Jean Fernandez

{{Short description|French footballer (born 1954)}}

{{for|the Guinean footballer|Jean Charles Fernandez}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2009}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jean Fernandez

| image = Jean Fernandez 2013.JPG

| caption = Fernandez as Montpellier manager in 2013

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|10|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mostaganem, French Algeria

| height = 1.75 m{{cite web |title=Jean Fernández |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jean-fernandez/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=26 January 2019}}

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1972–1975 | clubs1 = Béziers | caps1 = 62 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1975–1980 | clubs2 = Marseille | caps2 = 165 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1980–1982 | clubs3 = Bordeaux | caps3 = 85 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1982–1984 | clubs4 = Cannes | caps4 = 59 | goals4 = 1

| totalcaps = 371 | totalgoals = 4

| manageryears1 = 1985–1990 | managerclubs1 = Cannes

| manageryears2 = 1990 | managerclubs2 = Nice

| manageryears3 = 1992 | managerclubs3 = Marseille

| manageryears4 = 1993–1994 | managerclubs4 = Al-Nassr

| manageryears5 = 1994–1995 | managerclubs5 = Lille

| manageryears6 = 1995–1996 | managerclubs6 = Al-Nassr

| manageryears7 = 1996–1997 | managerclubs7 = Al-Shabab

| manageryears8 = 1997 | managerclubs8 = Al-Wahda

| manageryears9 = 1998 | managerclubs9 = Al-Nassr

| manageryears10 = 1998–1999 | managerclubs10 = Étoile du Sahel

| manageryears11 = 1999–2002 | managerclubs11 = Sochaux

| manageryears12 = 2002–2005 | managerclubs12 = Metz

| manageryears13 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs13 = Marseille

| manageryears14 = 2006–2011 | managerclubs14 = Auxerre

| manageryears15 = 2011–2013 | managerclubs15 = Nancy

| manageryears16 = 2013–2015 | managerclubs16 = Montpellier

| manageryears17 = 2015–2017 | managerclubs17 = Al-Khor

| manageryears18 = 2017 | managerclubs18 = Al-Gharafa

}}

Jean Fernandez (born 8 October 1954)[http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/jean-fernandez/ worldfootball.net profile] is a French professional football manager and former player. He has previously managed Metz and Marseille, where France national team star Franck Ribéry saw him as a mentor. He managed Auxerre for five years, and was named as France's manager of the year in the 2009–10 season after guiding Auxerre into the UEFA Champions League. He managed Nancy for the 2011 season and half of the 2012 season. Jean Fernandez resigned from his position with Nancy before the end of the 2013 season on 10 January 2013. He became the new Montpellier manager on 1 July 2013, but departed on 5 December that year after a run of seven games without a win.

Fernandez was born in Mostaganem, French Algeria. He competed for France at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference |title=Jean Fernandez Biography and Statistics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/jean-fernandez-1.html |access-date=29 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518115457/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/jean-fernandez-1.html |archive-date=18 May 2010 }}