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{{Short description|Mauritian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jean-Marc Ithier
| image = 
| fullname = Jean-Marc Ithier
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|07|15}}
| birth_place = [[Rodrigues (island)|Rodrigues]], [[Mauritius]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1988–1999
| years2 = 1999–2006
| clubs1 = [[Sunrise Flacq United]]
| clubs2 = [[Santos Cape Town]]
| caps1 = 147
| caps2 = 203
| goals1 = 66
| goals2 = 71
| nationalyears1 = 1988–2003
| nationalteam1 = [[Mauritius national football team|Mauritius]]
| nationalcaps1 = 50
| nationalgoals1 = 11
| manageryears1 = 2007–2008
| managerclubs1 = [[Santos Cape Town]]
}}

'''Jean-Marc Ithier''' (born 15 July 1965 in [[Rodrigues (island)|Rodrigues]]) is a retired [[Mauritian]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/sport/ithier-plans-to-help-bafana-20120305|title=Ithier plans to help Bafana|publisher=news24.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/bring-it-on-says-ithier-577117|title=Bring it on, says Ithier|publisher=iol.co.za}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/ithier-the-key-to-setting-the-sun-on-downs-495085|title=Ithier the key to setting the sun on Downs|publisher=iol.co.za}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/ithier-to-coach-sa-homeless-world-cup-team-298270|title=Ithier to coach SA Homeless World Cup team|publisher=iol.co.za}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/masinga-takes-pressure-off-ithier-31014|title=Masinga takes pressure off Ithier|publisher=iol.co.za}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snl24.com/kickoff/sanews/premiership/best-foreign-striker-jean-marc-ithier-no-17-20150715|title=Best Foreign Striker - Jean-Marc Ithier|publisher=snl24.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thisisfootball.africa/bartlett-and-ithier-would-have-been-unplayable/|title=Bartlett and Ithier would have been unplayable|publisher=thisisfootball.africa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.5plus.mu/sport/jean-marc-ithier-peut-faire-un-bon-resultat|title=JKEAN-MARC ITHIER : "ON PEUT FAIRE UN BON RÉSULTAT"|publisher=5plus.mu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.5plus.mu/node/718|title=" UN CLUB MAURICIEN AURAIT PU REMPORTER LA LIGUE DES CHAMPIONS "|publisher=5plus.mu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.5plus.mu/sport/marco-ithier-sur-les-traces-de-son-pere|title=MARCO ITHIER : SUR LES TRACES DE SON PÈre|publisher=5plus.mu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.5plus.mu/sport/formation-liverpool-fc-sinteresse-la-jean-marc-ithier-soccer-academy|title=LIVERPOOL FC S’INTÉRESSE À LA JEAN-MARC ITHIER SOCCER ACADEMY|publisher=5plus.mu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lexpress.mu/article/352277/jioi-2019-jean-marc-ithier-cetait-leffort-dune-equipe-et-dune-nation-qui-poussait|title=Jean-Marc Ithier: "C’était l’effort d’une équipe et d’une nation qui poussait…"|publisher=lexpress.mu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lexpress.mu/article/jean-marc-ithier-des-adieux-en-h%C3%A9ros|title=Jean-Marc Ithier des adieux en héros|publisher=lexpress.mu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lexpress.mu/article/martine-hennequin-et-jean-marc-ithier-pl%C3%A9biscit%C3%A9s|title=Jean-Marc Ithier plébiscités|publisher=lexpress.mu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lexpress.mu/article/328052/football-primordial-creer-un-plan-daction-objectifs-bien-precis-dit-jean-marc-ithier|title="Primordial de créer un plan d’action avec des objectifs bien précis" dit Jean-Marc Ithier|publisher=lexpres.mu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport.defimedia.info/node/21763|title=Jean-Marc Ithier : "Le Club M doit tout donner et gagner"|publisher=defimedia.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport.defimedia.info/node/13895|title= Ces Mauriciens qui brillent ailleurs|publisher=defimedia.info}}</ref> Besides Mauritius, he has played in South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/premiership/throwback-thursday-jean-marc-ithier-on-why-he-never-joined-big-psl-clubs/695113|title=Ithier reveals how Pirates missed out|publisher=kickoff.com}}</ref>

==Career==

=== Club Football ===
Ithier played for Sunrise Flacq United from 1988 to 1999 and won two trebles in 1991-92 and 1995-96. He played 147 times for the team and scored 66 times. Ithier joined [[South Africa]] [[Premier Soccer League]] club [[Engen Santos]] from the Mauritian club [[Sunrise Flacq United]] in 1999, and played for the ''People's Team'' until his retirement in 2006. With 71 goals, he is also the club's all-time leading goal-scorer.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Ithier was appointed [[Engen Santos]]' caretaker coach after the departure of head coach [[Roger De Sa]], who joined [[Bidvest Wits]] after the 06/07 season but was later replaced by [[David Bright (football manager)|David Bright]] of [[Botswana]]. Ithier became an assistant to the club's current head coach, [[Boebie Solomons]]. In 2011, Ithier left the club to venture into his own project after deciding to open a football academy that will help develop young talented footballers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/article/south-africa/santos-ithier-out-notoane-otieno-in |title=Ithier Leaves |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711051441/http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/article/south-africa/santos-ithier-out-notoane-otieno-in |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ithier also previously coached the South African [[Homeless World Cup]] squad.<ref>{{cite web |title=President Mbeki Welcomes Homeless World Cup |url=http://www.homelessworldcup.org/content/opening-day-1 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216140639/http://www3.homelessworldcup.org/content/opening-day-1 |archivedate=2008-12-16 |accessdate=2009-08-13 |publisher=[[Homeless World Cup]]}}</ref>

=== International Football ===
Ithier played for Mauritius 50 times and has the 7th most appearances and goals.

