<figure id="attachment_3244087" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3244087" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3244087 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/4ef700eb-afp__20251226__89342ke__v1__midres__filesfblligue1montpellierobit_cropped_1-1.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3244087" class="wp-caption-text">Montpellier said Jean-Louis Gasset left a mark on everyone he met with his professionalism, kindness and passion for passing on knowledge. (AFP pic)</figcaption></figure>
PARIS: French football coach and &#8220;emblematic&#8221; figure Jean-Louis Gasset died today at the age of 72, his former club Montpellier announced.
Gasset was linked with the club, co-founded by his father, Bernard Gasset, with Louis Nicollin, for most of his football life.
Born in Montpellier, he played 10 years for the club as a midfielder, racking up 231 appearances between 1975 and 1985, before three spells as coach, most recently last year.
&#8220;A child of the club, he left a mark on everyone he met with his professionalism, kindness, and passion for passing on knowledge,&#8221; the club said in a statement, adding that it has &#8220;lost one of its emblematic figures&#8221;.
&#8220;Our sorrow is immense when we remember his smile, his unmistakable voice, and his sharp turn of phrase,&#8221; the club said.
Gasset&#8217;s only managerial success with Montpellier was the 1999 Intertoto Cup, he was also a long-time assistant to Laurent Blanc.
Together they worked at Bordeaux and Paris St-German as well as with the France team between 2010 and 2012.
Gasset also coached other French teams, including Saint-Etienne, Bordeaux, and more recently Marseille.
He also managed the Ivory Coast, at the last Africa Cup of Nations in 2023, resigning midway through a tournament the Elephants ultimately won on home soil.

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