Jean-Louis Gasset

Jean-Louis Gasset (9 December 1953 – 26 December 2025) was a French footballer and manager. As a footballer, he played as a midfielder, spending ten years playing for his hometown club Montpellier.

As a manager, he coached Montpellier (where he won the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup), Caen, Istres,  Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux, the Ivory Coast, and Marseille. He also worked as an assistant manager under Luis Fernández at Paris Saint-Germain and Espanyol, and under Laurent Blanc at Bordeaux, France and Paris Saint-Germain.

While manager of the Ivory Coast, he managed the team at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. He resigned from the job on 24 January 2024, after a poor performance in the group stages, and was replaced by Emerse Faé, who helped the Ivory Coast win the tournament.

Gasset died on 26 December 2025, at the age of 72.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure	TeamNatFromToRecord				Montpellier1 July 199830 November 1999Caen1 September 200030 June 2001Istres17 January 200516 September 2006Montpellier30 January 201723 May 2017Saint-Étienne20 December 201730 June 2019Bordeaux10 August 202027 July 2021Ivory Coast20 May 202224 January 2024Marseille20 February 202419 May 2024Montpellier22 October 20247 April 2025Total

Honours
Player
Montpellier
Division 2: 1980–81
Ligue de la Méditerranée: 1975–76

Manager
Montpellier
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999

References

Other websites
 Jean-Louis Gasset at Soccerway


Category:1953 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:People from Montpellier
Category:French footballers
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:French football managers