Gérard Gili is a French football manager. He is currently unemployed after a spell managing Umm-Salal Sports Club

Umm-Salal Sports Club

Umm-Salal Sport Club is a Qatari football team playing at the first level. It is based in Umm Salal. It was previously known as Al-Tadamun Club....

 of Qatar.

Gili was promoted from within. He is a former coach of the Under 23 side with whom he qualified for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

 in January 2008 following the resignation of Ulrich Stielike due to personal reasons.

During his playing career he was a goalkeeper for Olympique de Marseille

Olympique de Marseille

Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...

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