Manuel Amoros

Manuel Amoros
	Amoros with France at the 1986 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Amoros
Date of birth	1 February 1962 (age 64)
Place of birth	Nîmes, Gard, France
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position	Right-back
Youth career
1972–1977	Gallia Club Lunel
1977–1980	Monaco
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1980	Monaco II
1980–1989	Monaco
1989–1993	Marseille
1993–1995	Lyon
1995–1996	Marseille
1999	AS Saint-Rémy
Total
International career
1982–1992	France
Managerial career
2004–2006	Kuwait (assistant)
2010	Comoros
2012–2014	Benin
Medal record
Representing France
UEFA European Championship
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Amoros (born 1 February 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He was capped 82 times for France, and played in the UEFA European Championships finals of 1984 and 1992, and the FIFA World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986.

Biography

Amoros was born in Nîmes, Gard, to Spanish parents escaping from Francisco Franco's regime. He represented the France national team.

In June 2010, Amoros was appointed national team manager for the Comoros Islands, which coached to September 2010. In January 2012, he was named new coach of Benin, replacing Edme Codjo, who had been in charge since August 2011.

Honours

Monaco

Marseille

Division 1: 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
UEFA Champions League: 1992–93;^{[citation needed]} runner-up: 1990–91

France

UEFA European Championship: 1984
FIFA World Cup third place: 1986^{[citation needed]}

Individual

FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1982^{[citation needed]}
Onze d'Argent: 1986^{[citation needed]}
French Player of the Year: 1986^{[citation needed]}
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986^{[citation needed]}
World XI: 1986
World Soccer World XI: 1986, 1987
Onze Mondial: 1986, 1987, 1988

References

↑ "Manuel Amoros". Verif.com (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Manuel Amoros". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
↑ "Joueur – Manuel AMOROS – FFF". Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
1 2 Bories, Flavien (3 March 2018). "Manuel Amoros : " Mes origines espagnoles m'ont donné cette fierté "". SoFoot (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2025.
↑ "Manuel Amoros sélectionneur national des Comores". 16 June 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
↑ "Fédération Internationale de Football Association". FIFA. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo. "Matches of FIFA XI". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
↑ "Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties". Beyond The Last Man. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
↑ Pierrend, José Luis. ""Onze Mondial" Awards". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

External links

Manuel Amoros at the French Football Federation (in French)
Manuel Amoros – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] "Manuel Amoros". Verif.com (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2025.

[Lequipe-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Manuel Amoros". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 March 2025.

[3] "Joueur – Manuel AMOROS – FFF". Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

[sofoot-4] 1 2 Bories, Flavien (3 March 2018). "Manuel Amoros : " Mes origines espagnoles m'ont donné cette fierté "". SoFoot (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2025.

[5] "Manuel Amoros sélectionneur national des Comores". 16 June 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2010.

[6] "Fédération Internationale de Football Association". FIFA. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.

[7] Leme de Arruda, Marcelo. "Matches of FIFA XI". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2025.

[BTLM80s-8] "Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties". Beyond The Last Man. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

[9] Pierrend, José Luis. ""Onze Mondial" Awards". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.