Deschan Biography

Interesting facts biography mentor of the French national team Didier Desham belongs to the generation of football players, which in this country is called gold. During his sports career, the athlete did not cease to delight the fans, although not expressive, but bright, exciting, workshop by the game. Now fans are appreciated in it uncompromising, honesty and the ability to say no to players who, with good technique, shake the spirit of the team, threatening its cohesion.

Childhood and youth biography of the French football star began on October 15 in the south-west of the country, in Bayonne. A small town whose population never exceeded 50 thousand. From this people, the ancestors of Didier Desham came both on the paternal and maternal line. The athlete has repeatedly stated in an interview that he was proud of belonging to the Basques.

Didier’s childhood passed in a green rural area, where he grew up with his parents and older brother Philip. Mother was engaged in the sale of wool, and father, Pierre Desham, earned a living like a painter. Embed from Getty images Didier Desham in his youth, Sport carried the young man from an early age, but he began with Rugby - his father pushed to choose, who tried to succeed in this form, but never realized himself.

The son soon left the section: he had no endurance and fortress inherent in rivals. But he was attracted by football. He was engaged in a schoolboy in the city club "Bayonna". Despite the fact that the corresponding section opened in the year, the team played exclusively in amateur tournaments. One of them was attended by the Scouts of Nan, who were interested in the summer teenager.

Soon, Didier signed his first contract, laying the beginning of a brilliant career, one of the steps of which was the victory at the home championship. After her, the stadium in his native Bayonne was renamed, and at present the club, in which Desha took the first steps, plays in the arena of his name. The football player at the Nanta Academy, considered one of the strongest in the country, the young man was engaged in two years.

In the middle of X Desham, a debut match played in the First League of France. In the year, the summer midfielder left the club, moving to Olympic Marseille, for which he played one season. But in the third team - Bordeaux - Didier lasted no longer. In the year, he again began to play for Olympic Marseille and achieved impressive results. First, the team for the fourth time in a row and in the seventh in the entire history of the club won the French championship.

Two years later, she confirmed the title. And in the year for the first time in the history of the country, the French club brought home the won Cup of the Champions League. Didier set a record, at the age of 24, becoming the youngest captain whose team won this tournament. Juventus became interested in the record holder. In the year, Desha moved to the Turin club. For a five -year period of performances, it came the heyday of the playing career of the midfielder.

The team won the national championship three times, won the Italian Cup and Super Cup. Embed from Getty Images Didier Desham in Juventus, following the results of the season in the homeland of the Legionnaire, was called a football player of the year. But the real recognition came to Desham at the World Cup - France, which never won the World Cup, acted as the mistress of the next mundial.

Desha, invited to the national team in the year, was elected captain. The football player for a club career scored only 19 goals, for the national team - four goals. According to his predecessor, the ex-captain of the national team of Eric Canton, Didier performed the functions of Aquarius, bearing in mind that he always remained in the shadow of great players. Later in an interview with Desha, recalling this, he emphasized that he really did not consider himself an outstanding player, did not claim the role of Zinedine Zidan, but, according to the midfielder, "to build a building, not only architects, but also mowgers are needed." By the subsequent victory at the European Championship, the season in Chelsea remained behind his shoulders, which won the Cup of England, and the athlete chose Valencia for himself with the final site.

Coach Didier Desham, a former football player began to work a few months later: he was invited to Monaco. There was no bright debut: after the first year of training under the leadership of Desham, the team was on the verge of departure from the National League. The club’s leadership decided to give a novice mentor a second chance. And a year later, FC won the national championship, and in the M washing to the final of the Champions League.

The team that suffered from the corruption scandal was on the verge of collapse. As a punishment, the club was transferred from series A to series B, which is why it was left by the strongest players. Desham managed to return FC the right to play in the first league of the country in a year: he won 28 of 42 matches. But due to conflicts about the transfer policy, the coach left.

All three seasons that the team trained under the leadership of Didier, he won the Cups of the French League. In the year, Marseille won the National Championship and for two years in a row became the owner of the country's super -cup. In the year, Desha was replaced by Loran Blanc as the main mentor of the national team.And two years later, at the European home championship, Didier brought the wards to the final, where they lost to Portugal.

The statement of Desham is known: "The coach is responsible for ninety percent of the defeat and celebrates only ten percent of victories." The mentor of France explained that his task is to influence the worldview of players, with a cold head to lead them through difficulties. Dider adhered to this principle and at the World Cup in the first place he put a psychologically comfortable atmosphere in the team, for the sake of preserving which he was ready to refuse to call a team of professionals involved in scandals with fights.

The national team, led by Desham, has become the World Cup triumph in Russia. The Croatian national team, for the first time in the final of the mundial, lost to the French national team with a score of 2: 4. Didier, who gave the country the second star on the form, did not hide joy at the award ceremony. This did not break Desham, who continued coaching activities. At the end of the year, the mentor, along with the national team, went to Qatar at the World Cup.

Earlier it became known that the coach relied on Karim Benzem, outside the national team playing for Real. The scandalous player missed several large tournaments due to an accusation of m in blackmail. Having received the opportunity to go on the field again, the athlete was not in the best shape due to injuries that put his participation in the World Cup in Qatar into question.

At the same time, he called the condition under which this will become possible: if the national team enters the semifinals. The president also emphasized that he did not consider the head of the French national team Zinedine Zidan, although the conversations that he could change Desham had already appeared in the press. As a result, Didier not only fulfilled, but also exceeded the task of the president of the Federation.

He brought the French national team to the final, where his wards lost to the Argentines. But after the Desham team brought home silver medals, there was no question of dismissal. The coach prefers not to tell reporters about personal life and family. It is known that he has a Claude's wife. Together with his wife, Desham raised his son Dylan, who was born in the year.

The growth of the former football player - cm, weight - 72 kg. Didier Desham now the main event of the year for Desham was a trip to the euro. During the group stage, the French national team did not perform very well: the match with the Austrians ended 1: 0, although in favor of the French, and meeting with teams from the Netherlands and Poland crowned a draw. Some criticized the wards of Didier, but he advised everyone to be dissatisfied with switching the channel and not watch the games.

They accompanied the French team and problems with players. So, the hope of the team Kilian Mbappe in a match against Austria broke his nose and was forced to miss the next game, and came to a meeting with the Poles in a special mask. Olivier Giru, according to Desham, was not enough involved in the competition, and Antoine Griezmann completely criticized the mentor. And Didier was noted by personal achievement: victorious games appeared on his account as a mentor of the national team.

They were able to beat the Belgians Deshama wards with a minimum score - in the quarter -finals they met with the Portuguese national team. The French managed to go through her only in the post -match series of the penalty. Didier noted that his team’s hit in the four of the best was already a habit, but urged the players not to relax in front of the semifinals.

Desham admitted that his wards were not effective enough in the attack this time.

Despite the non -trip to the final, the French football federation announced their intention to preserve Didier as head coach of the national team. At the beginning of the year, Deshas announced that he would leave his position after the World Cup in metro station didzer was the third in the history of football, who became the world champion and as a player and as a coach.

The other two are Franz Beckenbauer and Mario Zagallo. In the photo of Desham, you can rarely see smiling: the athlete is trying not to show his teeth, which are not in the best shape. There are rumors on the sidelines that he does not seek to rectify the situation, as he is panicky afraid of dentists. The image appeared as support by the Russian fans of the French national team in the final of the mundial.