Christophe Galtier

French football manager (born 1966)

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1988: France U21
2025: Neom
Full name: Christophe Galtier
Date of birth: ( 1966-08-23 ) 23 August 1966 (age 59)
Place of birth: Marseille , France
Height: 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position: Centre-back
Current team: Neom (head coach)
1982 1985: Marseille
Years: Team
1985 1987: Marseille
1987 1990: Lille
1990 1993: Toulouse
1993 1994: Angers
1994 1995: Nîmes
1995 1997: Marseille
1997 1998: Monza
1998 1999: Liaoning

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Marseille
Child: Jordan Galtier
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Sport: association football
Member of team: France national under-21 association football team
Position played: defender
Mass: 71
Image: Christophe Galtier with Al Duhail.jpg
Height: 176

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date of birth: 1966-08-23
coach of sports team: Neom Club
name in native language: Christophe Galtier

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Encyclopedic overview

Christophe Galtier ( French pronunciation: [kʁistɔf ɡaltje]; born 23 August 1966) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Saudi Pro League club Neom. A defender, Galtier spent many of his 15 years as a player at Marseille with spells at six other clubs, four in France and one each in Italy and China.

With Saint-Étienne, Galtier won the Manager of the Year award at the 2013 Trophées UNFP du football, which he shared with Carlo Ancelotti; he won again in 2019 after Lille finished in second place during the 2018–19 Ligue 1 season. Galtier won the trophy for a third time in 2021 after guiding Lille to their fourth Ligue 1 title in club history. After a one-year spell at Nice, Galtier joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2022, where he won the Ligue 1 title again.

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