Philippe Hinschberger (born 19 November 1959) is a French

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and former

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who is manager of

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side

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Playing career

Hinschberger was a one-club man, having spent his entire career with

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Hinschberger managed

CS Louhans-Cuiseaux Louhans-Cuiseaux Football Club is a football club located in Louhans, France. History The club was founded in 1970 as ''Club Sportif Louhans Cuiseaux 71'' after the merger of ''Club Sportif Louhannais'' (founded in 1916) and ''Club de Cuiseaux' ...

, Chamois Niortais and

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; he was the manager of Laval from 2007 to 2014. Hinschberger was manager of

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in 2014. He joined Metz in December 2015, and was sacked on 22 October 2017, after nine defeats in ten games at the start of the 2017–18 season. On 17 June 2021, Hinschberger left

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to join fellow

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Honours

Metz *

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: 1983–84, 1987–88 *

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: 1985–86

References

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