Didier Deschamps' Success from Player to Coach, Leading French National Team in 2018 and 2022 World Cups

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The French National Team lost 0-1 to Tunisia in the Group D match for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The surprising victory for Tunisia however, was not enough for them to make progress to the next match as they were eliminated. The Les Blues, a nickname of the French national team, stood on the top of Group D on goal differences from Australia, who beat Denmark 1-0 at the same time.

In the current World Cup, the Les Blues squad was still accompanied by coach Didier Deschamps, who was also leading French to win the 2018 World Cup.

Profile of Didier Deschamps

Didier Claude Deschamps is a former footballer who is now an active coach for the national team. born on October 15, 1968, in Bayonne France, Deschamps was a midfield during his time as an active player.

According to the info from the Planet Sports page, Deschamps started his football career by joining the Avirron Bayonnais Junior team from 1976 to 1983. In his last year in Bayonnais, Deschamps was recruited by the Nantes youth and stayed for 2 years.

In 1985, Deschamps was promoted to the Nantes senior team and continued playing for Nantes for 4 years until 1989, when he was recruited by Marseille FC. After just one season at Marseille, the young Deschamps was sent on loan to Bordeaux to gain Flight hours.

In 1991, Deschamps returned to Marseille and start showing impressive performances. While in Marseille uniform, Deschamps managed to present one title in League 1 and one title in European Champions League.

His efficient performance brought interest in the eyes of Juventus, and in 1994, The Old Lady (La Vecchia Signora) manage to recruit Deschamps. During his time at Juventus, Deschamps won many titles, starting with Serie A, Coppa Italia, Italian Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, European Champions League, European Super Cup and Intertoto Cup.

After five years defending for Juventus, Deschamps was recruited by Chelsea in 1999. After only spending one season at Chelsea, he manages to win one FA Cup title for the team. In 2000, Deschamps moved to Spain and joined Valencia, where he will spend his last as a football player until he hang up his boots and ended his career.

In addition, Deschamps' progress as a team member of the French National Team brought tremendous success. He manage to present one World Cup title in 1998 and one European Cup title in 2000. After no longer playing in the field, Deschamps decided to become a coach.

The first team that Deschamps is coaching was AS Monaco in 2001. He coached the team for 4 years until 2005 and manage to lead them to win at French League Cup in 2003.

Furthermore, Deschamps's turn to coaching the Juventus team in 2006 presented one Serie B title. At that time, Deschamps coached Juventus amid the Calciopoli scandal which caused the team to play in Series B. In 2009, Deschamps was trusted to become a tactician for Marseille. When he became a coach, Deschamps successfully won the Ligue 1 title, the French League Cup and the French Super Cup.

In 2012, Didier Deschamps was entrusted to coach the French national team. His entrustment led to a fruitful result in 2018 as he lead the national team to receive its second stars for winning the 2018 World Cup in Russia, making Deschamps among the person to win the World Cups both as a player and coach.

EIBEN HEIZAR | IMAJI LASAHIDO (INTERN)

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