Fabien Barthez Joins Zidane's New France Coaching Setup
The World Cup winner will oversee France’s goalkeepers as Zidane assembles a backroom staff of former teammates and trusted aides.
- On Thursday, the French Football Federation announced World Cup-winning goalkeeper Fabien Barthez will join head coach Zinedine Zidane's staff as goalkeeper coach.
- Zidane was hired last month on a four-year deal to succeed Didier Deschamps following France's World Cup semi-final loss.
- Alongside Barthez, the coaching staff includes assistants David Bettoni and Hamidou Msaidie, plus "Strategy and Performance Advisor" Gregory Dupont; the pair previously won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship.
- France's first competitive test under Zidane arrives in the Nations League, with the team traveling to Turkey on Sept. 25 and playing in Belgium three days later.
- Barthez appeared 87 times for France, with his last game at the 2006 World Cup final; he previously consulted under Raymond Domenech and Laurent Blanc but held no role during Deschamps' 14-year tenure.
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Former teammate of Zidane and Barthez in the French team, Lionel Charbonnier reacted this Thursday to the latter's appointment as coach of the guards of the Bleus. World champion by his side in 1998, the ex-porter detailed the method of the "Bald Divin" and what he will be able to bring to the players...
Barthez joins Zidane's France coaching staff
France coach, Zinedine Zidane, has reunited with Fabien Barthez after he was named as the national team’s new goalkeeper coach. Zidane was appointed as coach last month on a four-year deal, replacing Didier Deschamps, who led Les Bleus to the 2026 World Cup. Both men played together when France won the 1998 World Cup and […] Barthez joins Zidane’s France coaching staff
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Paris (AFP) will join the French former international guard Fabian Bartiz, who was a colleague of Zedane when France assumed the title of Mondial 1998 on its territory, as the new trainer of the world ' s and Europe ' s champions twice Zenedine Zidane, according to the French Football Federation. Bartez (55 years old) announced that he would act as an adviser to the French trainer Raymond Dominic and Laurent Plane, but that he did not …
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