Jean Tigana

Jean Tigana
Tigana in 2000 or 2001
Personal information
Full name Amadou Jean Tigana
Date of birth (1955-06-23) 23 June 1955
Place of birth Bamako, French Sudan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
1965–1972 ASPTT Marseille
1972–1974 SO Les Caillols
1974–1975 Cassis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1978 Toulon 76 (10)
1978–1981 Lyon 104 (15)
1981–1989 Bordeaux 251 (11)
1989–1991 Marseille 56 (0)
Total 487 (36)
International career
1980–1988 France 52 (1)
Managerial career
1993–1995 Lyon
1995–1999 Monaco
2000–2003 Fulham
2005–2007 Beşiktaş
2010–2011 Bordeaux
2012 Shanghai Shenhua
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
1986
UEFA European Championship
Winner1984
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amadou Jean Tigana (born 23 June 1955) is a French former football player and manager. A central midfielder, he was renowned as one of the best midfielders in the world during the 1980s. He spent his entire playing career in France, and made 52 appearances and scored one goal for the France national team. Following his playing career, he became a manager, coaching clubs in France, England, Turkey and China.