Jacques Santini

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fullname = Jacques Santini
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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1952|4|25|mf=y
cityofbirth = Delle
countryofbirth = France
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position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1964-1969
youthclubs = Fesches
years = 1969-1981
1981-1983
1983-1985
clubs = AS Saint-Étienne
Montpellier HSC
CA Lisieux
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manageryears = 1983-1985 1985-1989 1989-1992 1992-1994 1994-1995
1997-2000
2000-2002
2002-2004
2004
2005-2006
managerclubs = CA Lisieux Toulouse FC Lille OSC AS Saint-Étienne FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Olympique Lyonnais technical director
Olympique Lyonnais
France
Tottenham Hotspur
AJ Auxerre Jacques Santini (born April 25, 1952 in Delle, France) is a former football player and manager. He played for AS Saint-Étienne during the 1970s, and reached the European Cup final with them in 1976. He has managed Toulouse FC, Lille OSC, AS Saint-Étienne, FC Sochaux, Olympique Lyonnais, France, Tottenham Hotspur and AJ Auxerre.

Santini replaced Roger Lemerre as France manager in 2002. He had already resigned from the position before Euro 2004, where France surprisingly lost to Greece in the quarter-final.

Santini took the managerial position at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur after Euro 2004. He was known for a defensive style, which resulted in a series of 1-0 victories. He surprisingly announced his resignation after just 13 games. Officially, Santini left England due to personal problems, but it was widely reported that a series of disagreements with then Sporting Director Frank Arnesen led to his departure.

He was most recently the head coach of AJ Auxerre in Ligue 1, but was sacked in 2006 due to the club's failure to qualify for European competition.

On June 23 2008, Santini was linked with the vacant managerial position at Scottish Premier League club Hearts. [ [http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/49426] , Daily Express, June 23 2008]

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External links

*soccerbase (manager)|id=1910|name=Jacques Santini
* [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/manager?id=18&cc=5901 Jacques Santini] at Soccernet
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selectionneur.php?id=SANTINI Profile on French federation site]