Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard (born 30 September 1968) is a French professional
football
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coach and former player who is the manager of the
Saudi Arabia national team.
Renard has previously been the manager of
Zambia national team, with whom he won the
2012 Africa Cup of Nations
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; he also won the competition in
2015
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with the
Ivory Coast
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, becoming the first coach to win two Africa Cup of Nations with different teams. In addition, he coached
Morocco
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at the
2018 World Cup
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. In 2019, he was appointed as manager of
Saudi Arabia
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.
Early life
Renard was born on 30 September 1968 in
Aix-les-Bains
Aix-les-Bains (, ; frp, Èx-los-Bens; la, Aquae Gratianae), locally simply Aix, is a commune in the southeastern French department of Savoie. , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Playing career
Born in
Aix-les-Bains
Aix-les-Bains (, ; frp, Èx-los-Bens; la, Aquae Gratianae), locally simply Aix, is a commune in the southeastern French department of Savoie. , Renard played as a
defender for French sides
AS Cannes
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,
Stade de Vallauris
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and
SC Draguignan in a playing career which lasted from 1983 to 1998. After retiring as a professional player he worked as a cleaner, working there in the morning and training with Draguignan in the evening, eventually starting his own cleaning company.
Coaching career
Early years
Renard began his coaching career with
SC Draguignan in 1999, leaving in 2001. He was Assistant at Chinese side
Shanghai Cosco
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with head coach
Claude Le Roy
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Ma ...
from 2002 to 2003,
and managed English side
Cambridge United
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in 2004, having first joined the club with Le Roy to serve as a coach.
He became manager of Vietnamese club
Song Da Nam Dinh in 2004, leaving them after several months. He became manager of
AS Cherbourg
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...
in 2005, leaving them in 2007. He next became Assistant to
Claude Le Roy
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Ma ...
for the
Ghana national side.
In May 2008, he was appointed manager of the
Zambia national team. At the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, he led Zambia to the quarter final stage of the tournament for the first time in 14 years. Renard left his duties as Zambia manager in April 2010 with only two months remaining on his contract. Two days later he agreed to become manager of
Angola
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. He resigned from his position as Angola manager in October 2010, and was replaced by
Zeca Amaral
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Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard (born 30 September 1968) ...
.
USM Alger
On 21 January 2011, Renard reached an agreement with Algerian club
USM Alger
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to become the head coach of the club.
Second spell with Zambia
On 22 October 2011, it was announced that Renard had returned for a second stint as coach of Zambia on a one-year contract. He led the team to their first victory in the African Cup Of Nations in
2012
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. The win was dedicated to
the 18 players who perished in April 1993, after a plane carrying the squad crashed just miles from the site of the 2012 final in Gabon.
In May 2012,
Chishimba Kambwili
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, the Zambian sports minister, announced he expected Renard to sign a new contract by the end of the month.
After Zambia were eliminated from the group stages of the 2013 African Cup of Nations, Renard said that it was his fault. He later criticised CAF for not allowing Zambia, as the 2012 winners of the AFCON, the chance to compete at the
2013 Confederations Cup.
Renard was released from his contract by the Football Association of Zambia in October 2013, in preparation for a role with French club
FC Sochaux
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.
Sochaux
On 7 October 2013 it was announced that Renard was appointed as the new manager of French
Ligue 1
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side
Sochaux
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. In April 2014 he was linked with the
Morocco national team job.
The club was involved in a relegation fight in May 2014, and after being relegated, he left the club later that month. In July 2014 he was announced to be on the shortlist for the Ivory Coast job.
Ivory Coast
Renard was appointed as manager of the
Ivory Coast national team in July 2014. He was manager at the
2015 Africa Cup of Nations
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, and praised the organization of the tournament. He won the competition, becoming the first coach to win two Africa Cup of Nations with different countries.
Lille
Renard became manager of French club
Lille
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in May 2015. On 11 November 2015, he was sacked after getting only 13 points in 13 league games.
Morocco
In February 2016, Renard was linked with the vacant
Morocco national team job. Later that month he was appointed as the new Morocco manager. In October 2016 he was linked with the vacant
Algeria national team job.
In November 2017, he qualified Morocco to the
2018 FIFA World Cup
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in Russia, their first since 1998. Later that month, he signed a new contract, until 2022. In July 2019 the Moroccan team was eliminated from the
2019 Africa Cup of Nations
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, with Renard taking responsibility for the "shock exit". He resigned a few days later, on 15 July 2019.
Saudi Arabia
Later in July 2019 he became manager of
Saudi Arabia
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, the first Frenchman to do so. On 10 September 2019, he managed his first official match against
Yemen
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in the
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Parallel tour ...
. In March 2022, Renard led Saudi Arabia to qualification for the
2022 FIFA World Cup
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, and in the process became the foreign-born manager with the most wins (18) in the nation's history. In their opening game of the World Cup, he led Saudi Arabia to a 2–1 win over
Argentina
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, one of the pre-tournament favourites, in what was considered one of the biggest shock results in World Cup history. However, Saudi Arabia lost the other two matches against
Poland
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and
Mexico
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, to be eliminated from the group stage.
Personal life
Renard is in a relationship with Viviane Dièye, the widow of coach
Bruno Metsu
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.
His maternal grandparents were from
Poland
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.
Honours
As a manager
Zambia
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COSAFA Cup
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:
2013
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Africa Cup of Nations
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2012
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Ivory Coast
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Africa Cup of Nations
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2015
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Individual
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CAF Coach of the Year: 2012, 2015, 2018
References
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1968 births
Living people
People from Aix-les-Bains
Footballers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French footballers
Association football defenders
AS Cannes players
SC Draguignan players
Ligue 1 players
French football managers
SC Draguignan managers
Cambridge United F.C. managers
AS Cherbourg Football managers
Zambia national football team managers
Angola national football team managers
USM Alger managers
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard managers
Ivory Coast national football team managers
Lille OSC managers
Morocco national football team managers
French expatriate football managers
French expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate football managers in England
French expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
Expatriate football managers in Vietnam
French expatriate sportspeople in Zambia
Expatriate football managers in Zambia
French expatriate sportspeople in Angola
Expatriate football managers in Angola
French expatriate sportspeople in Algeria
Expatriate football managers in Algeria
French expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast
Expatriate football managers in Ivory Coast
French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
Expatriate football managers in Morocco
2010 Africa Cup of Nations managers
2012 Africa Cup of Nations managers
2013 Africa Cup of Nations managers
2015 Africa Cup of Nations managers
2017 Africa Cup of Nations managers
2018 FIFA World Cup managers
Sportspeople from Savoie
Cambridge United F.C. non-playing staff
2019 Africa Cup of Nations managers
Saudi Arabia national football team managers
French expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
French people of Polish descent
2022 FIFA World Cup managers