Jacques Abardonado (born 27 May 1978) is a French former footballer who played as a defender, currently assistant manager of Ligue 1 club Marseille.[1]

Jacques Abardonado
Abardonado in 2022
Personal information
Full name Jacques Abardonado
Date of birth (1978-05-27) 27 May 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Marseille (assistant)
Youth career
0000–1996 Marseille Endoume
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Marseille B
1998–2001 Marseille 33 (3)
2001–2002 Lorient 28 (0)
2002–2007 Nice 175 (2)
2008 1. FC Nürnberg 11 (0)
2008–2010 Valenciennes 33 (0)
2010–2011 Grenoble 28 (0)
2011–2012 Fréjus Saint-Raphaël 10 (0)
2013–2014 Marseille B
Total 318 (5)
Managerial career
2014–2017 Marseille B (assistant)
2017–2019 Marseille (youth)
2019–2021 Marseille U19 (assistant)
2021–2022 Marseille (assistant)
2022–2023 Marseille B (assistant)
2023– Marseille (assistant)
2023 Marseille (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

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Abardonado is of Spanish Romani descent through his father.[2] His cousin is the French footballer André-Pierre Gignac.[3] He grew up in La Castellane.[4]

Honours

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Player

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Marseille

Lorient

Nice

References

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  1. ^ "Abardonado s'engage avec le GF38" (in French). www.gf38.fr. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  2. ^ "" Mon père voulait que je sois musicien ou footballeur "". 19 April 2016.
  3. ^ Lyttleton, Ben (24 March 2009). "Gignac's rocky road takes a turn for the better with call for national service". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ "OM : gitan, cousin de Gignac, né comme Zidane et volcanique... Qui est Jacques "Pancho" Abardonado, entraîneur intérimaire de Marseille". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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