Sad news for French football, Rolland Courbis died this Monday, January 12 at the age of 72, joining Jean-Louis Gasset, who died a few weeks ago. Born in Marseille in 1953, he first became known as a central defender, wearing the colors of OM, Sochaux, Monaco and Toulon. Very early as a coach, he managed numerous French clubs such as Toulon, Bordeaux, Olympique de Marseille, Montpellier, Lens, Rennes and Caen, as well as several teams abroad, and left an impression with his outspokenness and his charismatic personality.
“With the death of Rolland Courbis, French football loses an endearing, warm personality with a strong character. A fine connoisseur of football and its mysteries, but also of the game. Rolland has managed the best French clubs, I am thinking in particular of Bordeaux, Marseille, Lens and Montpellier. He was a real enthusiast. And he had chosen to transmit this passion, in recent years, behind a microphone. With a sense of formula all his own. To his family, to his loved ones, I send my sincere condolences”declared Didier Deschamps in a press release from the FFF.
