Funerals of the ex sport selector Henri Michel took place Friday, April 27 in Aix en Provence

Henri Michel, old sport selector of the French team is deceased at the 70 years age on April 24th in Aix en Provence of the continuations of a cancer. He was buried in his Friday, April 27 hometown at 15:30 in the cathedral St Saver of Aix en Provence, in the presence of many former fellow–members and trainers of which Michel Platini.

The announcement of this death caused many reactions starting with that of the President of the Republic for which Henri Michel is deceased too early. “The discretion and the humility of Henri Michel (…) will have almost made forget the exceptional career which was his. In spite of the hardness sometimes of the world of football, it had forged solid friendships there, those which survive the affronts of the history. France loses a large sportsman and a man of an exceptional moral quality” declared the President travels from there to the United States.

Born on October 28th, 1947 in Aix en Provence, Henri Michel begins his career in his hometown and remains there during 2 years of 1964 to 1966; he leaves then for Nantes where he joined the FC Nantes of 1966 to 1982 as an offensive medium. He takes part in 58 selections in French team whose first is in September 1967 for the match Poland–France.

From octobtre 1984, it involves the Olympic French team and returns from Los Angeles with a gold medal. During then 4 years, until October 1988 it is sport selector of the French team carried out by Michel Platini then that of the PSG for the season 1990–1991. In 1994, it is sport selector of Saudi Arabia and of Cameroon, of Morocco of 1995 to 1999, the Plain Emirate–Arabs of 1999 to 2001, of Tunisia, of 2001 to 2002, he becomes trainer of Raja Casablanca (Morocco) in 2003-2004 and sport selector of the Ivory Coast of March 2004; one then finds it of 2004 to 2012 in Al Arabi Doha, in Zamalek, again in Morocco, in Egypt, in Equatorial Guinea and in Kenya.

Reached of a serious disease for several years, it has died out on April 24th in Aix en Provence.
Funerals of Henri Michel begin with a ceremony in the cathedral from ix–in–Provence. Denis Chaumier, old directing of the drafting of France Football, is present on the spot.

Like many personalities of the world of football, Maxime Bossis, former teammate of Henri Michel with the FC Nantes, made the trip this Friday in Aix–en–Provence, to attend funerals of his friend. “It was important to come for Henri Michel, he declared with the press, on the square of the cathedral. It was my idol when I was adolescent.

I joined it with the FC Nantes, in more I knew it sport selector for the World cup 1986. There remains the player of legend of the FC Nantes, the most emblematic player, somebody who also made a great international career which is not always recognized with its right value. Henri remains the Master for all the Nantes ones which moved today “.

Many former teammates of Henri Michel was present for funerals, in particular Marius Trésor, Alain Giresse, Jean Tigana, Bernard Lacombe and Michel Platini. The president of the FC Nantes, Waldemar Kita, had also made the trip.

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