== Goal Tally's ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Sunrise Flacq United]]
!Season
!Appearances
!Goals
!Assists
!Red Cards
!League Title
!Cup win
|-
|1988/89
|1+
|?
|?
|1
|1
|0
|-
|1989/90
|?
|?
|?
|?
|1
|0
|-
|1990/91
|1+
|?
|?
|1
|1
|0
|-
|1991/92
|?
|?
|?
|?
|1
|1
|-
|1992/93
|12
|3
|0
|2
|0
|1
|-
|1993/94
|21
|9
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|1994/95
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1995/96
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1996/97
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1997/98
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1998/99
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}

== Honours ==

=== [[Sunrise Flacq United]] ===

* [[Mauritian Premier League]]:  1988-89, 1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1992, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997
* [[Mauritian Cup|Mauritian cup]] 1991-92, 1992–93, 1995–96
* [[Mauritian Republic Cup]] 1989-90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98

=== [[Santos F.C. (South Africa)|Engen Santos]] ===

* [[South African Premiership]]: 2001-02
* [[MTN8 Cup:]] 2002-03
* [[Nedbank Cup]]: 2000-01, 2002–03

=== [[Mauritius national football team|International]] ===

* [[Indian Ocean games|Indian Ocean games: 2002-03]]

== JMI ==
His football club, J.M.I. is now in the Cape Town Tygerberg Under 14 seventh division. JMI are currently 1 point behind Sunningdale FC's C team who are in first although JMI does have a game in hand. His club also has an U7, U9, U12, U14 and first team. The U14 team currently is coached by him and two others. The U14s went undefeated until the last match which they lost. They scored 100+ goals, conceded roughly 30 and have a goal difference of roughly 70. In the 2024 Season they finished second to Sunningdale FC's C team. Their next season is starting in a few weeks. (All information is accurate as of 24 February 2025)

==Career statistics==
===International goals===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 6 June 1989 || [[Stade Linite]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]], [[Seychelles]] || {{fb|SEY|1977}} || 2–1 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] 
|-
| 2. || 24 June 1990 || [[Botswana National Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Gaborone]], [[Botswana]] || {{fb|BOT}} || 1–0 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] 
|-
| 3. || 1 July 1990 || [[Independence Stadium (Namibia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Windhoek]], [[Namibia]] || {{fb|NAM}} || 2–1 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] 
|-
| 4. || 25 August 1990 || [[Mahamasina Municipal Stadium]], [[Antananarivo]], [[Madagascar]] || {{fb|SEY|1977}} || 2–0 || Win || [[Football at the 1990 Indian Ocean Island Games|1990 Indian Ocean Games]]
|-
| 5. || 27 August 1990 || [[Mahamasina Municipal Stadium]], [[Antananarivo]], [[Madagascar]] || {{fb|COM|1978}} || 4–0 || Win || [[Football at the 1990 Indian Ocean Island Games|1990 Indian Ocean Games]]
|-
| 6. || 30 August 1990 || [[Mahamasina Municipal Stadium]], [[Antananarivo]], [[Madagascar]] || {{fb|MAD}} || 1–5 || Loss || [[Football at the 1990 Indian Ocean Island Games|1990 Indian Ocean Games]]
|-
| 7. || 9 August 1992 || [[Setsoto Stadium]], [[Maseru]], [[Lesotho]] || {{fb|LES|1987}} || 2–2 || Draw || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| 8. || 25 July 1993 || [[Stade Anjalay|Sir Anerood Jugnauth Stadium]], [[Belle Vue Maurel]], [[Mauritius]] || {{fb|RSA|1982}} || 1–3 || Loss || [[1994 African Cup of Nations qualification|1994 African Cup of Nations Q.]]
|-
| 9. || 23 August 1998 || [[Stade George V]], [[Curepipe]], [[Mauritius]] || {{fb|LES|1987}} || 3–1 || Win || [[2000 African Cup of Nations qualification|2000 African Cup of Nations Q.]]
|-
| 10. || 8 October 2000 || [[Stade George V]], [[Curepipe]], [[Mauritius]] || {{fb|CGO}} || 1–2 || Loss || [[2002 African Cup of Nations qualification|2002 African Cup of Nations Q.]]
|-
| 11. || 6 September 2003 || [[Stade George V]], [[Curepipe]], [[Mauritius]] || {{fb|REU}} || 2–1 || Win || [[Football at the 2003 Indian Ocean Island Games|2003 Indian Ocean Games]]
|-
| colspan="12"|<small>''Correct as of 17 April 2021''<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/mauri-ithier-intl.html Jean-Marc Ithier - International Appearances] - RSSSF</ref></small>
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{NFT player|pid=4309}}

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[[Category:People from Rodrigues]]
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[[Category:Mauritian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa]]
[[Category:Mauritian football managers]]


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