Élisabeth Loisel (born 1 August 1963) is a French former
football player and manager. Throughout her career she played for
Stade de Reims and
VGA Saint-Maur. She was a member of the
French national team between 1980 and her retirement in 1989 at 26.
In 1997 she was appointed the French national team's new manager. Under her tenancy France qualified for the
2003 World Cup and the
2001 and
2005 European Championships. She was sacked after France failed to qualify for the
2007 World Cup. That same year she was signed by the
Chinese Football Association
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams and administers the country ...
as
China's manager for the
2008 Summer Olympics. However, she was sacked five months from the tournament, following a disappointing performance in the
2008 Algarve Cup
The 2008 Algarve Cup was the fifteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football, women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 5 and 12 March 2008 with the reigning champions the Unite ...
.
She currently leads the Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women's World Cup in the
French Football Federation.
List of FFF's committee members
in FIFA's website
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
People from Meaux
Footballers from Seine-et-Marne
French women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
Stade de Reims Féminines players
France women's international footballers
French football managers
Female association football managers
France women's national football team managers
China women's national football team managers
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
French expatriate football managers
French expatriate sportspeople in China
Expatriate football managers in China
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