Manuel Amoros
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Amoros | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Nîmes, France | ||
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| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | Monaco B | 17 | (3) |
| 1980–1989 | Monaco | 287 | (36) |
| 1989–1993 | Marseille | 108 | (2) |
| 1993–1995 | Lyon | 66 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Marseille | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 494 | (44) | |
| International career | |||
| 1982–1992 | France | 82 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010 | Comoros | ||
| 2012–2014 | Benin | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Manuel Amoros (born 1 February 1962 in Nîmes) is a French retired football defender of Spanish descent. He was capped 82 times for France,[1] and played in the European Championships finals of 1984 and 1992, and the World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986.
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Playing career
Club career
Amoros played most of his career for Monaco in the French first division. He missed his penalty in the 1991 European Cup Final for Marseille and subsequently Red Star Belgrade won the match 5–3 on penalties.
International career
It was his stints with the Tricolor during the 1982 and 1986 World Cups in which he stood out. In the 1982 semi-final against West Germany, he hit the crossbar in the 89th minute, and in the penalty shoot-out he converted his kick before France were eventually eliminated.
In the 1984 European Championships held in France, Amoros showed an egregious side of him when, during the opening game against Denmark, he was sent off for head-butting the Danish midfielder Jesper Olsen. He was banned for three games. However, in the final against Spain, national coach Michel Hidalgo used him as a substitute in a game that Les Bleus won by 2–0 at the Parc des Princes.
At the 1986 World Cup, the 24-year-old Amoros was voted best right-back in the tournament by the international press.[citation needed]
Managerial career
Comoros
In June 2010, Amoros was appointed national team manager for the Comoros Islands, [2] 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. [3]
Honours
Club
- Monaco
- Marseille
National Team
- France
- UEFA European Championship: 1984
- FIFA World Cup Third place: 1986
- FIFA World Cup Fourth place: 1982
Individual
- FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award: 1982
- Onze d'Argent: 1984
- French Player of the Year: 1986
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986
- FIFA XI: 1986[4]
References
External links
- Manuel Amoros at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at Soccerway.com
- Profile at Soccerpunter.com
- Profile at Footballdatabase.eu
- Manuel Amoros manager stats at footballzz.co.uk
- Profile at Worldfootball.net
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| Preceded by | France national football team captain 1988-1992 |
Succeeded by Jean Pierre Papin |
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nîmes
- French footballers
- French people of Spanish descent
- Association football defenders
- France international footballers
- AS Monaco FC players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Ligue 1 players
- UEFA European Championship-winning players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1992 players
- Expatriate football managers in the Comoros
- Comoros national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in Benin
- Benin national football team managers
