Deschamps made this decision himself, and he will leave the bench after 14 years of leadership. He came to the head of France in 2012, succeeding Laurent Blanc.
So far, he has played 165 games, achieving 105 wins, 34 draws and 26 losses, and in 2018 he won the World Cup in Russia, beating Croatia 4:2 in the final. The French legend led France to silver at the 2022 World Championships in Qatar, as well as silver at the 2016 European Championships in France. In addition, he won the League of Nations in 2021, reports Sportske Novosti.
As a player, Deschamps was the captain of the French national team from 1989 to 2000, and with his national team he won the 1998 World Cup in France and the 2000 European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands.
During his career he played for Nantes, Marseille, Bordeaux, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, and as a coach he managed Monaco, Juventus and Marseille. He made history when in 2018 he became the third person to win the World Cup as a player and coach. Along with him, only the Brazilian Mario Zagallo and the German Franz Beckenbauer managed to do that.
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