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{{Short description|French football manager (born 1955)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Christian Gourcuff
| image = Stade rennais vs USM Alger, July 16th 2016 - Christian Gourcuff 3.jpg
| caption = Gourcuff as manager of [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]] in 2016
| full_name = Christian Jean Gourcuff<ref name="Legion">{{cite journal |date=31 March 2013 |title=Décret du 29 mars 2013 portant promotion et nomination |trans-title=Decree of 29 March 2013 on promotion and appointment |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000027248227 |journal=Official Journal of the French Republic |volume=2013 |issue=77 |id=PREX1307219D |access-date=9 March 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|4|5|df=y}}<ref name="lequipe">{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheEntraineur12.html |title=Christian Gourcuff |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=9 March 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Hanvec]],<ref name="lequipe"/> Finistère, France
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| years1 = 1972–1974
| clubs1 = [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1974–1978
| clubs2 = US Berné
| years3 = 1978–1980
| clubs3 = [[En Avant Guingamp|Guingamp]]
| caps3 = 40
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1980–1981
| clubs4 = [[FC Rouen|Rouen]]
| caps4 = 28
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1981–1982
| clubs5 = [[FC La Chaux-de-Fonds|La Chaux-de-Fonds]]
| years6 = 1982–1986
| clubs6 = [[FC Lorient|Lorient]]
| years7 = 1986–1989
| clubs7 = [[Le Mans Union Club 72|Le Mans]]
| years8 = 1989
| clubs8 = [[Montreal Supra]]
| caps8 = 6
| goals8 = 0
| nationalteam1 = [[Brittany national football team|Brittany]]
| nationalyears1 = 1988
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1982–1986
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Lorient|Lorient]]
| manageryears2 = 1986–1989
| managerclubs2 = [[Le Mans Union Club 72|Le Mans]]
| manageryears3 = 1989–1991
| managerclubs3 = Pont-l'Abbé
| manageryears4 = 1991–2001
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Lorient|Lorient]]
| manageryears5 = 2001–2002
| managerclubs5 = [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]
| manageryears6 = 2002–2003
| managerclubs6 = [[Al-Gharafa Sports Club|Al-Ittihad]]
| manageryears7 = 2003–2014
| managerclubs7 = [[FC Lorient|Lorient]]
| manageryears8 = 2014–2016
| managerclubs8 = [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]]
| manageryears9 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs9 = [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]
| manageryears10 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs10 = [[Al-Gharafa SC|Al-Gharafa]]
| manageryears11 = 2019–2020
| managerclubs11 = [[FC Nantes|Nantes]]
}}
'''Christian Jean Gourcuff''' (born 5 April 1955) is a French former professional [[Association football|football]] player and manager. He spent a majority of his managerial career at [[FC Lorient|Lorient]], where he was the head coach for 25 years across three different spells.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 May 2014 |title=Christian Gourcuff : "Ces 25 ans à Lorient, c'était bien" |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/fc-lorient/ligue-1-christian-gourcuff-ces-25-ans-lorient-cetait-bien-2544298 |access-date=10 February 2025 |website=[[Ouest-France]] |language=Fr}}</ref> 

==Club career==
During his playing career, Gourcuff played for [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennais]], US Berné, [[En Avant Guingamp|Guingamp]], [[FC Rouen|Rouen]], [[FC La Chaux-de-Fonds|La Chaux-de-Fonds]], [[FC Lorient|Lorient]], [[Le Mans Union Club 72|Le Mans]] and [[Montreal Supra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.footmercato.net/entraineur/j110862_christian-gourcuff|title=Christian Gourcuff - Footmercato.net|website=Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/stats/p-gourcchr001| title = Christian Gourcuff soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com}}</ref>

== International career ==
Gourcuff played one match for the [[Brittany national football team|Brittany regional team]] in 1988. It was an indoor game against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]], and the final score was 6–2 in favor of Brittany.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bervas|first=Loïc|title=Christian Gourcuff : un autre regard sur le football|publisher=Liv'éditions|year=2013|isbn=978-2844972637|language=fr|trans-title=Christian Gourcuff: another look on football}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
Becoming a player-manager at the age of 27, Gourcuff coached [[FC Lorient|Lorient]], [[Le Mans Union Club 72|Le Mans]], Pont-l'Abbé, [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Stade Rennais]] and [[Al-Gharafa Sports Club|Al-Ittihad]].

On 4 August 2014, Gourcuff was officially unveiled as the new head coach of the [[Algeria national football team|Algeria national team]], taking over the vacant spot left by the departure of [[Vahid Halilhodžić]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/2014/08/04/christian-gourcuff-a-signe-son-contrat-avec-la-faf-49492.php|title=Christian Gourcuff a signé son contrat avec la FAF|date=4 August 2014|publisher=DZfoot|access-date=4 August 2014|language=fr}}</ref>
On 3 February 2015, Gourcuff was given a new deal despite Algeria's quarter-final exit at the Africa Cup of Nations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31120117|title=Algeria renew Christian Gourcuff's contract|date=3 February 2015|website=BBC Sport|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref>

In the 2018–19 season, Gourcuff was the head coach of Qatari club [[Al-Gharafa SC|Al-Gharafa]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-23 |title=Christian Gourcuff : « Au Qatar, on jouait devant 30 personnes » |url=https://www.sofoot.com/articles/christian-gourcuff-au-qatar-on-jouait-devant-30-personnes-copa-america-2019-gr-b-argentine |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=SOFOOT.com |language=fr}}</ref>

==Personal life==
His son, [[Yoann Gourcuff|Yoann]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clashfoot.com/article-27557162.html |title=Christian Gourcuff, au nom du père, le fils (Partie 1/4) - Toute l'Information du Football sur Clash Foot - Sport |access-date=2010-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215085012/http://www.clashfoot.com/article-27557162.html |archive-date=2009-12-15 }}</ref> is also a professional footballer who represented France at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

==Managerial statistics==
{{Updated|match played 6 December 2020}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure	
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
|[[FC Lorient|Lorient]]
|1 July 1982
|1 July 1986
{{WDL|125|64|26|35}}
|-
|[[Le Mans Union Club 72|Le Mans]]
|1 July 1986
|1 January 1989
{{WDL|83|37|21|25}}
|-
|Pont-L'Abbé
| 1 September 1989
|1 July 1991
{{WDL|52|15|12|25}}
|-
|[[FC Lorient|Lorient]]
|1 July 1991
|1 July 2001
{{WDL|404|166|109|129}}
|-
|[[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]
|1 July 2001
|1 July 2002
{{WDL|44|17|8|19}}
|-
|[[Al-Gharafa Sports Club|Al-Ittihad]]
|1 July 2002
|30 June 2003
{{WDL|21|9|9|3}}
|-
|[[FC Lorient|Lorient]]
|1 July 2003
|25 May 2014
{{WDL|465|168|138|159}}
|-
|[[Algeria national football team|Algeria]]
|1 August 2014
|3 April 2016
{{WDL|21|13|3|5}}
|-
|[[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]
|17 May 2016
|8 November 2017
{{WDL|55|19|17|19}}
|-
|[[Al-Gharafa SC|Al-Gharafa]]
|19 May 2018
|3 June 2019
{{WDL|33|13|8|12}}
|-
|[[FC Nantes|Nantes]]
|8 August 2019
|8 December 2020
{{WDL|44|16|7|21}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|1347|537|358|452}}
|}

==Honours==
'''Orders'''
*[[Knight of the Legion of Honour]]: 2013<ref name="Legion"/>

==References==
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