1965: Born in Ales on November 19.
1983: Begins his career with Montpellier, aged
18.
1987: Helps the club to the Ligue 2 title.
1988: Earns a call-up to the successful France
team at the European Under-21 Championship.
1990: Wins his first Coupe de France with
Montpellier after a 2-1 victory in the final against Racing Club de Paris.
1991: Signs for Italian side Napoli.
1992: Returns to France with Nimes,
subsequently signing for St Etienne a year later.
1996: After joining Auxerre at the start of
the season, helps the club to a Ligue 1 and Coupe de France double. Signs for
Barcelona.
1998: Having won a Spanish Super Cup, signs
for Marseille. Wins the World Cup with France, although his campaign is marred
by a controversial sending-off in the semi-final, Croatia's Slaven Bilic
feigning injury as Blanc is dismissed for use of the elbow.
1999: Features in the UEFA Cup final but his
poor back-pass allows Hernan Crespo to score one of Parma's goals in a 3-0 win.
2000: Helps his country follow up their World
Cup success by winning the European Championship as David Trezeguet's
extra-time golden goal settles the final against Italy. Blanc's goal against
Denmark in the group stage takes his international record to 16 goals in 97 caps
before he retires at the end of the tournament. His Inter Milan team is
defeated in the Italian Cup final by Lazio.
2001: Joins Manchester United, with whom he
wins the 2003 Premier League title.
2003: Retires from playing at the end of the
2002/03 campaign.
2007: Appointed coach of Bordeaux - his first
coaching job.
2009: Guides Les Girondins to a Ligue 1 and
Coupe de la Ligue double.
2010: May 16 - Leaves Bordeaux after a
disappointing season, prompting France Football Federation president Jean-Pierre
Escalettes to confirm Blanc is his preferred choice to replace Raymond Domenech
as national team coach after World Cup.
May 20 - The FFF reaches an agreement with
Bordeaux for Blanc to become France coach.
2011: May 10 - Cleared to continue in his job following investigation into the racial quotas row. It had been claimed that Blanc and other coaches were seeking to introduce limits on the presence of ethnic minority players entering the national set-up.
2011: May 10 - Cleared to continue in his job following investigation into the racial quotas row. It had been claimed that Blanc and other coaches were seeking to introduce limits on the presence of ethnic minority players entering the national set-up.
October 11 - Guides France to 1-1 draw
against Bosnia and Herzegovina in their final Euro 2012 qualifier, meaning Les
Bleus top group by one point and qualify for finals in Poland and Ukraine.
2012: June 19 - France finish second in Group
D, behind England, after losing 2-0 to Sweden, ending their 23-game unbeaten
run.
June 23 - France beat 2-0 by Spain in Euro
2012 quarter-finals.
June 30 - Informs the FFF he is leaving
his post as France coach.
2013: June 25 - Confirmed as Paris St Germain
coach, succeeding Carlo Ancelotti, on a two-year contract.
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