# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/didier-deschamps
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:27:02.947Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/didier-deschamps"
name: "Didier Deschamps"
slug: "didier-deschamps"
description: "Didier Claude Deschamps, popularly known as Dédé, is a French professional football manager and former player who has been head coach of the France national team since 2012. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England and Spain, namely Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed \"the water-carrier\", Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working defensive midfielder, who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays, and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career. As a French international, he was capped on 103 occasions and took part at three UEFA European Championships and one FIFA World Cup, captaining his nation to victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000."
tagline: "French association football player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Didier_Deschamps_France_v_Senegal_16_June_2026-519_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1968-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump