The third person to win the World Cup both as a football player and as a Manager: Who is Didier Deschamps?

Italian Vittorio Pozzo was the only coach in the history of the World Cup who enjoyed the championship twice. France coach Didier Deschamps will share Pozzo's record if his team wins the championship.

There is only one coach in the history of the World Cup who has won the title twice. He is the Italian Vittorio Pozzo. The Italy he coached won the championship twice in a row, in the championship in Italy in 1934 and in the tournament in France in 1938.

After Pozzo, no other coach has experienced this joy twice in the history of the organization. Didier Deschamps, who led France to the championship in the last World Cup, will share Pozzo's record if he repeats the same success in Qatar 2022.

Life story

Born in the commune of Bayonne in the southwest of France in 1968, Deschamps took an interest in sports like many children. Deschamps, who was first involved in rugby, later started playing football. The place where he started football was the Aviron Bayonnais club in his own commune. However, the club here was not enough for the highly talented Deschamps. He moved to the Nantes club at the age of 15, where he captained. Before long, coaches and football players discovered his disciplined and organized game, and in 1989 he transferred to the Olympic de Marseille.

Deschamps soon took the captaincy of the Marseille club. It was his performance in the 1993 Champions League match against Milan that made Olympique Marseille champions, making him well-known by the football world. According to many, Deschamps was very influential in this championship.

He was selected by Michele Platini, the coach of the time, as a member of the French team for the World Cup tournaments held in 1990 and 1994. However, France did not qualify for the World Cup in 1994. But in 1998 the situation changed for the French. Deschamps was again one of the most important members of the team when France won the trophy in the 1998 World Cup hosted by France. The same team took home the Euro 2000 Cup in 2000.

Deschamps was ranked among the best midfielders in the world in 1999. He transferred to Chelsea in 2000. A year later he made his jubilee at the Valencia football club.

Summary of football life

The French football player, who signed his first professional contract with Nantes in 1985, took part in 111 matches and scored 4 goals during his 4 seasons there.

Stunning with his successful performance in the midfield, Deschamps transferred to Marseille, one of the important clubs of France, in 1991.

He played in 106 matches for Marseille between 1991-94. The experienced midfielder, who supported his team with 5 goals, transferred to Juventus, one of the world's giants, in 1994.

Between 1994-1999, he had the chance to play in 124 matches with the Italian team and aired the opponent's nets 4 times.

Deschamps, who is now at the end of his career, ended his professional football career in 2001 after spending the 1990-2000 season in Chelsea and the 2000-01 season in Valencia.

He also took part in 103 matches for the French National Team between 1989-2000.

Deschamps, who started his sports career as a coach in 2001, when he finished his professional football career, coached Monaco between 2001-05.

Coaching career

The defender who was the captain of the national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, when the France national football team won the trophy at home. After leaving active football, he started to work as a coach. After playing AS Monaco in the UEFA Champions League Final for the first time in its history, he became the head of Juventus, which was relegated to the second league after the match-fixing scandal in 2006.

July 2018

After beating Croatia in the final of the FIFA World Cup held in Russia, France's Coach Didier Deschamps also made history. Deschamps became the third person to win the World Cup both as a player and as a Manager. The French coach was part of the team that won the cup as captain in the 1998 World Cup.

Summary of Coaching career

After the success in 2000, Deschamps retired and started coaching. He coached teams such as Monaco, Juventus and Olympic Marseille. In 2004, he led Monaco to the Champions League final. He later moved to Juventus. He moved Juventus, who played in Serie B in Italy, to Serie A due to the penalty he received at the time. After that, Deschamps moved to the Olympic Marseille club, where he gave Marseille a championship. He has been coaching the French National Team since 2012.

MARIO ZAGALLO AND FRANZ BECKENBAUER ALSO WINS

Brazilian Mario Zagallo previously won the World Cup as a football player in 1958 and 1962, and as a coach in 1970. German Franz Beckenbauer became the champion in 1974 as a football player and as a coach in 1990.

The teams he has worked for are as follows;

2001-2005 Monaco

2006-2007 Juventus

2009-2012 Marseille

2012- France