Bertrand Marchand (born 27 April 1953) is a French former
football
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player and manager.
Career
Marchand was coach-player then coach at
Thouars Foot 79
Thouars Foot 79 is a French football club, based in Thouars. As of the 2019–20 season, it plays in the French sixth tier.
Honours
* Champion de France Division 4: 1991
* Champion DH Centre-Ouest: 1984
Coaches
* 1985–1997: Bertrand Marc ...
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
En Avant de Guingamp
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(
Ligue 1
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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
ES Sahel
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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
2007 CAF Champions League
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and reached the semi-final of the
2007 FIFA Club World Cup
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in
Japan
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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
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.
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
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, 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
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