Manuel Amoros

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| full_name = Manuel Amoros{{cite web |url=https://www.verif.com/dirigeants/Manuel-AMOROS-572004/ |title=Manuel Amoros |website=Verif.com |access-date=29 March 2025 |language=fr}}

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| birth_place = Nîmes, Gard, France

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Right-back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1972–1977

| youthclubs1 = Gallia Club Lunel

| youthyears2 = 1977–1980

| youthclubs2 = Monaco

| years1 = 1979–1980

| clubs1 = Monaco II

| caps1 = 17

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 1980–1989

| clubs2 = Monaco

| caps2 = 287

| goals2 = 36

| years3 = 1989–1993

| clubs3 = Marseille

| caps3 = 108

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1993–1995

| clubs4 = Lyon

| caps4 = 66

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 1995–1996

| clubs5 = Marseille

| caps5 = 16

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1999

| clubs6 = AS Saint-Rémy

| caps6 =

| goals6 =

| totalcaps = 494

| totalgoals = 44

| nationalyears1 = 1982–1992

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 82

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2004–2006

| managerclubs1 = Kuwait (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2010

| managerclubs2 = Comoros

| manageryears3 = 2012–2014

| managerclubs3 = Benin

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|FRA}}}}

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Manuel Amoros (born 1 February 1962) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He was capped 82 times for France,{{cite web|url=http://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/82-manuel-amoros|title=Joueur – Manuel AMOROS – FFF|access-date=9 June 2013|archive-date=15 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215161514/http://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/82-manuel-amoros|url-status=dead}} and played in the UEFA European Championships finals of 1984 and 1992, and the FIFA World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986.

Biography

Amoros was born in Nîmes, Gard, to Spanish parents escaping from Francisco Franco's regime.{{cite web|url=http://www.sofoot.com/manuel-amoros-mes-origines-espagnoles-m-ont-donne-cette-fierte-452424.html|first=Flavien|last=Bories|title=Manuel Amoros : " Mes origines espagnoles m'ont donné cette fierté "|website=SoFoot|date=3 March 2018|access-date=2 March 2025|language=fr}} He represented the France national team.

In June 2010, Amoros was appointed national team manager for the Comoros Islands,{{cite web|url=http://www.om.net/en/Saison/101005/Actualites/47320/Manuel_Amoros_Comoros_Islands_national_team_manager|title=Manuel Amoros sélectionneur national des Comores|date=16 June 2010|access-date=22 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615191446/http://www.om.net/en/Saison/101005/Actualites/47320/Manuel_Amoros_Comoros_Islands_national_team_manager|archive-date=15 June 2013|url-status=dead}} which coached to September 2010. In January 2012, he was named new coach of Benin, replacing Edme Codjo, who had been in charge since August 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1567796.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306001013/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1567796.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2012|title=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|publisher=FIFA}}

Honours

Monaco

Marseille

Division 1: 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
UEFA Champions League: 1992–93;{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} runner-up: 1990–91

France

UEFA European Championship: 1984
FIFA World Cup third place: 1986{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Individual

FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1982{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Onze d'Argent: 1986{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
French Player of the Year: 1986{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
FIFA XI: 1986{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-xi.html|first=Marcelo|last=Leme de Arruda|title=Matches of FIFA XI|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 March 2025}}
World XI: 1986, 1987{{cite web |url=https://beyondthelastman.com/2014/03/10/eric-battys-world-xis-the-eighties-and-nineties/ |website=Beyond The Last Man |date=10 March 2014 |title=Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131120633/https://beyondthelastman.com/2014/03/10/eric-battys-world-xis-the-eighties-and-nineties/ |url-status=live }}
Onze Mondial: 1986, 1987, 1988{{Cite web|first=José Luis|last=Pierrend|title="Onze Mondial" Awards|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=17 December 2021|archive-date=4 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704020132/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|url-status=live}}