Coach DNA
Playing style
balanced profile
Style consistency
More consistent than 4% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Nantes
Aug 2019 – Dec 2020 · 45 matches
1.22 points per game in Ligue 1 (41 matches).
Nantes with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.24 (229 matches, 10 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −34 below the league average under him, −35 under the others.
Most used
- A. Lafont3,780' · Elo 2,108
- Andrei Girotto3,291' · Elo 1,883
- L. Blas3,164' · Elo 2,100
- M. Simon3,121' · Elo 2,074
- I. Louza3,014' · Elo 2,037
- A. Touré3,001' · Elo 1,870
- N. Pallois2,970' · Elo 1,650
- M. Abeid2,845' · Elo 1,652
- D. Appiah2,559' · Elo 1,665
- C. Traoré2,341' · Elo 1,577
Rennes
Aug 2016 – Nov 2017 · 54 matches
1.30 points per game in Ligue 1 (50 matches).
Rennes with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.61 (101 matches, 2 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −79 below the league average under him, +22 under the others.
Most used
- B. André4,303' · Elo 1,994
- Ludovic Baal3,897' · Elo 1,221
- J. Gnagnon3,667' · Elo 1,709
- B. Costil3,600' · Elo 1,417
- Unknown (2197)3,216' · Elo 1,298
- R. Bensebaïni2,762' · Elo 2,281
- G. Sio2,761' · Elo 1,346
- S. Prcić2,372' · Elo 1,755
- Yoann Gourcuff2,299' · Elo 1,270
- Firmin Ndombe Mubele2,186' · Elo 1,395
Players under Christian Gourcuff
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- K. Bamba+538
in 43 matches · Nantes
- J. Gnagnon+331
in 42 matches · Rennes
- I. Louza+225
in 38 matches · Nantes
- S. Prcić+213
in 31 matches · Rennes
- R. Bensebaïni+179
in 37 matches · Rennes
Fell most
- R. Emond−75
in 14 matches · Nantes
- K. Grosicki−73
in 17 matches · Rennes
- M. Simon−70
in 39 matches · Nantes
- S. Corchia−56
in 5 matches · Nantes
- A. Lafont−54
in 42 matches · Nantes
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−57L. Perrin1515
in 4 matches · Saint Etienne
−46Hilton1375
in 3 matches · Montpellier
−43Malcom2397
in 3 matches · Bordeaux
−40Unknown (85698)1431
in 3 matches · Bordeaux
−38Jaroslav Plašil1101
in 3 matches · Bordeaux
Nemeses
+120L. Diony1746
in 3 matches · Saint Etienne
+97J. Marié1546
in 3 matches · Dijon
+93Unknown (85694)1115
in 3 matches · Dijon
+91K. N'Doram1824
in 4 matches · Metz
+81Á. Lang1662
in 3 matches · Dijon
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −27
in 3 matches · Bordeaux
- −15
in 3 matches · Marseille
- −2
Claude Puel1913
in 3 matches · Saint Etienne
Nemesis coaches
- +92
in 6 matches · Stade Brestois 29
- +60
Leonardo Jardim2209
in 4 matches · Monaco
- +57
Thierry Laurey1557
in 3 matches · Strasbourg
- +54
Lucien Favre1902
in 3 matches · Nice
- +43
Stéphane Moulin1625
in 4 matches · Angers
Playing style
How Christian Gourcuff's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 2 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
-0.49style consistency across 2 clubs
More consistent than 4% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Rennes52 matches
Nantes44 matches