José Anigo

{{Short description|French footballer and manager (born 1961)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = José Anigo

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|4|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Marseille, France

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| height = 1.83m{{cite web |title=José Anigo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jose-anigo/ |website=worldfootball.net |date=13 June 2018 |access-date=26 January 2019}}

| position = Defender

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| youthyears1 = 1972–1973

| youthclubs1 = Cité Saint-Louis

| youthyears2 = 1973–1975

| youthclubs2 = Provence Sports

| youthyears3 = 1975–1979

| youthclubs3 = Marseille

| years1 = 1979–1987

| clubs1 = Marseille

| caps1 = 206

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 1987–1990

| clubs2 = Nîmes

| caps2 = 42

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1990–1993

| clubs3 = Endoume

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| years4 = 1994–1996

| clubs4 = Endoume

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| totalcaps = 248

| totalgoals = 4

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| manageryears1 = 1995–1996

| managerclubs1 = Endoume

| manageryears2 = 1996–1997

| managerclubs2 = Consolat

| manageryears3 = 2001

| managerclubs3 = Marseille

| manageryears4 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs4 = Marseille

| manageryears5 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs5 = Marseille

| manageryears6 = 2015

| managerclubs6 = ES Tunis

| manageryears7 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs7 = Levadiakos

| manageryears8 = 2018

| managerclubs8 = Panionios

| manageryears9 = 2022–2024

| managerclubs9 = Olympiacos (director of football)

| manageryears10 = 2023

| managerclubs10 = Olympiacos (caretaker)

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José Anigo (born 15 April 1961) is a French professional football manager and former player.

Career

Anigo was born in Marseille, and after a tough childhood went on to play for his home town club for eight years where he established a reputation for being a tough defender. After that he became the coach for Marseillaise's youth team and latter went on to become coach from 2001 to 2005 leading the team to a runners up medal in the 2004 UEFA Cup Final. During his tenure he also signed many stars that would aid Marseille in the future such as playmaker Mathieu Valbuena, goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and defender Nicolas N'Koulou.{{cite web|title=Marseille's season going from bad to worse|url=http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/espnfcunited/id/13188|author=Julien Laurens|publisher=ESPN|date=25 March 2014|access-date=25 March 2014}}

In October 2019, Anigo was hired as Head of International Recruitment for Nottingham Forest.[https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2019/october/anigo-joins-as-head-of-international-recruitment/ Anigo joins as Head of International Recruitment], nottinghamforest.co.uk, 15 October 2019 He left the club in June 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/breaking-nottingham-forest-jose-anigo-4603784|title=Forest make Jose Anigo statement|first=James|last=Pallatt|date=October 13, 2020|website=NottinghamshireLive}}

Personal life

Born in France, Anigo's parents were Spanish Republicans on the run from Francisco Franco.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/les-relations-sulfureuses-de-la-famille-anigo-06-09-2013-1721561_23.php|title=Les relations sulfureuses de la famille Anigo|first=Le Point|last=magazine|date=September 6, 2013|website=Le Point}} In September 2013 Anigo's son Adrien Anigo was shot dead. Adrien had previously spent time in prison for robbery and became the fifteenth victim of gun violence in Marseille that year.{{cite web|title=Son of Marseille sporting director gunned down|url=http://www.thelocal.fr/20130905/son-of-marseille-sporting-director-gunned-down|author=Ben McPartland|publisher=The Local|date=5 September 2013|access-date=25 March 2014}}

Managerial Statistics

{{updated|25 January 2024}}

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|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan=2|Team

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{{abbr|P|Matches played}}{{abbr|W|Matches won}}{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}}
align=left|Marseille

|align=left|25 July 2001

|align=left|24 August 2001

{{WDL|4|0|2|2}}

|{{cite web | url=https://www.sofascore.com/manager/jose-anigo/785804 | title=Jose Anigo profile and stats | Sofascore }}

align=left|Marseille

|align=left|14 January 2004

|align=left|22 November 2004

{{WDL|46|18|13|15}}

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align=left|Marseille

|align=left|7 December 2013

|align=left|14 May 2014

{{WDL|26|10|9|7}}

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align=left|ES Tunis

|align=left|June 2015

|align=left|August 2015

{{WDL|2|1|0|1}}

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align=left|Levadiakos

|align=left|July 2017

|align=left|June 2018

{{WDL|35|11|10|14}}

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align=left|Panionios

|align=left|July 2018

|align=left|December 2018

{{WDL|14|7|2|5}}

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align=left|Olympiacos

|align=left|April 2023

|align=left|Μay 2023

{{WDL|9|5|1|3}}

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