Bernard Casoni

Bernard Casoni

Personal information
Full name	Bernard Andrieu Casoni
Date of birth	(1961-09-04) 4 September 1961
Place of birth	Cannes, France
Height
Position(s)	Centre back/Left back
Team information
Current team	Videoton FC
Youth career
1970–1980	Cannes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1984	Cannes	126	(8)
1984–1988	Sporting Toulon Var	130	(1)
1988–1989	Matra Racing	27	(1)
1989–1990	Sporting Toulon Var	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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard Casoni (born 4 September 1961 in Cannes, France) is a football manager. 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 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 4 defeats in 5 Nemzeti Bajnokság I matches in the 2015–16 season and after 1 victory and 2 draws and 1 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 deceived 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 instead of them. In the interview, he also said that players like Gyurcsó and Kovács are of mediocre quality.

Honours

Player

• French championship in 1991 and 1992 with Olympique Marseille
• UEFA Champions League runner-up in 1991 with Olympique Marseille
• UEFA Champions League in 1993 with Olympique Marseille
• Ligue 2 in 1995 with Olympique Marseille

Manager

Videoton

• Hungarian Super Cup
  • Runner-up: 2015

Managerial statistics

As of 17 August 2015

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Valenciennes FC		03/12/2012	24/02/2015	27	8	3	16	0	0	+0	29.6
Videoton 1		10/06/2015	19/08/2015	10	2	2	6	7	15	−8	20.0
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Notes

• Note 1: Including 2015 Hungarian Super Cup, 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League matches

External links

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