Laurent Banide (born 26 January 1968) is a French
football
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manager who coaches
Monaco
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's women's side.
Coaching career
Born in
Alès
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, Banide had his first job in management with the youth of
AS Monaco FC
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, as his father
Gérard
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led the first team.
Banide was assistant to
László Bölöni
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when on 23 October 2006, after losing seven of ten games at the start of the season, the Romanian was sacked and Banide took over. At 38, he was the youngest coach in
Ligue 1
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.
[ On 4 June 2007, after finishing the season in 9th, ten places above their position at his appointment, the ]principality
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club dismissed Banide.
He then coached Umm Salal
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and Al-Kuwait. In February 2010 he left Al Dhafra Club
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History
Al D ...
Abu Dhabi
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...
to join Al-Nasr SC, who replaces German colleague Frank Pagelsdorf
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Coaching career
He was manager of Hamburger SV from 1997 to 2001. He has also had a brief time as manager in UAE
The United Arab Emirates ...
.
On 10 January 2011, Banide returned to Monaco. He succeeded Guy Lacombe
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Playing career
Lacombe was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. ...
at a club ranked 17th that had been eliminated from the Coupe de France
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by fifth-tier Chambéry
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. The team were relegated to Ligue 2
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, and in early September he was sacked six games into the new season, leaving them second from bottom.
After returning to, and subsequently departing, Qatari side Umm Salal, he was appointed head coach of English League Two
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side Oldham Athletic
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on 11 June 2019, signing a one-year deal with the club. He was sacked on 19 September after winning only two out of eleven matches in charge.
In 2022, Banide was appointed head coach of the women's side of Monaco
Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...
.
References
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1968 births
Living people
People from Alès
French football managers
Ligue 1 managers
AS Monaco FC managers
Umm Salal SC managers
Al Kharaitiyat SC managers
Al-Wasl F.C. managers
Al Dhafra FC managers
Expatriate football managers in Qatar
Expatriate football managers in Kuwait
Expatriate football managers in England
Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates
French expatriate sportspeople in England
UAE Pro League managers
Sportspeople from Gard
English Football League managers
Kuwait SC managers
Kuwait Premier League managers
French expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Qatar Stars League managers
Footballers from Occitania (administrative region)
AS Monaco FC non-playing staff