| Jean-Michel Cavalli | |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Ajaccio, France |
| Height: | 1.68 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Prishtina (manager) |
| Years1: | 1971–1975 |
| Clubs1: | Gazélec Ajaccio |
| Years2: | 1975–1976 |
| Clubs2: | Monaco |
| Years3: | 1976–1977 |
| Clubs3: | Boulogne-Billancourt |
| Years4: | 1977–1978 |
| Clubs4: | CSM Puteaux |
| Years5: | 1978–1979 |
| Clubs5: | FC Solenzara |
| Years6: | 1979–1990 |
| Clubs6: | Gazélec Ajaccio |
| Manageryears1: | 1990–1991 |
| Managerclubs1: | Gazélec Ajaccio |
| Manageryears2: | 1994 |
| Managerclubs2: | Al-Nassr |
| Manageryears3: | 1994–1995 |
| Managerclubs3: | Lille (assistant) |
| Manageryears4: | 1995–1997 |
| Managerclubs4: | Lille |
| Manageryears5: | 1997–1998 |
| Managerclubs5: | Al-Riyadh |
| Manageryears6: | 1998–1999 |
| Managerclubs6: | Gazélec Ajaccio |
| Manageryears7: | 2000 |
| Managerclubs7: | Gazélec Ajaccio |
| Manageryears8: | 2000–2001 |
| Managerclubs8: | RC Paris |
| Manageryears9: | 2002 |
| Managerclubs9: | Ionikos |
| Manageryears10: | 2003–2005 |
| Managerclubs10: | US Créteil |
| Manageryears11: | 2005–2006 |
| Managerclubs11: | Triestina |
| Manageryears12: | 2006–2007 |
| Managerclubs12: | Algeria |
| Manageryears13: | 2007–2008 |
| Managerclubs13: | Wydad AC |
| Manageryears14: | 2008–2010 |
| Managerclubs14: | Nîmes |
| Manageryears15: | 2009 |
| Managerclubs15: | Corsica |
| Manageryears16: | 2012–2013 |
| Managerclubs16: | Gazélec Ajaccio |
| Manageryears17: | 2014–2015 |
| Managerclubs17: | MC Oran |
| Manageryears18: | 2015–2016 |
| Managerclubs18: | Al-Hilal Omdurman |
| Manageryears19: | 2016 |
| Managerclubs19: | USM Alger |
| Manageryears21: | 2017 |
| Managerclubs21: | Al-Ittihad Alexandria |
| Manageryears22: | 2019 |
| Managerclubs22: | MC Oran |
| Manageryears23: | 2020–2023 |
| Managerclubs23: | Niger |
| Manageryears24: | 2024 |
| Managerclubs24: | Club Africain |
| Manageryears25: | 2024– |
| Managerclubs25: | Prishtina |
Jean-Michel Cavalli (born 13 July 1957) is a French and Corsican football manager and former player who is the manager of Kosovo Superleague club Prishtina.
Cavalli started his playing career at the now-defunct Gazélec Ajaccio in 1971,[1] also turning out for Corsican sides Bastia SCB (1977–78) and Solenzara (1978–79) before a second spell at Gazélec. In that second spell, Cavalli would spend five years as club captain.
In his final few years as a player, the club hierarchy at Gazélec encouraged Cavalli to shadow then head coach Guy Calléja. In 1990, when Calléja was unable to continue in the role, Cavalli was promoted to manager - overseeing both the professionalisation of the football club [2] and ensuring that Gazélec were able to stay in Division 2 in a period of great transition.
His first taste of international management would take place when he took charge of Algeria in 2005.[3] [4] Cavalli coached the Corsica national team, not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, in a 2009 friendly against Congo.
Jean-Michel Cavalli comes from a family which had a history of professional football players. His uncle,, won the 1935 Coupe de France with Olympique de Marseille, primarily as a rotational player.[5] His son is the former professional football player Johan Cavalli, who is the current Sporting Director at AC Ajaccio. When Jean-Michel took the reins of the Corsican national team in 2009, Johan was one of the players in the starting XI.