Michel Der Zakarian
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Der Zakarian as Nantes manager in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michel Der Zakarian | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1974 | Vivaux Maronniers | ||
| 1974–1979 | Mazargues | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1988 | Nantes | 140 | (1) |
| 1988–1998 | Montpellier | 233 | (15) |
| Total | 373 | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Armenia | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Montpellier C | ||
| 2006 | Nantes B | ||
| 2007–2008 | Nantes | ||
| 2009–2012 | Clermont | ||
| 2012–2016 | Nantes | ||
| 2016–2017 | Reims | ||
| 2017–2021 | Montpellier | ||
| 2021–2022 | Brest | ||
| 2023–2024 | Montpellier | ||
| 2025 | Caen | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Michel Der Zakarian (Armenian: Միշել Տեր-Զաքարյան, born on 18 February 1963) is an Armenian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Raised in France, he played for Nantes and Montpellier, and earned five caps for the Armenia national team in the mid-1990s. As a manager, he led Nantes, Montpellier (two spells each) and Brest in Ligue 1, and Clermont, Reims, and Caen in Ligue 2.