Bruno Génésio (born 1 September 1966) is a French football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Ligue 1 club Marseille.
Early life Génésio was born on 1 September 1966 in Lyon.
Playing career Génésio is a youth exponent from Lyon. He played 171 league games in the first team between 1985 and 1995, also representing Nice on loan during the 1993–94 season.
In 1995, Génésio joined Martigues in the Ligue 1. He played 27 league matches for the club during the campaign, scoring once in a 2–1 home win against Guingamp on 18 May 1996; the match was also the last professional one of his career.
Managerial career In 1997, one year after retiring, Génésio started working as a coach for the youth categories of FC du Pays de L'Arbresle. In 1999, he was appointed manager of Villefranche in the CFA.
Génésio was sacked in 2001, with the club suffering relegation from CFA 2. He subsequently joined Racing Besançon as an assistant manager, being named at the helm of the first team for the 2005–06 season; he was relieved from his duties in March 2006.
In 2006, Génésio started to work as a scout at the first club of his senior playing career, Lyon. He also worked as an assistant manager of their reserve team before being named Rémi Garde's assistant in the first team in 2011. He kept the position under Garde's successor, Hubert Fournier, who joined the club in May 2014.
On 24 December 2015, Génésio was appointed as Lyon's head coach after the sacking of Fournier. He led the club to second position at the end of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season. The club finished in fourth or third position in the next three Ligue 1 campaigns, with Lyon reaching the semifinals of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. On 14 April 2019, Génésio confirmed his departure from Lyon in the coming summer.
On 31 July 2019, Génésio joined Beijing Guoan as their head coach. On 4 March 2021, he became the head coach of Rennes. In his first two seasons at the club, Rennes finished fourth twice and reached the knockout stages of European competitions. On 19 November 2023, he departed the club by mutual consent. On 5 June 2024, he signed a two-year contract with Lille. He departed the club at the end of the 2025–26 season after securing a third-place finish and UEFA Champions League qualification.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamFromToRecordVillefranche1 July 199930 June 2001Racing Besançon1 July 200527 March 2006Lyon24 December 201524 May 2019Beijing Guoan31 July 20196 January 2021Rennes4 March 202119 November 2023Lille1 July 202430 June 2026Marseille1 July 2026presentCareer total
Honours Player Lyon Division 2: 1988–89
Nice Division 2: 1993–94
Individual UNFP Manager of the Year: 2021–22
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