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Jacques Abardonado

Abardonado in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Jacques Abardonado
Date of birth	(1978-05-27) 27 May 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	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)
2026	Marseille (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacques Abardonado (born 27 May 1978) is a French football manager and former player, currently assistant coach 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

• UEFA Cup runner-up: 1998–99

Lorient

• Coupe de France: 2001–02
• Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2001–02

Nice

• Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2005–06

References

External links

• Jacques Abardonado – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)