FILE PHOTO: Former French team coach Michel Hidalgo attends an international friendly soccer match between France and Germany at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, near Paris, February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - Michel Hidalgo, who coached current world champions France to their first major soccer title at the 1984 European Championship, has died at the age of 87.
The French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed the news on its website on Thursday.
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