Michel Dussuyer (born 28 May 1959) is a French football coach and former professional player who is the manager of the Benin national team.

Playing career

Dussuyer played club football as a goalkeeper for Cannes, Nice and Alès.

Coaching career

Dussuyer was an *istant coach at Cannes between 1996 and 2002.

He was appointed as manager of the Guinea national team in September 2002. He led them to the 2004 African Cup of Nations, their first appearance in the compe*ion since 1998. The country reached the quarter-finals of the compe*ion - their best result in 30 years - but he resigned in March 2004, citing family reasons.

In 2006, he was an *istant coach to Henri Michel for the Ivory Coast national team, for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. He returned to Cannes as manager, from 2006 to 2007.

He was appointed as manager of the Benin national team in June 2008. He was sacked in February 2010, along with the rest of the coaching staff. He claimed he was not informed of his sacking by the Benin Football Federation.

In May 2010 he returned as manager of Guinea. After leaving in late 2013, he was re-appointed in February 2014. After taking Guinea to the quarter-finals of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, he became manager of the Ivory Coast national team in July 2015.

Dussuyer resigned from his role as Ivory Coast manager after the team failed to reach the quarter-finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

In December 2017 he was linked with the vacant Benin national team manager's job. He was appointed to the role in August 2018 and was in charge of Benin at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

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