Bertrand Marchand (born 27 April 1953) is a French former

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player and manager.

Career

Marchand was coach-player then coach at

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from 1982 to 1997. Then he was at

Stade Rennais F.C. Stade Rennais Football Club (), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais FC, Stade Rennais, Rennes, or simply SRFC, is a French professional football club based in Rennes, Brittany. They compete in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football, and pla ...

(educator at the training center then assistant coach) and at

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(

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), where he directed the players of the first team of 2002 to 2004. He also trained in Tunisia with

Club Africain Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis that competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football, handball, basketball, swimming and volleyball. The foot ...

and

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, club based in

Sousse Sousse or Soussa ( ar, سوسة, ; Berber:''Susa'') is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf ...

with which, in 2007, he won the

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and reached the semi-final of the

2007 FIFA Club World Cup The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 to 16 December 2007. It was the fourth FIFA Club World Cup, a tourn ...

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. He is the only French to date, players and coaches combined, to have achieved this performance. Following this course, he received the UNECATEF trophy. He also won the

2008 CAF Super Cup The 2008 CAF Super Cup was the 16th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League a ...

. At the end of his contract with the Etoile du Sahel, several clubs in the Persian Gulf began to take an interest in this technician, particularly the

Al Wahda FC Al Wahda Football Club ( ar, نادي الوحدة لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional football club based in Abu Dhabi, that competes in the UAE Pro League. The club was founded in 1974 and plays its home games at the Al Nahyan Stadi ...

, which would do anything to get him signed. A second rumor sent him to Egyptian side

Zamalek Zamalek ( ar, الزمالك , ''al zamalek'') is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on the east an ...

, but it was ultimately in Qatar, at

Al-Khor Al Khor ( ar, الخور; also spelled ''Al Khawr''), officially Al Khor and Al Thakhira, is a municipality in coastal northeastern Qatar. Al Khor City, the municipal seat, is located in the northeast coast of Qatar, around from the capital, ...

whered he signed for two years. In June 2010, he became the coach of the Tunisian national team. On 15 December 2010, the federal office of FTF decided to dismiss Bertrand Marchand after two defeats and a draw in CAN 2012 qualifying matches. The Raja de Casablanca announced in September 2011 that it had recruited the Frenchman Bertrand Marchand for a renewable year as a new coach. On 16 April 2015, he was appointed head of Al Gharafa, a Qatari football club based in Doha, for a period of one month following the dismissal of Marco Paqueta. In September 2019, he was appointed new coach of the Chebbien3 Sports Crescent.

References

External links

Bertrand Marchand Interview
1953 births Living people People from Dinan Sportspeople from Côtes-d'Armor French footballers Footballers from Brittany Association football defenders Stade Rennais F.C. players French football managers En Avant Guingamp managers Club Africain football managers Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers Al-Khor SC managers Tunisia national football team managers Raja CA managers Umm Salal SC managers Al Kharaitiyat SC managers RS Berkane managers Ligue 1 managers French expatriate football managers French expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Expatriate football managers in Tunisia French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Qatar French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate football managers in Morocco Botola managers {{France-footy-bio-stub