- Birthday
- 1933-03-22
- Deathday
- 2020-03-26
- Place of Birth
- Leffrinckoucke, Nord, France
Michel Hidalgo
ActingBiography
Michel François Hidalgo (22 March 1933 – 26 March 2020) was a French professional footballer and manager. He was the head coach of the French national team from 1976 to 1984, with whom he won the UEFA Euro 1984 on home soil, also reaching the semi-finals of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Michel François Hidalgo was born 22 March 1933 in Leffrinckoucke, Nord. He was born to a Spanish-born father and a French mother in northern France, and grew up in Normandy, where he started playing football. He was named after Mexican patriot Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. A midfielder, Hidalgo was champion of Norman...
