Bruno Metsu

French association football player and manager

Bruno Metsu (28 January 1954 - 14 October 2013) was a French footballer-turned manager. He died of colon cancer.[3]

Bruno Metsu
Metsu in 2012
Personal information
Full name Bruno Jean Cornil Metsu[1]
Date of birth (1954-01-28)28 January 1954[1]
Place of birth Coudekerque-Branche,[1] France
Date of death 15 October 2013(2013-10-15) (aged 59)[1]
Place of death Coudekerque-Branche,[1] France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Youth career
1969–1970 Hazebrouck
1970–1973 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1974 Dunkerque 27 (1)
1974–1975 Hazebrouck 34 (6)
1975–1979 Valenciennes 119 (13)
1979–1981 Lille 57 (3)
1981–1983 Nice 64 (5)
1983–1984 Roubaix 20 (0)
1984–1987 Beauvais
Teams managed
1987–1988 Beauvais (youth team)
1988–1992 Beauvais
1992–1993 Lille
1993–1994 Valenciennes
1995–1998 Sedan
1998–1999 Valence
2000 Guinea
2000–2002 Senegal
2002–2004 Al Ain
2004–2006 Al-Gharafa
2006 Al-Ittihad
2006–2008 United Arab Emirates
2008–2011 Qatar
2011–2012 Al-Gharafa
2012 Al Wasl
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Senegal (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2002
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Honours as a manager change

Club change

Al-Ain

Al-Gharafa

International change

Senegal

United Arab Emirates

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Fichier des décès – années 2010 à 2018" [Death file – years 2010 to 2018] (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Bruno Metsu". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. "UAE former coach Bruno Metsu dies of cancer". gulfnews.com. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-10-15.