François Ciccolini
French football manager (born 1962)
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François Ciccolini (born 3 June 1962)[citation needed] is a French football manager and former player who last coached Adanaspor in Turkey.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | François Ciccolini | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Cozzano, France | ||
| Position | Forward[citation needed] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1984 | Olympique Ajaccio | ||
| 1984–1985 | Saint-Dizier | ||
| 1985–1986 | Olympique Ajaccio | ||
| 1986–1988 | Bastia | 18 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997–2000 | Porto Vecchio | ||
| 2000–2004 | Bastia (youth teams) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Bastia | ||
| 2008–2009 | Red Star | ||
| 2009–2011 | Monaco (youth teams) | ||
| 2011 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
| 2014 | JS Kabylie | ||
| 2016–2017 | Bastia | ||
| 2018–2019 | Laval | ||
| 2019–2020 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| 2020 | USM Alger | ||
| 2024 | Adanaspor | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Cozzano, Corsica, Ciccolini spent most of his playing career as a forward on the island, with Bastia and Gazélec Ajaccio. In his first managerial job with Porto-Vecchio, he took them to the last 32 of the 1999–2000 Coupe de France, before losing to Bordeaux.[1] He then moved into the ranks of Bastia, becoming manager in 2004; he was sacked in April 2005, with the team 19th in Ligue 1.[2]
Ciccolini returned to management in 2008 at Red Star, and was dismissed the following March with the team in danger of relegation.[3] After working with the youth teams of Monaco, he took the job at Neuchâtel Xamax in June 2011.[4] Following defeat in the first two games of the Swiss Super League season, he was dismissed in July and replaced by Joaquín Caparrós.[5]
In October 2014, Ciccolini was hired at JS Kabylie in Algeria, but left two months later to rejoin Bastia.[6] He served as assistant to Ghislain Printant, before taking the job outright in January 2016, with the team three points outside the relegation zone.[7] They finished the season in 10th, but by the end of February 2017, they were 19th; he was dismissed and replaced by Rui Almeida.[8]
Ciccolini's next job was at Laval in the third-tier Championnat National. Early on in his tenure in August 2018, he made a threat of physical violence towards a Radio France journalist, and earned a five-month ban, with the last two suspended.[9] The following February, he made an obscene gesture towards fans at JA Drancy,[10] and left his job by mutual consent days later.[11]
In June 2019, Ciccolini returned to Gazélec on a two-year deal as manager, after the team's play-off relegation from Ligue 2.[12] In May 2020, he was sacked, following the team's relegation to Championnat National 2.[13]
In November 2020, Ciccolini was appointed at USM Alger back in Algeria. He was dismissed after his debut, a 2–1 loss to CR Belouizdad in the Super Cup, for "disrespecting government officials" by refusing to take a runners-up medal from prime minister Abdelaziz Djerad.[14]