:Bernard Genghini
{{short description|French footballer (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bernard Genghini
| image = Bernard Genghini en 1979 (FC Sochaux).jpg
| upright = 0.9
| caption = Genghini in 1979
| full_name = Bernard Francis Genghini{{cite web |url=https://www.verif.com/en/leaders/Bernard-GENGHINI-J41289865/ |title=Bernard Francis Genghini |website=Verif |publisher=Altares-D&B |access-date=21 April 2025}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|1|18|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur12428.html |title=Bernard Genghini |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=21 April 2025 |language=fr}}
| birth_place = Soultz-Haut-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, France
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1976–1982
| clubs1 = Sochaux
| caps1 = 212
| goals1 = 71
| years2 = 1982–1983
| clubs2 = Saint-Étienne
| caps2 = 41
| goals2 = 10
| years3 = 1983–1986
| clubs3 = Monaco
| caps3 = 129
| goals3 = 57
| years4 = 1986
| clubs4 = Servette
| caps4 = 6
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1986–1988
| clubs5 = Marseille
| caps5 = 50
| goals5 = 6
| years6 = 1988–1989
| clubs6 = Bordeaux
| caps6 = 4
| goals6 = 1
| totalcaps = 442
| totalgoals = 146
| nationalyears1 = 1980–1986
| nationalteam1 = France
| nationalcaps1 = 27
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| manageryears1 = 1992–1995
| managerclubs1 = Mulhouse
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|FRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Championship}}
{{Medal|Winner|1984|}}
}}
Bernard Francis Genghini (born 18 January 1958) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
International career
Genghini earned twenty-eight caps and scored six goals for the France national team. He played in three major international tournaments: the 1982 World Cup where he scored free kicks against Kuwait and Austria (fourth place), 1984 European Championships (champions, playing as a substitute in the final), and the 1986 World Cup (third place).{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Personal life
Genghini is of Italian descent{{cite book|last1=Krasnoff|first1=Lindsay Sarah|title=The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in France, 1958–2010|date=2012|publisher=Lexington Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7hHA-NQaQ9IC|isbn=9780739175095}} and is the father of Benjamin Genghini, who is also a footballer.{{cite news |last1=Chatelus |first1=Pierre |title=Genghini, au nom du père… et du fils |url=https://www.lalsace.fr/sport/2015/10/10/genghini-au-nom-du-pere-et-du-fils |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=L'Alsace |date=10 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515112655/https://www.lalsace.fr/sport/2015/10/10/genghini-au-nom-du-pere-et-du-fils |archive-date=15 May 2018 |language=FR-fr}}
References
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External links
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Category:People from Soultz-Haut-Rhin
Category:Footballers from Haut-Rhin
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
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Category:Olympique de Marseille players
Category:FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:France men's international footballers
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Category:UEFA Euro 1984 players
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Category:European champions for France
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Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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