Jacques Abardonado

Jacques Abardonado
Abardonado in 2022
Personal information
Full name Jacques Abardonado
Date of birth (1978-05-27) 27 May 1978
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Marseille (assistant)
Youth career
–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)
2026 Marseille (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career

Abardonado joined Marseille as a player in 1996, coming from Marseille Endoume. He ended his professional playing career at OM in 2014 to pursue coaching. Between 2014 and 2023, he held several roles within the club: assistant coach for the reserve team, head coach for the youth squads, assistant for the U19s, assistant for the first team, and served as interim head coach between Marcelino's departure and Gennaro Gattuso's arrival.[1] In February 2026, he was appointed caretaker manager again after the exit of Roberto De Zerbi.[2]

Personal life

Abardonado is of Spanish Romani descent through his father.[3] His cousin is the French footballer André-Pierre Gignac.[4] He grew up in La Castellane.[5]

Honours

Marseille

Lorient

Nice

References

  1. ^ Fayet, Mathias (6 April 2024). "OM : très belle nouvelle pour un enfant du club". Onze Mondial (in French). Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  2. ^ "OM. « Les joueurs sont atteints psychologiquement » estime Abardonado après le nul concédé face à Strasbourg". Ouest-France (in French). 14 February 2026. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  3. ^ "" Mon père voulait que je sois musicien ou footballeur "". 19 April 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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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