| Michel Dussuyer | |
| Birth Date: | 28 May 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Cannes, France |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | 1970–1978 |
| Years1: | 1978–1981 |
| Clubs1: | Cannes |
| Caps1: | 66 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1981–1983 |
| Clubs2: | Nice |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1983–1984 |
| Clubs3: | Alès |
| Caps3: | 34 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1984–1986 |
| Clubs4: | Cannes |
| Caps4: | 31 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1986 |
| Clubs5: | Montceau |
| Caps5: | 1 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1986–1996 |
| Clubs6: | Cannes |
| Caps6: | 128 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 277 |
| Totalgoals: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2002–2004 |
| Managerclubs1: | Guinea |
| Manageryears2: | 2006–2007 |
| Managerclubs2: | Cannes |
| Manageryears3: | 2008–2010 |
| Managerclubs3: | Benin |
| Manageryears4: | 2010–2013 |
| Managerclubs4: | Guinea |
| Manageryears5: | 2014–2015 |
| Managerclubs5: | Guinea |
| Manageryears6: | 2015–2017 |
| Managerclubs6: | Ivory Coast |
| Manageryears7: | 2018–2021 |
| Managerclubs7: | Benin |
Michel Dussuyer (born 28 May 1959) is a French football coach and former professional player.
Dussuyer played club football as a goalkeeper for Cannes, Nice and Alès.[1]
Dussuyer was an assistant coach at Cannes between 1996 and 2002.[1]
He was appointed as manager of the Guinea national team in September 2002.[2] He led them to the 2004 African Cup of Nations, their first appearance in the competition since 1998.[3] The country reached the quarter-finals of the competition - their best result in 30 years - but he resigned in March 2004, citing family reasons.[4] [5]
In 2006, he was an assistant coach to Henri Michel for the Ivory Coast national team, for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.[1] He returned to Cannes as manager, from 2006 to 2007.[6]
He was appointed as manager of the Benin national team in June 2008.[7] He was sacked in February 2010, along with the rest of the coaching staff.[8] He claimed he was not informed of his sacking by the Benin Football Federation.[9]
In May 2010 he returned as manager of Guinea.[10] After leaving in late 2013, he was re-appointed in February 2014.[11] After taking Guinea to the quarter-finals of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, he became manager of the Ivory Coast national team in July 2015.[12]
Dussuyer resigned from his role as Ivory Coast manager after the team failed to reach the quarter-finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[13]
In December 2017 he was linked with the vacant Benin national team manager's job.[14] He was appointed to the role in August 2018[15] and was in charge of Benin at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[16] [17] He was sacked by Benin in June 2021.[18]