Noël Tosi (born 25 May 1959) is a French
football
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coach and former player. He is currently the manager of
Thonon Evian. As a player, he played for minor clubs in France. His first job as a coach was Deauville in 1986. Tosi previously coached the
Congo national team. He was sworn in as coach in September 2006 after coaching the
Mauritania national team, and French
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...
teams
FC Gueugnon
Football Club Gueugnonnais (commonly called Gueugnon ) is a French association football club based in Gueugnon, Burgundy. The club was formed in 1940 and plays its home matches at the Stade Jean Laville located within the city.
The club has ...
and
US Créteil-Lusitanos
Union Sportive Créteil-Lusitanos (commonly referred to as US Créteil, USC, or simply Créteil) is a French football club based in Créteil, a southeastern suburb of Paris. The club was founded in 1936 and currently play in the National 2, the ...
previously. Tosi was charged with improving Congo, and perhaps getting them to the
African Cup of Nations
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.
Managerial career
In 2014 Tosi quit as manager of
US Le Pontet
US Pontet Grand Avignon 84 (previously Union Sportive Le Pontet Football) was a football club based in Le Pontet, Vaucluse
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. At the time, the club was in fourth place in the
CFA. Tosi was manager of
MDA Chasselay for one-and-a-half seasons. He escaped relegation from the CFA in the
2014–15 season. In June 2016 it was announced he had agreed the termination of his contract with the club. The club's president cited financial constraints preventing the club from keeping Tosi. After being unable to prevent
FC Mulhouse
Football Club de Mulhouse (; commonly referred to as FCM or simply Mulhouse) is a Football in France, French association football club based in Mulhouse. The club was founded in 1893 and currently play in the Championnat National 3, the fifth le ...
's relegation to
Championnat National 3
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in the previous season, Tosi left the club in June 2017.
References
External links
The ejector seat in Africa- FIFA.com, 16 September 2003
FIFA.com, 6 September 2006
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1959 births
Living people
French sportspeople of Italian descent
Sportspeople from Skikda
Pieds-noirs
French men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
AC Avignonnais players
Gazélec Ajaccio players
Ligue 2 players
French football managers
Grenoble Foot 38 managers
AC Avignonnais managers
Dijon FCO managers
FC Gueugnon managers
US Créteil-Lusitanos managers
Mauritania national football team managers
Racing Club de France Football managers
Angers SCO managers
Congo national football team managers
AS Cherbourg Football managers
Nîmes Olympique managers
FC Mulhouse managers
Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC managers
Ligue 1 managers
Ligue 2 managers
French expatriate football managers
French expatriate sportspeople in the Republic of the Congo
French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
French expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
Expatriate football managers in Mauritania
Expatriate football managers in the Republic of the Congo
Expatriate football managers in Luxembourg
Expatriate football managers in Ivory Coast
French expatriate sportspeople in Mauritania
20th-century French sportsmen