| Fullname: | François Ciccolini |
| Birth Date: | 3 June 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Cozzano, France |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 1982–1984 |
| Clubs1: | Olympique Ajaccio |
| Years2: | 1984–1985 |
| Clubs2: | Saint-Dizier |
| Years3: | 1985–1986 |
| Clubs3: | Olympique Ajaccio |
| Years4: | 1986–1988 |
| Clubs4: | Bastia |
| Caps4: | 18 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1988–1990 |
| Clubs5: | Gazélec Ajaccio |
| Manageryears1: | 1997–2000 |
| Managerclubs1: | Porto Vecchio |
| Manageryears2: | 2000–2004 |
| Managerclubs2: | Bastia (youth teams) |
| Manageryears3: | 2004–2005 |
| Managerclubs3: | Bastia |
| Manageryears4: | 2008–2009 |
| Managerclubs4: | Red Star |
| Manageryears5: | 2009–2011 |
| Managerclubs5: | Monaco (youth teams) |
| Manageryears6: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs6: | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| Manageryears7: | 2014 |
| Managerclubs7: | JS Kabylie |
| Manageryears8: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs8: | Bastia |
| Manageryears9: | 2018–2019 |
| Managerclubs9: | Laval |
| Manageryears10: | 2019–2020 |
| Managerclubs10: | Gazélec Ajaccio |
| Manageryears11: | 2020 |
| Managerclubs11: | USM Alger |
| Manageryears12: | 2024 |
| Managerclubs12: | Adanaspor |
François Ciccolini (born 3 June 1962) is a French football manager and former player who last coached Adanaspor in Turkey.
Born in Cozzano, Corsica, Ciccolini spent most of his playing career as a forward on the island, with SC Bastia and Gazélec Ajaccio. In his first managerial job with AS Porto-Vecchio, he took them to the last 32 of the 1999–2000 Coupe de France before losing to Bordeaux.[1] He then moved into the ranks of Bastia, becoming manager in 2004 and being sacked in April 2005 when the team was 19th in Ligue 1.[2]
Ciccolini returned to management in 2008 at Red Star F.C., and was dismissed the following March with the team in danger of relegation.[3] After working in the youth teams of AS Monaco FC, he took the job at Neuchâtel Xamax FCS in June 2011.[4] Following defeat in the first two games of the Swiss Super League season, he was dismissed in July and replaced by Joaquín Caparrós.[5]
In October 2014, Ciccolini was hired at JS Kabylie in Algeria but left two months later to rejoin Bastia.[6] He served as assistant to Ghislain Printant before taking the job outright in January 2016, with the team three points outside the relegation zone.[7] They finished the season in 10th, but by the end of February 2017 they were 19th and he was dismissed and replaced by Rui Almeida.[8]
Ciccolini's next job was at Stade Lavallois in the third-tier Championnat National. Early on in his tenure in August 2018, he made a threat of physical violence towards a Radio France journalist, and earned a five-month ban with the last two suspended.[9] The following February, he made an obscene gesture towards fans at JA Drancy,[10] and left his job by mutual consent days later.[11]
In June 2019, Ciccolini returned to Gazélec on a two-year deal as manager, after the team's play-off relegation from Ligue 2.[12] In May 2020, he was sacked, following the team's relegation to Championnat National 2.[13]
In November 2020, Ciccolini was appointed at USM Alger back in Algeria. He was dismissed after his debut, a 2–1 loss to CR Belouizdad in the Super Cup, for "disrespecting government officials" by refusing to take a runners-up medal from prime minister Abdelaziz Djerad.[14]