Franck Passi
French footballer
Franck Passi (born 28 March 1966) is a French football coach and former player.
Coaching career
Passi worked in a player recruitment role for one of his old clubs, Marseille, between 2007 and 2010 before becoming reserve team coach at the club in May 2010. In 2012, he was promoted again, this time as assistant coach to Elie Baup. After the departure of Baup in December 2013, Passi continued his duties as assistant coach under José Anigo, as well as under Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa.
In August 2015, after Bielsa left following defeat in the opening game of the season, Passi was appointed caretaker boss. In the one game of his tenure, his Ligue 1 debut away to Reims, the team lost 1–0.
On 19 April 2016, Bielsa's successor Míchel was sacked on the day before the Coupe de France semi-final against Sochaux, and Passi took temporary charge for the second time in the season. He won the game 1–0 through Florian Thauvin's goal. In the 2016 Coupe de France Final, the team lost 4–2 to Le Classique rivals Paris Saint-Germain. Passi saved Marseille from relegation and led the club for exactly six months until October 2016, when Rudi Garcia was hired as Míchel's replacement following the club's takeover by Frank McCourt.
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