Bernard Casoni

Bernard Casoni

Casoni with Évian in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Bernard René Michel Casoni
Date of birth	(1961-09-04) 4 September 1961
Place of birth	Cannes, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre back, left back
Youth career
1970–1980	Cannes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1984	Cannes	126	(8)
1984–1988	Toulon	130	(1)
1988–1989	Matra Racing	27	(1)
1989–1990	Toulon	36	(0)
1990–1996	Marseille	169	(3)
Total		488	(13)
International career
1988–1992	France	30	(0)
Managerial career
1999–2000	Marseille
2001	Cannes
2002	Etoile du Sahel
2003	Stade Tunisien
2004–2005	Armenia
2005–2009	Bastia
2010–2012	Évian
2012	Club Africain
2012–2014	Auxerre
2014–2015	Valenciennes
2015	Videoton FC
2016–2017	Lorient
2017–2018	MC Alger
2018–2019	Al-Khor
2019	MC Alger
2020–2021	MC Oran
2021	MC Oujda
2021	IR Tanger
2023	Orléans
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard René Michel Casoni (born 4 September 1961) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. In his playing career he played for Olympique Marseille and France at Euro 1992.

Career

Managerial career

Évian

In January 2010, Casoni was named manager of Évian Thonon Gaillard FC whom he guided two successive promotions. In his first year, Championnat National side Évian reached the top of the league and then promoted to the Ligue 2 in the next season. In the 2010–11 Ligue 2, Évian won the Champion titles for the second straight year and secured promotion to the Ligue 1 for the first time since established in 2003. He voluntarily resigned from his position on 2 January 2012 in the winter break of the season.

Auxerre

On 17 March 2014, Casoni was sacked as coach of AJ Auxerre with the club just one point above the second tier's relegation zone.

Videoton

On 10 June 2015, Casoni was appointed as the coach of the Hungarian League club Videoton FC of Székesfehérvár. On 19 August 2015, Casoni was sacked from Videoton after four defeats in five Nemzeti Bajnokság I matches in the 2015–16 season and after one victory and two draws and one defeat in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. Casoni's early farewell was hugely affected by the resignation of the club director of Videoton, Győző Burcsa.

In an interview with the Hungarian sport magazine, Nemzeti Sport, Casoni said that he was disappointed by Videoton since the club let their key players (Nikolić, Calatayud, and Sándor) to be signed by other clubs and no new quality players were signed to replace them. In the interview, he also said that players like Ádám Gyurcsó and István Kovács were of mediocre quality.

Al-Khor SC

On 25 September 2018, Casoni was appointed as the new head coach of Al-Khor SC.

Honours

Player

Marseille

• Division 1: 1990–91, 1991–92
• UEFA Champions League: 1992–93; runner-up: 1990–91
• Division 2: 1994–95

Manager

Videoton

• Hungarian Super Cup runner-up: 2015

External links

• Player biography (Sport24.com). (in French)
• Bernard Casoni: Player stats. (Om-passion.com) (in French)