Michel Dussuyer
French football player and manager (born 1959)
Michel Dussuyer (born 28 May 1959) is a French football coach and former professional player.
Playing career
Dussuyer played club football as a goalkeeper for Cannes, Nice and Alès.
Coaching career
Dussuyer was an assistant coach at Cannes between 1996 and 2002.
He was appointed as manager of the Guinea national team in September 2002. He led them to the 2004 African Cup of Nations, their first appearance in the competition since 1998. The country reached the quarter-finals of the competition - their best result in 30 years - but he resigned in March 2004, citing family reasons.
In 2006, he was an assistant coach to Henri Michel for the Ivory Coast national team, for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. He returned to Cannes as manager, from 2006 to 2007.
He was appointed as manager of the Benin national team in June 2008. He was sacked in February 2010, along with the rest of the coaching staff.
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