Didier Toffolo
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-02-20) 20 February 1959
Place of birth Annecy, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Youth career
1969–1970 US Annecy-le-Vieux
1970–1976 Annecy
1976–1977 Monaco
1977–1978 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 Paris Saint-Germain B
1979–1984 Paris Saint-Germain 29 (0)
1984–1987 Mulhouse 101 (0)
1987–1989 Clermont
1989–1993 Saint-Quentin
Total 214+ (4+)
Managerial career
1991–2002 Saint-Quentin
2004–2006 Croix-de-Savoie (assistant)
2012–2013 Saint-Quentin U17
US Buire-Hirson-Thiérache
2018–2020 Feignies Aulnoye B
2020 Feignies Aulnoye
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Didier Toffolo (born 20 February 1959) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a defender and midfielder.[1] He won the Coupe de France twice with Paris Saint-Germain in the 1980s.[2]

Club career

Born in Annecy, Toffolo began his career locally, first playing for US Annecy-le-Vieux and later FC Annecy.[3] In 1976, he signed for Monaco, but he would join Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) a year later. Initially playing for the reserve side, it was at PSG that Toffolo made his professional debut.[2] He would go on to make 35 appearances for the club, winning the Coupe de France on two occasions as well.[1] In 1984, he signed for Division 2 side Mulhouse.[4] At Mulhouse, Toffolo made 101 league appearances across three seasons. He left the club in 1987, signing for Division 3 side Clermont.[4] In his first season at the club, Clermont earned promotion to the Division 2. In the 1988–89 season, Toffolo scored three goals in thirty Division 2 appearances.[4] He signed for Division 3 Saint-Quentin at the end of the campaign. In his first season at Saint-Quentin, the club won promotion after winning the Group North. He would make fifty-four appearances in the Division 2 before the club was relegated to the Division 3 in 1992. Toffolo retired from football in 1993.[4]

International career

Toffolo was a France youth international. He made nine appearances for France youth teams.[3]

Post-playing career

Toffolo became a player-manager at Saint-Quentin in 1991. He would coach the side until 2002,[5] an eleven-year spell during which he won Group A of the Championnat National 3 in the 1995–96 season.[4] In 2003, Toffolo became head of the youth academy of Croix-de-Savoie. In 2004, he became an assistant coach to Pascal Dupraz for the club's first team.[5] In 2006, he became a technical director for Olympique Thonon Chablais.[5] The following year, Olympique Thonon Chablais merged with FC Croix-de-Savoie 74 to form Olympique Croix-de-Savoie 74. Toffolo subsequently became head of the club's academy. He worked in this job until 2009.[5]

In 2013, Saint-Quentin's under-17 team fired Toffolo. He had only coached the side for one season.[6] In 2014, he became the coach of US Buire-Hirson-Thiérache.[7]

In July 2020, he was appointed as head coach of Championnat National 3 side Feignies Aulnoye.[8] He was sacked in October after five games in charge.[9]

Personal life

In November 2012, Toffolo was hired by the sports department of the town of Hirson as an assistant educator.[6]

Honours

Player

Paris Saint-Germain

Saint-Quentin

Manager

Saint-Quentin

References

  1. 1 2 "Didier TOFFOLO". Histoire du PSG (in French). 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Didier Toffolo : « Le Parc est un théâtre »" [Didier Toffolo: "The Parc is a theater"]. PSG70 (in French). February 2007. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Didier TOFFOLO". PSG70 (in French). Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Didier Toffolo at FootballDatabase.eu
  5. 1 2 3 4 "DIDIER TOFFOLO". Croix de Savoie Fans (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Didier Toffolo a du mal à encaisser" [Didier Toffolo has trouble taking it]. Le Courrier picard (in French). 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Swartvagher, Xavier (7 February 2014). "Football/PH: Un Zidane signe à Buire-Hirson" [Football/PH: A Zidane signs at Buire-Hirson]. L'Aisne nouvelle (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  8. 1 2 Didier Toffolo at Soccerway
  9. ↑ "Football (National 3): Feignies-Aulnoye se sépare de Didier Toffolo et fait appel à Jean Antunes" [Football (National 3): Feignies-Aulnoye fires Didier Toffolo and calls Jean Antunes]. La Voix du Nord (in French). 5 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-28. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Abbink, Dinant. "France - List of Final Tables Third Level". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2003-03-14. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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