Jean-Michel Cavalli (born 13 July 1957) is a French and Corsican football manager and former player who is the manager of Kosovo Superleague club Prishtina.
 Cavalli with Club Africain in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 July 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Ajaccio, France | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Prishtina (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1975 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| 1975–1976 | Monaco | ||
| 1976–1977 | Boulogne-Billancourt | ||
| 1977–1978 | CSM Puteaux | ||
| 1978–1979 | FC Solenzara | ||
| 1979–1990 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| 1994 | Al-Nassr | ||
| 1994–1995 | Lille (assistant) | ||
| 1995–1997 | Lille | ||
| 1997–1998 | Al-Riyadh | ||
| 1998–1999 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| 2000 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| 2000–2001 | RC Paris | ||
| 2002 | Ionikos | ||
| 2003–2005 | US Créteil | ||
| 2005–2006 | Triestina | ||
| 2006–2007 | Algeria | ||
| 2007–2008 | Wydad AC | ||
| 2008–2010 | Nîmes | ||
| 2009 | Corsica | ||
| 2012–2013 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| 2014–2015 | MC Oran | ||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Hilal Omdurman | ||
| 2016 | USM Alger | ||
| 2017 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria | ||
| 2019 | MC Oran | ||
| 2020–2023 | Niger | ||
| 2024 | Club Africain | ||
| 2024– | Prishtina | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Cavalli started his playing career at the now-defunct Gazélec Ajaccio in 1971,[2] also turning out for Corsican sides Bastia SCB (1977–78) and Solenzara (1978–79) before a second spell at Gazélec. In that second spell, Cavalli would spend five years as club captain.
Managerial career
In his final few years as a player, the club hierarchy at Gazélec encouraged Cavalli to shadow then head coach Guy Calléja. In 1990, when Calléja was unable to continue in the role, Cavalli was promoted to manager - overseeing both the professionalisation of the football club [3] and ensuring that Gazélec were able to stay in Division 2 in a period of great transition.
His first taste of international management would take place when he took charge of Algeria in 2005.[4][5] Cavalli coached the Corsica national team, not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, in a 2009 friendly against Congo.
Personal life
Jean-Michel Cavalli comes from a family which had a history of professional football players. His uncle, Jean Cavalli, won the 1935 Coupe de France with Olympique de Marseille, primarily as a rotational player.[6] His son is the former professional football player Johan Cavalli, who is the current Sporting Director at AC Ajaccio. When Jean-Michel took the reins of the Corsican national team in 2009, Johan was one of the players in the starting XI.
References
External links
- Jean-Michel Cavalli at Soccerway.com
- Jean-Michel Cavalli at WorldFootball.net
