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French Trophée des Champions
2011

Marseille
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French Coupe de la Ligue
2010-2011

Marseille
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French Trophée des Champions
2010

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French Ligue 1
2009-2010

Marseille
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French Coupe de la Ligue
2009-2010

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UEFA European Championship
2000

Chelsea
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English FA Cup
1999-2000

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UEFA Intertoto Cup
1999

Juventus
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FIFA World Cup
1998

France
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Italian Serie A
1997-1998

Juventus
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Italian Supercoppa Italiana
1997

Juventus
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Italian Serie A
1996-1997

Juventus
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FIFA Club World Cup
1996

Juventus
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UEFA Super Cup
1996

Juventus
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UEFA Champions League
1995-1996

Juventus
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Italian Supercoppa Italiana
1995

Juventus
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Italian Serie A
1994-1995

Marseille
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Italian Coppa Italia
1994-1995

Juventus
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UEFA Champions League
1992-1993

Marseille
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French Ligue 1
1991-1992

Marseille
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French Ligue 1
1989-1990

Nantes


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1976-1983
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1983-1985


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1985-1989
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1990-1991 (Loan)
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1994-1999
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