Didier Six


Didier Six is a French football coach and former player. He has been manager of Guinea since September 2019.

Playing career

He played as a winger and he earned 52 caps and scored 13 goals for the France national football team. He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and was also part of the winning team at Euro 84. He also acquired Turkish citizenship in order to play as a neutral player at Galatasaray. He played with his Turkish citizenship at Galatasaray as Dündar Siz and won Turkish First League championship with Galatasaray in 1987–88 season.

Coaching career

Six was signed by the Togolese Football Federation as coach for the Togo national football team in November 2011.
He became manager of Mauritius in January 2015 and was fired in May 2015 following a suspension for poor behaviour during the 2015 COSAFA Cup.
In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job.
He became manager of Guinea on 13 September 2019.