Claude Deschamps: Didier Deschamps's Wife, Age and Family

Claude Deschamps is the wife of Didier Deschamps, the former France captain and head coach who led Les Bleus to the 2018 World Cup. She is a very private woman: we could not find a single interview she has given, and the French press, such as Purepeople, reported in July 2026 that she turned 60 that summer. Their only child is a son, Dylan.

Didier Deschamps, 58 since 15 October 2026, is no longer France coach. He left the job after the 2026 World Cup, and Zinedine Zidane was named his successor on 28 July 2026. This guide, updated for November 2026, separates what reputable media have reported about Claude from the copied claims that fill many websites.

Who is Didier Deschamps's wife?

Didier Deschamps's wife is Claude Deschamps. In October 2019, in the TF1 programme 50' Inside, Deschamps paid an emotional tribute to his wife, as Télé-Loisirs reported. In an interview with the magazine VSD, quoted by Purepeople, he also said that during his playing career it was mostly Claude who looked after their son.

How long have they been together? Purepeople wrote in July 2026 that Claude has shared his life for more than forty years, a span that covers his playing career, his coaching jobs at Monaco, Juventus and Marseille, and the fourteen years with France. We found no reputable report of a separation, and no report of an earlier marriage for either of them.

Claude Deschamps in sunglasses sitting next to her husband Didier Deschamps in the stands

Claude Deschamps age and birthday

Claude Deschamps's exact date of birth has not been published by a reliable outlet. Purepeople, reporting on a family trip in July 2026, wrote that she turned 60 during it, so she is 60 in 2026. We do not give a birth year or a zodiac sign, because none is documented.

For comparison, Didier Deschamps was born on 15 October 1968 in Bayonne, in the Basque Country, and turned 58 in October 2026.

Claude Deschamps origin, family and career

Claude Deschamps is French. Her parents, any siblings and her childhood have never been the subject of a reliable public account, and she has not spoken about them in public. Her profession is not documented.

Because of that, the questions people search most often have the same honest answers:

Claude Deschamps net worth and salary: not published. Estimates of her wealth that circulate online have no source.
Claude Deschamps height and weight: not published.
Social media: we could not find a verified account of her own. She appears on other people's posts, mostly her son's and daughter-in-law's.

Who is Didier Deschamps? A dated timeline

1968: born on 15 October in Bayonne.
1985 to 1989: plays for FC Nantes.
1989 to 1994: joins Olympique de Marseille, with a loan to Bordeaux in 1990/91, and wins the Champions League in 1993.
1994 to 1999: Juventus, where he wins the Champions League again in 1996.
1998: captains France to the World Cup on home soil.
1999 to 2000: Chelsea, where he wins the FA Cup in 2000. The same year he captains France to Euro 2000.
2000 to 2001: Valencia, then retirement as a player in 2001, with 103 caps for France, 54 of them as captain.
2001 to 2005: coaches AS Monaco and wins the League Cup in 2003.
2006 to 2007: coaches Juventus and takes them back to Serie A.
2009 to 2012: coaches Marseille and wins the French league in 2010.
2012 to 2026: France coach for fourteen years.

The Deschamps years with France

Deschamps took charge of France in 2012 and became the third man, after Brazil's Mário Zagallo and Germany's Franz Beckenbauer, to win the World Cup as both player and coach. His record with the national team:

2014 World Cup: quarter-final, lost 1-0 to Germany.
Euro 2016: final, lost to Portugal.
2018 World Cup: champions.
2021: wins the Nations League.
2022 World Cup: final, lost to Argentina.
Euro 2024: semi-final, lost to Spain.
2026 World Cup: lost in the semi-final, then fourth place after a 4-6 defeat to England in the third-place match on 18 July 2026 in Miami, where Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick.

The announcement that he would leave after the 2026 World Cup had been made well in advance. On 19 July 2026 he told M6 that he was leaving for the good of the France team, and that he would stay in football, as a club coach or a national team coach.

What Didier Deschamps does now

As of November 2026, no new job has been announced for Deschamps. Zinedine Zidane was officially named France coach by the French Football Federation on 28 July 2026, on a contract until the 2030 World Cup, and Fabien Barthez was reported to join his staff. If you follow the Zidane family too, our guide to Zinedine Zidane's wife Véronique covers another famous French coaching couple.

Deschamps said he would not comment on the team after his departure, out of respect for his successor.

Claude Deschamps at the stadium

Claude often follows France matches from the stands. Philippe Tournon, the former France press officer, explained on C à vous (as reported by Purepeople on 9 July 2026) a ritual of the Deschamps family: Didier wants Claude to sit in the same place at every match, near him, so that he can find her when he turns round. According to the same report, Dylan follows the same rule when he attends. The report links the rule to the 2014 World Cup quarter-final against Germany, when the families were placed in another stand and France lost 1-0.

Claude Deschamps with tricolour face paint at a France match, with a young man behind her

Claude Deschamps and Didier Deschamps's son Dylan

Claude and Didier Deschamps have one child, a son, Dylan. Dylan has a public Instagram account. He and his wife Mathilde posted photos from a yacht trip off Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Monte-Carlo to celebrate Claude's 60th birthday in July 2026, according to Purepeople.

Didier Deschamps and Claude Deschamps with a young man in front of a The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018 backdrop

The Deschamps family in photos

Didier Deschamps and his wife Claude Deschamps, dressed up at an evening event

The couple have been photographed together at football events, including The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in 2018, where the photo with a young man higher up this page was taken. They pose for photographers but, as far as we could find, do not give interviews.

Quick facts

Name: Claude Deschamps.
Husband: Didier Deschamps, born 15 October 1968 in Bayonne.
Age: about 60 in 2026, according to Purepeople.
Nationality: French.
Child: one son, Dylan.
Together: more than forty years, per Purepeople in July 2026. The year of the wedding is not confirmed by a reliable source.
Profession, net worth, height: not published.

FAQ

Who is Claude Deschamps?

Claude Deschamps is the wife of the former France coach Didier Deschamps and the mother of their son Dylan. She does not give interviews.

How old is Claude Deschamps?

Purepeople reported that she turned 60 in July 2026. No reliable outlet has published her full birth date.

Are Didier Deschamps and Claude still together?

As far as is publicly known, yes. Purepeople reported in July 2026 on the couple's matchday routine at the World Cup, and we found no reputable report of a separation.