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Jean-Louis Gasset

ジャン＝ルイ・ガセ　/　じゃん＝るい・がせ

Association football player from France

December 9, 1953 (age 72)　・　Montpellier, Hérault, France

Hérault
association football player
association football coach

My Take

I have a soft spot for figures like Jean-Louis Gasset. He was never the headline star; he was a midfielder who spent a full decade at his hometown club Montpellier, then quietly built a long second life as a coach moving from bench to bench. There is something I deeply respect in that kind of steady, unglamorous loyalty, sticking with the place that made you. He passed away in late 2025 at seventy-two, and his career reads to me less like a highlight reel than a study in durability. Football needs its dependable craftsmen as much as its stars, and he was one.

Overview

Jean-Louis Gasset (9 December 1953 – 26 December 2025) was a French professional football manager and player. As a player, he played as a midfielder, spending ten years at his hometown club Montpellier.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jean-Louis Gasset
Name (Japanese): ジャン＝ルイ・ガセ
Reading: じゃん＝るい・がせ
Born: December 9, 1953 (age 72)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Snake
Origin: Montpellier, Hérault, France
Blood type: Private
Height: 176 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%BB

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