The former France international will be replacing Frederic Hantz (47), who resigned his post, after leading the team to 10th position, in the just concluded French Ligue 1 season.
Until this new appointment, Mr makelele has been the assistant coach at the PSG, to his former national team-mate Laurent Blanc. Before then, he was the assistant to the former coach of PSG, Carlo Ancelotti, who is now in charge of Real Madrid as the head coach.
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Makelele who joined Chelsea as a player in 2003 from Real Madrid, left the London club in 2008 for PSG, where he played until his retirement in 2011.
After he hanged up his boots, he became an assistant coach there until now.
The former coach of the Corsican club, Mr Frederic Hantz, resigned as coach, because according to him, he has ''failed to take the club to the next level.''
The task for Claude Makelele then, will be to improve on the record of Mr Hantz, and lead his new team to a higher position on the League table, and maybe qualify them next season to the Europa League.
Makelele, who was regarded during his playing years as a midfield marshall, because of the manner he controlled and marshalled ball in the midfield, won many titles as a player.
Among the titles he won as a player were:
Real Madrid: Two La Liga Cups in 2000/01 and 2002/03
One Champions League in 2001/02
One Uefa Super Cup in 2002
One Intercontinental Cup 2002
Chelsea FC: Two Premier League Cups in 2004/05 and 2005/06
Two League Cups in 2004/05 and 2006/07
One FA Cup in 2006/07
He has also won the French Ligue 1 titles in the last two seasons as assistant coach of Paris St. Germain. Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com
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