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Alain Jean Giresse (; born 2 August 1952) is a French football coach and former player who last managed Kosovo.
Giresse was French Player of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking or central midfielder, he was an intelligent playmaker who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. He is the father of Thibault Giresse, also a football coach and former player.
On 7 September 2017, Giresse resigned as manager of the Mali national team.
In December 2017, he was linked with the vacant Benin manager's job. In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national job.
On 13 December 2018, Giresse became the manager of Tunisia. He left the role in August 2019.
On 23 February 2022, Kosovo appointed Giresse after agreeing to a contract until November 2023, this happened after the former coach Bernard Challandes decided to resign after weak results in October 2021. On 18 March 2022, Giresse made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the friendly matches against Burkina Faso and Switzerland. He called-up Emir Sahiti for the first time in the squad.
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| Toulouse FC | 1 November 1995 | 30 June 1998 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1 July 1998 | 23 October 1998 |
| Toulouse FC | 26 January 1999 | 9 October 2000 |
| FAR Rabat | 1 July 2001 | 30 June 2003 |
| Georgia | 12 March 2004 | 30 June 2005 |
| Gabon | 3 March 2006 | 13 February 2010 |
| Mali | 21 April 2010 | 30 May 2012 |
| Senegal | 9 January 2013 | 29 January 2015 |
| Mali | 17 March 2015 | 7 September 2017 |
| Tunisia | 14 December 2018 | 21 August 2019 |
| Kosovo | 23 February 2022 | 20 June 2023 |
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