William Ayache

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = William Ayache

| image = William Ayache en 1980.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Ayache with Nantes in 1980

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|10|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/william-ayache/ |title=William Ayache: Profile |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=6 May 2020}}

| birth_place = Algiers,{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur20000000000000000000013040.html |title=William Ayache |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=6 May 2020 |language=fr}} French Algeria

| height = 1.76 m

| position = side back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1979–1986

| years2 = 1986–1987

| years3 = 1987–1988

| years4 = 1988–1989

| years5 = 1989

| years6 = 1990

| years7 = 1990

| years8 = 1991

| years9 = 1991–1992

| years10 = 1992–1995

| clubs1 = Nantes

| clubs2 = Paris Saint-Germain

| clubs3 = Marseille

| clubs4 = Nantes

| clubs5 = Bordeaux

| clubs6 = Montpellier

| clubs7 = Nice

| clubs8 = Marseille

| clubs9 = Nîmes

| clubs10 = Cannes

| caps1 = 188

| caps2 = 24

| caps3 = 25

| caps4 = 22

| caps5 = 1

| caps6 = 10

| caps7 = 0

| caps8 = 0

| caps9 = 33

| caps10 = 75

| totalcaps = 378

| goals1 = 2

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 1

| goals10 = 1

| totalgoals = 5

| nationalyears1 = 1983–1988

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 20

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1995

| manageryears2 = 1995

| manageryears3 = 1995–1996

| manageryears4 = 1996–2000

| managerclubs1 = Cannes (assistant)

| managerclubs2 = Cannes (caretaker)

| managerclubs3 = Cannes (assistant)

| managerclubs4 = Athletic Bilbao (assistant)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}

{{MedalGold | 1984 Los Angeles|Team competition}}

{{MedalCompetition | FIFA World Cup }}

{{Medal|Third | 1986 Mexico|National team}}

{{MedalCompetition|CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions}}

{{Medal|W|1985 France|National team}}

}}

William Ayache ({{langx|ar|ويليام عياش}}, born 10 January 1961) is a French former professional footballer who played as a side back, both left and right,{{cite web |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/94-william-ayache |title=William Ayache |publisher=French Football Federation |access-date=6 May 2020 |language=fr |archive-date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023195722/https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/94-william-ayache |url-status=dead }} and then manager.