Jean-Louis Gasset

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.

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

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• Hérault
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.