Manuel Amoros
French footballer (born 1962)
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Manuel Amoros (born 1 February 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He was capped 82 times for France,[3] and played in the UEFA European Championships finals of 1984 and 1992, and the FIFA World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986.
Full name
Manuel Amoros[1]
Date of birth
1 February 1962[2]
Place of birth
Nîmes, Gard, France
Height
1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Amoros[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1962[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nîmes, Gard, France | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1972–1977 | Gallia Club Lunel | |||||||||||||
| 1977–1980 | Monaco | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Monaco II | 17 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1980–1989 | Monaco | 287 | (36) | |||||||||||
| 1989–1993 | Marseille | 108 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | Lyon | 66 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Marseille | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1999 | AS Saint-Rémy | |||||||||||||
| Total | 494 | (44) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1992 | France | 82 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Kuwait (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | Comoros | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Benin | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Biography
Amoros was born in Nîmes, Gard,[2] to Spanish parents escaping from Francisco Franco's regime.[4] He represented the France national team.[4]
In June 2010, Amoros was appointed national team manager for the Comoros Islands,[5] which coached to September 2010. In January 2012, he was named new coach of Benin, replacing Edme Codjo, who had been in charge since August 2011.[6]
Honours
Monaco
Marseille
- Division 1: 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92[2]
- UEFA Champions League: 1992–93;[citation needed] runner-up: 1990–91
France
- UEFA European Championship: 1984[2]
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1986[citation needed]
Individual
- FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1982[citation needed]
- Onze d'Argent: 1986[citation needed]
- French Player of the Year: 1986[citation needed]
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986[citation needed]
- FIFA XI: 1986[7]
- World XI: 1986, 1987[8]
- Onze Mondial: 1986, 1987, 1988[9]
