Jean-Marc Guillou

Jean-Marc Guillou
Guillou playing for France in 1978 World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-12-20) 20 December 1945 (age 78)
Place of birth Bouaye, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1958–1965 Sporting Club Nazairien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1975 Angers 243 (18)
1975–1979 Nice 136 (12)
1979–1981 Neuchâtel Xamax 49 (1)
1981–1983 Mulhouse 62 (0)
1983–1984 Cannes 11 (0)
Total 501 (31)
International career
1974–1978 France 19 (3)
Managerial career
1976–1977 Nice
1980–1981 Neuchâtel Xamax
1981–1983 Mulhouse
1983–1985 Cannes
1985–1986 Servette
1993–2000 ASEC Mimosas
1999–2000 Ivory Coast
2001–2002 Beveren
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean-Marc Guillou (born 20 December 1945) is a French football coach and former player, who played at the 1978 World Cup.

Club career

Guillou was born in Bouaye, Loire-Atlantique. He played for Angers SCO, OGC Nice, Neuchâtel Xamax, FC Mulhouse, and AS Cannes.

International career

Guillou made his debut for the France national team in March 1974 in a match against Romania, which France won 1–0. Between 1974 and 1978 he played 19 times for the French national side, including at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.

He played his last match for France at the 1978 World Cup losing to Italy 2–1 on 2 June in Mar del Plata.

Post-playing career

Guillou gave former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger his first break in coaching by appointing him as his assistant at AS Cannes in 1983.

Guillou was the founder of the Abidjan football school Académie de Sol Beni, eventually becoming the manager, technical director and coach at ASEC Abidjan. He currently runs a number of football schools in Africa and Thailand under the name Académie Jean-Marc Guillou (Academy J.M.G.) seeking to develop young footballers who are often transferred to European clubs, the football talent academies are based in Abidjan, Antsika, Algiers and Bangkok.

Honours

Angers


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