Franck Passi

Franck Passi (born 28 March 1966) is a French retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the assistant manager of Ligue 1 club Lyon.

Franck Passi
Passi with Marseille in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-03-28) 28 March 1966
Place of birth Bergerac, France
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1982 AS Béziers
1982–1983 Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986 Montpellier 87 (1)
1986–1988 Marseille 61 (3)
1988–1990 Toulouse 74 (2)
1990–1993 Toulon 84 (3)
1993–1994 Monaco 19 (0)
1994–1999 Compostela 179 (6)
1999–2001 Bolton Wanderers 38 (0)
Total 542 (15)
International career
1988 France U21
Managerial career
2004 Compostela (caretaker)
2012–2016 Marseille (assistant)
2015 Marseille (caretaker)
2016 Marseille (caretaker)
2017 Lille (interim)
2018–2019 Monaco (assistant)
2019 Monaco (caretaker)
2020 Chamois Niortais
2020–2022 Al-Rayyan SC (assistant)
2022– Lyon (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

Passi worked in a player recruitment role for one of his old clubs, Olympique Marseille, between 2007 and 2010 before becoming Reserve Team Coach at the club in May 2010. In 2012, he was promoted again, this time as assistant coach to Elie Baup. After the departure of Baup in December 2013, Passi continued his duties as assistant coach under José Anigo, as well as under Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa.

In August 2015, after Bielsa left following defeat in the opening game of the season, Passi was appointed caretaker boss.[1] In the one game of his tenure, his Ligue 1 debut away to Reims, the team lost 1–0.[2]

On 19 April 2016, Bielsa's successor Míchel was sacked on the day before the Coupe de France semi-final against Sochaux, and Passi took temporary charge for the second time in the season.[3] He won the game 1–0 through Florian Thauvin's goal.[4] In the 2016 Coupe de France Final, the team lost 4–2 to Le Classique rivals Paris Saint-Germain. Passi saved Marseille from relegation and led the club for exactly six months until October 2016, when Rudi Garcia was hired as Míchel's replacement following the club's takeover by Frank McCourt.[5]

In February 2017, Passi was named caretaker boss of fourth-from-bottom Lille, to pave the way for Bielsa's arrival in the summer.[6] On 24 January 2019, Passi was named caretaker coach of Monaco, following the suspension of Thierry Henry.[7] He oversaw the team for just one match, a 2–0 defeat to Dijon, before Leonardo Jardim was installed as permanent coach.[8]

In January 2020, Passi was appointed as manager of Ligue 2 club Chamois Niortais until the end of the season following the departure of Pascal Plancque.[9] He left at the end of the season, saying that he was preparing to be an assistant at Laurent Blanc's new project.[10] In December 2020, he became Blanc's assistant manager at Al-Rayyan SC.[11]

Personal life

Passi comes from a family of footballers. His father, Camille Passi, was a Congolese footballer, and coach in his later career.[12] His son, Bryan Passi, is a professional footballer who also played for Montpellier.[13] His brother, Gérald Passi, was also a professional footballer who played for the France national football team.[14]

Managerial statistics
As of 20 May 2017
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Compostela (caretaker)[15] Spain 6 January 2004 12 January 2004 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Marseille (caretaker) France 10 August 2015 18 August 2015 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Marseille (caretaker) France 19 April 2016 19 October 2016 15 6 5 4 18 16 +2 040.00
Lille (interim) France 14 February 2017 24 May 2017 15 7 2 6 20 18 +2 046.67
AS Monaco (caretaker) France 24 January 2019 27 January 2019 1 0 0 1 0 2 –2 0.00
Total 33 13 7 13 39 39 +0 039.39

References
  1. "Labrune disappointed by Bielsa exit". FourFourTwo. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. "Marseille's post-Bielsa era starts with loss away at Reims". Fox Sports. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. "Marseille sack Míchel on eve of Coupe de France semi-final with Sochaux". The Guardian. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. "Marseille beats Sochaux to set up French Cup final with PSG". France 24. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. "Marseille must thank Franck Passi". Get Football News France. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. Rodden, Mark (15 February 2017). "Lille name Franck Passi interim boss amid Marcelo Bielsa reports". ESPN FC. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. "Communiqué officiel". AS Monaco (in French). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. "Dijon 2–0 Monaco". BBC Sport. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. Laurent Pruneta (13 January 2020). "Ligue 2: Franck Passi nommé entraîneur de Niort". Le Parisien. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  10. "Ligue 2 : Franck Passi quitte les [sic] Niort pour suivre Laurent Blanc" [Ligue 2: Franck Passi leaves Niort to follow Laurent Blanc]. L'Équipe (in French). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  11. "Franck Passi". Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  12. "Franck Passi raconté par son frère Gérald: "Être numéro deux, pour Franck, c'était contre-nature"". www.20minutes.fr.
  13. Rédaction. "Bryan Passi, fils de Franck, passe professionnel à Montpellier".
  14. "Un spectateur nommé Passi". 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  15. "Passi: Franck Passi: Matches 2003–04". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 January 2017.


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