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Philippe Troussier
Personal information
Full name Philippe Troussier
Date of birth March 21, 1955 (1955-03-21) (age 54)
Place of birth    Paris, France
Playing position Head Coach
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1976–1977
1977–1978
1978–1981
1981–1983
Angoulême
Red Star 93
Rouen
Stade de Reims
   
Teams managed
1983–1984
1984–1987
1987–1989
1989
1989–1992
1993
1994
1994–1995
1995–1997
1997
1997–1998
1998
1998–2002
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005
2008
INF Vichy
CS Alençon
Red Star 93
Créteil
ASEC Mimosas
Ivory Coast
Kaizer Chiefs
CA Rabat
FUS Rabat
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
South Africa
Japan
Qatar
Marseille
Morocco
Ryūkyū

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Philippe Troussier (born on March 21, 1955 in Paris) is a former French football player and now a manager.

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Career

Coaching career

Troussier is known as the "White Witch Doctor" for his success with African club teams such as Asec Abidjan of the Côte d'Ivoire and the national teams of Nigeria, South Africa and Burkina Faso, Troussier is best known as a coach for his time spent with the Japanese national team.

Troussier coached Japanese national team from 1998 to 2002, winning the 2000 Asian Cup, placing second at the 2001 Confederations Cup and made the round of 16 at the 2002 World Cup. He also coached the Japanese team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney to a fifth-place finish and 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up.

He was the head coach of the Moroccan national team, having taken over after the country's failure to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. However, he was fired after only two months in charge by the Moroccan FA due to a difference in opinion.

In March 2008 he returned to Japan to manage FC Ryuku a Japanese 3rd division team before he was replaced by compatriot Jean Paul Rabier.

Trivia

  • Philippe Troussier is a Muslim. He took the name Omar and his wife Dominique the name Amina when they converted to Islam in the Moroccan capital Rabat where they live. The couple have adopted two Moroccan girls named Selma and Mariam.[1]

Honors and awards

ASEC Mimosas
Japan national team
Individual

References

  1. ^ [1] World Soccer News

Simple English

Philippe Troussier
Personal information
Full name Philippe Troussier
Date of birth 21 March 1955 (1955-03-21) (age 55)
Place of birth    Paris, France
Playing position Defender (retired)
Senior clubs
Years Club
1976-1977
1977-1978
1978-1981
1981-1983
Angoulême
Red Star
Rouen
Stade Reims
Teams managed
1983-1984
1984-1987
1987-1989
1989-1992
1993
1994
1994-1995
1995-1997
1997
1997-1998
1998
1998-2002
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005
2008-
Vichy
Alençon
Red Star
Mimosas
Côte d'Ivoire
Kaizer Chiefs
CA Rabat
FUS Rabat
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
South Africa
Japan
Qatar
Olympique Marseille
Morocco
Ryukyu

Philippe Troussier (born 21 March 1955) is a French football manager.

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