Michel Der Zakarian

Michel Der Zakarian
Der Zakarian as Nantes manager in 2015
Personal information
Full name Michel Der Zakarian
Date of birth (1963-02-18) 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.