Michel Hidalgo
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France head coach, Michel Hidalgo, on March 25, 1981, at the Rotterdam stadium. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michel François Hidalgo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Leffrinckoucke, Nord, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 March 2020 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| US Normande | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1954 | Le Havre | 47 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1957 | Reims | 66 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1966 | Monaco | 256 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 369 | (62) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | France | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1984 | France | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Michel François Hidalgo (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl fʁɑ̃swa idalɡo]; 22 March 1933 – 26 March 2020) was a French professional footballer and manager. He was the head coach of the France national team from March 27, 1976 to June 27, 1984, with whom he won the UEFA Euro 1984 on home soil, also reaching the semi-finals of the 1982 FIFA World Cup.