.jpg) Hidalgo as France head coach in 1981 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michel François Hidalgo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Leffrinckoucke, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 March 2020 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Marseille, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Monaco (2nd team) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Menton (player-coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Monaco (2nd team) | |||||||||||||||||
| France (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1984 | France | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1991 | Marseille (director of football) | ||||||||||||||||
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 1976 to 1984, with whom he won the UEFA Euro 1984 on home soil, also reaching the semi-finals of the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ "Michel Hidalgo". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 9 May 2021.