Antoine Hey (born 19 September 1970) is a German

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coach and former professional player. He has been manager of

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since October 2019. He spent most of his playing career in the top two divisions of German football, and went on to manage a number of national teams.

Playing career

Hey played mainly for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Schalke 04 in Germany, as well as Tennis Borussia Berlin,

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, VfL Osnabrück, Anorthosis Famagusta and

VfR Neumünster VfR Neumünster is a German association football club based in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein. The club was established on 3 March 1910 as FV Neumünster by members of FC Germania 1907 Neumünster and FC Viktoria 1909 Neumünster. In 1924, FV w ...

Managerial career

Hey began his management career in Germany with

before moving to Africa to manage

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. Hey was also manager of the

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from September 2006 until March 2007. His spell with Gambia was marred by concerns over money. He was appointed manager of

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in February 2008. In February 2009, he was appointed coach of the Kenyan national team. After disputes with the governing body over team selection, Hey walked out on Kenya's national team shortly before the final

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against Nigeria. Later on, he worked as a Technical Director for the Libyan Football Federation from 2010 until 2014, and in the same role for the

Bahrain Football Association The Bahrain Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد البحريني لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Bahrain, and controls the Bahrain national football team. It was founded in 1957, and has been a member of FIFA since ...

from 2015 until 2016. In November 2016, Hey returned to management with Sudanese club Al-Merrikh, but he was sacked in January 2017 due to poor results, directly after the draw with ASAS Djibouti Télécom in the

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. In February 2017 he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role. He was appointed manager of the Rwanda national team in March 2017. He asked to quit in January 2018. In May 2018, he was appointed in a dual role as manager of

and its under-23 team on a one-and-half-year deal. In the

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, Myanmar drew with Vietnam under controversial circumstances. Hey was criticized for his aggressive behaviour in this match towards the Vietnamese players and their manager

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. He was sacked in December 2018. He returned to Myanmar in October 2019.

Personal life

His father, Jonny Hey, was also a professional footballer, playing for MSV Duisburg, Arminia Bielefeld, Grasshoppers Zürich and Fortuna Köln between 1972 and 1980.

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