Bernard Casoni

Bernard Casoni gives me a quiet kind of satisfaction. Born in Cannes, he built his life as a hard-nosed defender, anchoring Olympique Marseille and standing for France at Euro 1992. Defenders rarely get the headlines forwards do, but I have always rated the players who win matches from the back, unglamorous and indispensable. That he moved into coaching afterward, passing his know-how to the next generation, fits the profile perfectly. There is something deeply honest about a career built on stopping others from shining, and I respect the craft of it more than the spotlight.

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Name (English)

Bernard Casoni

Name (Japanese)

ベルナール・カゾニ

Reading

べるなーる・かぞに

Born

September 4, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Casoni
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BE%E3%83%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q748541

Tags

• Alpes-Maritimes
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.