Resignation announced
Out after 14 years? The end of an era is in sight
France's World Cup-winning coach Didier Deschamps is stepping down as national team coach after the 2026 World Cup. The 56-year-old confirmed corresponding media reports to French TV station TF1 on Wednesday. Deschamps' contract expires after the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico. France still have to qualify for the finals.
"That's where it will end, because it has to end at some point. It's very clear in my head," said Deschamps. He had "tried with the same desire and passion to keep France at the highest level", he said. However, 2026 is a very good time to stop. This will mark the end of an era in France. Deschamps, a highly decorated former international, has been coach of Les Bleus since 2012.
2018 World Cup title and 2022 final
He succeeded Laurent Blanc at the time. His greatest success with the Équipe Tricolore was winning the 2018 World Cup title in Russia. Four years later, the French reached the final again in Qatar, which they lost to Argentina on penalties. Recently, however, there had been criticism of the coach and the team. Zinédine Zidane is already being touted as Deschamps' successor.
Also successful as a player
Deschamps was not only successful as a coach, but also as a player. He became world champion in his own country in 1998 and European champion two years later. He also won the Champions League twice - once with Olympique Marseille (1993) and once with Italian club Juventus Turin (1996). Apart from Deschamps, only the Brazilian Mario Zagallo and the German legend Franz Beckenbauer have managed to become world champions as a player and coach.
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