Raoul Savoy (born 18 May 1973) is a Swiss football coach who is the head coach of the Central African Republic national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 May 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Sainte-Croix, Switzerland | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Central African Republic (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2002–2003 | Tonnerre Yaoundé | ||
| 2003–2005 | COD Meknes | ||
| 2005–2006 | SCC Mohammédia | ||
| 2006 | IR Tanger | ||
| 2006–2007 | Ethiopia | ||
| 2007–2008 | Swaziland | ||
| 2009–2011 | MC Oujda[citation needed] | ||
| 2012 | MC Oran | ||
| 2013 | MC El Eulma | ||
| 2013 | FC Sion II | ||
| 2014–2015 | Central African Republic | ||
| 2015 | Gambia | ||
| 2017–2019 | Central African Republic | ||
| 2021– | Central African Republic | ||
Career
editIn 2012, he spent for the first time in Algeria managing MC Oran and in 2013 MC El Eulma.[1]
On 15 May 2015, Raoul was appointed the manager of Gambia national football team.[2] He quit in December 2015.[3]
In February 2017, he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.[4] He later became manager of Central African Republic staying until March 2019.[5] In August 2021, he was reappointed as head coach of Central African Republic for a third stint.[6]
Personal life
editBorn in Switzerland, Savoy is of Spanish descent.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Raoul Savoy a new coach of MC Oran". elmoudjahid.com. El-Moudjahid. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ Momodou Bah (14 May 2015). "BBC Sport - Raoul Savoy unveiled to local media as coach of the Gambia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Raoul Savoy says he quit as The Gambia boss and was not sacked". BBC Sport. 8 December 2015.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (14 February 2017). "Samson Siasia and Winfried Schafer on Rwanda coach shortlist". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "CAR's coach Raoul Savoy says football is 'unifying the country'". BBC Sport. 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Centrafrique : Officiel ! Raoul Savoy nommé sélectionneur ... pour la troisième fois" (in French). Africa Top Sports. 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Football et voyage, épisode 2 - Raoul Savoy le Vaudois qui a parcouru toute l'Afrique".