: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

| height = 1.78 m

| 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|}}

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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}}

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