Michel Hidalgo

Michel Hidalgo (22 March 1933 – 26 March 2020) was a French football player and manager. He was the coach of the French national team from 1976 to 1984. He coached the nation to a UEFA Euro victory in 1984, as well as a fourth place finish at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Michel Hidalgo

Hidalgo as France head coach in 1981
Personal information
Full name	Michel François Hidalgo
Date of birth	(1933-03-22)22 March 1933
Place of birth	Leffrinckoucke, France
Date of death	26 March 2020(2020-03-26) (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 Men's football Representing  France (as manager) UEFA European Championship Winner 1984
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hidalgo was born in Leffrinckoucke. He played as a midfielder. He played for Le Havre, Stade de Reims and AS Monaco. He scored Stade de Reims third goal in the 1956 European Cup Final. He made one appearance for the national team in 1962.

Hidalgo died in Paris on 26 March 2020, at the age of 87.^[2]

Honours

Player

Reims

• Division 1: 1954–55^[source?]
• Trophée des Champions: 1955^[source?]
• European Cup runner-up: 1955–56^[source?]

Monaco

• Division 1: 1960–61, 1962–63^[source?]
• Coupe de France: 1959–60, 1962–63^[source?]
• Trophée des Champions: 1961^[source?]

Manager

France

• UEFA European Championship: 1984^[3]

Individual

• French Manager of the Year: 1982^[source?]
• World Soccer World Manager of the Year: 1984^[source?]
• Guerin Sportivo Manager of the Year: 1984