Anselme Délicat is a

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ese

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manager and a former player. Since late 2000s he has been the main coach of

USM Libreville Union Sportive O'Mbila Nziami Libreville is a Gabonese football club based in Libreville, Gabon. Achievements * Gabon Championnat National D1: 4 :: 1980, 1981, 1988, 2002 * Coupe du Gabon Interclubs: 4 :: 1987, 1991, 2002, 2008 Performance in ...

Club career

He started his career at

where he played until when he moved to Yugoslav League. While a player, Delicat was one of the first African players to have played in the

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. He spend three seasons, from 1983 until 1986, in a Serbian side

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, where he was appreciated by the local fans and nicknamed "Žika Delika". His previous nickname, while still playing in Gabon, was "Kopa", because it's said that his style remembered the famous French footballer

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. He is still remembered in

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for his speed and technical abilities. Previously, he has played with

. He scored two goals in the final of the 1980–81

Gabon Championnat National D1 Gabon Championnat National D1 is the top division of the Gabonese Football Federation, it was created in 1968. Gabon Championnat National D1 Clubs – 2015/16 * Bitam ( Bitam) * Cercle Mbéri Sportif (Libreville) * FC 105 Libreville (Libreville) ...

in which his team USM won against

FC 105 Libreville Football Canon (FC) 105 de Libreville is a Gabonese professional football club based in Libreville. It was founded in 1975 as the club of the army and the police. FC 105 play at the 5,000-capacity Stade Idriss Ngari in Owendo. They often play hom ...

by 4–2.Gabon 1980/81
at

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International career

Even before coming to Europe, Delicat was one of the most influential players in the

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Coaching career

At the end of 2008 he was coaching the

club

. He was coach of USM as early as 2001. In March 2016, while coaching USM, which were second-placed aspiring promotion to top-level, Delicat was sanctioned for insubordination by club president, former army general Jean Boniface Asselé. Delicat joined the club 3 rounds before the end of the 2014–15 season when they were relegated from the

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Honors

: 1980–81

References

External sources

* Living people Gabonese men's footballers Gabon men's international footballers USM Libreville players FK Vojvodina players Yugoslav First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Yugoslavia Men's association football midfielders Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia Gabonese expatriate men's footballers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Gabonese people {{Gabon-footy-bio-stub