Zinédine Zidane’s expanded France backroom team explained | OneFootball

Zinédine Zidane and his expanded staff take charge on Friday when France face Türkiye in the Nations League at 20:45. L'Équipe lists the staff around the new head coach.

David Bettoni is assistant coach, as at Real Madrid, and has known Zidane since AS Cannes in 1988.

Fabien Barthez is goalkeeping coach, a 1998 world champion with Zidane. He advised France’s keepers under Raymond Domenech from 2004 to 2010 and Laurent Blanc from 2010 to 2012.

Hamidou Msaidie serves as second assistant, having worked alongside Zidane at Real Madrid. He is a physiotherapist and fascia therapist by training.

Grégory Dupont is strategic and performance adviser. He oversaw France’s physical work during the 2018 World Cup win, then joined Zidane at Real Madrid in 2019. He is director of football at Red Star.

Stéphane Plancque is an observer. They played together at Bordeaux from 1992 to 1994, and he later handled opposition reports at Real Madrid.

Arthur Hochedé is fitness coach and holds a sports science doctorate. He did the same job at Red Star last season, working with Dupont, and earlier crossed paths with Bettoni at Club Africain.

Hervé Collado is team doctor and a former player who knew Zidane in his youth in Marseille.

Xavier Giraudon is press officer for Les Bleus. Formerly at Canal+ and Infosport +, he knew Zidane in the early 1990s while commentating Bordeaux for France Bleu Gironde.

Farid Tabet is assistant coach and video data analyst, close to Bettoni from Club Africain.

Source: L'Équipe

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