Biography of Didier Deschamps -

Didier Deschamps (born October 15 1968 in Bayonne)
is a former France|French football (soccer) player
and present manager, who currently is the head
coach of AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco in France's Ligue
1. Deschamps captained France national football
team|France to victories in the Football World Cup
1998|1998 World Cup and 2000 European Football
Championship|Euro 2000.

On the club level, Deschamps played for FC Nantes
Atlantique|Nantes (1985-90), Olympique de
Marseille|Olympique Marseille (1990 and 1991-94),
Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux (1990-91), Juventus
(1994-99), Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea (1999-2000) and
Valencia CF|Valencia (2000-01). With Juventus, he
won the UEFA Champions League|Champions League in
1996.

For France, Deschamps earned 102 caps and scored
four goals. Other than the two international
triumphs, he also played at Ec|96. Deschamps was
named by PelÃ© as one of the FIFA 100|top 125
greatest living footballers in March 2004.

Deschamps was often derided in his career by being
described as "the water-carrier" by which was
meant he only existed to pass the ball to more
talented players.  This description masked a very
valuable player to a number of top teams.

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