Stéphane Gilli

{{Short description|French football manager and former player (born 1974)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Stéphane Gilli

| image = RC Lens - Paris FC (28-09-2018) 45 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Gilli with Paris FC in 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|4|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ganges, France

| height = 1.84 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Paris FC (head coach)

| years1 = 1995–1997

| clubs1 = Nîmes B

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| years2 = 1997–1999

| clubs2 = Vergèze

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| years3 = 1999–2001

| clubs3 = Lunel

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| manageryears1 = 2003–2005

| managerclubs1 = Istres FC (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs2 = ES Sahel (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2006–2007

| managerclubs3 = Al-Wakrah SC (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 2007–2010

| managerclubs4 = Grenoble (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs5 = Sochaux (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2014–2017

| managerclubs6 = Bosnia & Herzegovina (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs7 = Paris FC (assistant)

| manageryears8 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs8 = Paris FC (interim)

| manageryears9 = 2020–2022

| managerclubs9 = Morocco (assistant)

| manageryears10 = 2023–

| managerclubs10 = Paris FC

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Stéphane Gilli (born 30 April 1974) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Ligue 2 club Paris FC. As a player, he was a defender.

Managerial career

Gilli had a career as a semi-amateur footballer, before working as a physical therapist after a bad injury. In that role, he worked with CS Sfaxien, Nîmes and Fulham.{{Cite web|url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/sport/2011/10/07/gilli-avec-deux-ailes|title=Football - L1 - Zoom sur l’adjoint de Mecha Bazdarevic. Gilli avec deux ailes…|website=www.estrepublicain.fr}}

In 2003, he started working as the long-term assistant manager to Mehmed Baždarević with whom he stayed with for 17 years. He followed Baždarević as assistant at Istres, ES Sahel, Al-Wakrah, Grenoble, Sochaux, the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.{{Cite web|url=https://reprezentacija.ba/356137-sa-vahom-radi-jos-jedan-bosanac-koja-je-tajna-vahinog-uspjeha-ima-ih-vise|title=Sa Vahom radi još jedan "Bosanac": Koja je tajna Vahinog uspjeha, ima ih više…}} He managed Bosnia and Herzegovina for a game against Gibraltar in December 2016 after Baždarević was suspended for unsportmanlike behaviour.{{Cite web|url=https://avaz.ba/nogomet/269302/prvi-put-u-historiji-zmajeve-ce-voditi-stranac-stephane-gilli-sef-protiv-gibraltara|title=Prvi put u historiji Zmajeve će voditi stranac: Stephane Gilli šef protiv Gibraltara | Avaz}} He was terminated from Bosnia and Herzegovina, after knocking the tooth out of the Greek player Giannis Gianniotas during a brawl after the whistle after a 0-0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification draw with Greece on 9 June 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://sarajevotimes.com/122558/|title=Emir Spahic sent Message to the former Assistant Coach of the National Football Team|date=13 July 2017}}

In 2018, he joined Baždarević again at the French club Paris FC. After Baždarević was sacked on 30 December 2019, Gilli was appointed as the interim manager.{{Cite web|url=https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/ligue-2/ligue-2-bazdarevic-au-paris-fc-c-est-fini_AN-201912300206.html|title=Ligue 2: Bazdarevic au Paris FC, c’est fini|website=RMC SPORT}} In 2020 René Girard was appointed as manager, and Gilli then shifted to his assistant.{{Cite web|url=https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2019/exclusive-paris-fc-assistant-manager-stephane-gilli-the-satisfaction-i-have-after-training-with-them-i-have-rarely-had-before/|title=Exclusive | Paris FC Assistant Manager Stéphane Gilli: "The satisfaction I have after training with them, I have rarely had before." - Get French Football News|date=6 April 2019}} From 2020 to 2022, he was appointed as the assistant manager for Vahid Halilhodžić during his stint with the Morocco national team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/sport/2022/12/09/maroc-le-travail-effectue-depuis-des-annees-paye-juge-stephane-gilli-ancien-adjoint-du-fcsm|title=Football. Maroc : " Le travail effectué depuis des années paye ", juge Stéphane Gilli, ancien adjoint du FCSM|website=www.estrepublicain.fr}}

On 3 June 2023, he was formally appointed the manager of Paris FC in the Ligue 2.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/devenir-numero-1-je-men-sens-capable-les-confidences-de-stephane-gilli-nouvel-entraineur-du-paris-fc-05-06-2023-DCPS7VSONVBSLLKNX7WX3NPJEQ.php|title=" Devenir numéro 1, je m’en sens capable ", les ambitions de Stéphane Gilli, nouvel entraîneur du Paris FC|first=Par Laurent Pruneta Le 5 juin 2023|last=à 12h11|date=5 June 2023|website=leparisien.fr}}