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Hervé Renard

Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard (born 30 September 1968) is a French professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Saudi Arabia.

Hervé Renard
Renard as Morocco manager at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard[1]
Date of birth (1968-09-30) 30 September 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Aix-les-Bains, France
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Saudi Arabia (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1990 Cannes 87 (0)
1991–1997 Stade de Vallauris [fr] 105 (2)
1997–1998 Draguignan 23 (1)
Total 215 (3)
Managerial career
1999–2001 Draguignan
2004 Cambridge United
2004 Nam Dinh
2005–2007 Cherbourg
2008–2010 Zambia
2010 Angola
2011 USM Alger
2011–2013 Zambia
2013–2014 Sochaux
2014–2015 Ivory Coast
2015 Lille
2016–2019 Morocco
2019–2023 Saudi Arabia
2023–2024 France Women
2024– Saudi Arabia
Medal record
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Representing  Zambia (as manager)
Winner 2012
Representing  Ivory Coast (as manager)
Winner 2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Renard has previously been the manager of Zambia national team, with whom he won the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations; he also won the competition in 2015 with the Ivory Coast, becoming the first coach to win two Africa Cup of Nations with different teams. In addition, he coached Morocco at the 2018 World Cup. From 2019 to 2023, he was the manager of Saudi Arabia before he became manager of the France women's team ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. In October 2024, he returned to Saudi Arabia for the second time.

Early life

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Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard[1] was born on 30 September 1968 in Aix-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.[2]

Playing career

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Renard played as a defender for French clubs Cannes, Stade de Vallauris and Draguignan in a playing career which lasted from 1983 to 1998.[citation needed] 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.[3][4]

Coaching career

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Early years

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Renard began his coaching career with Draguignan.[4] He was an assistant at Chinese side Shanghai Cosco with head coach Claude Le Roy from 2002 to 2003,[3] and managed English side Cambridge United in 2004,[5][6] having first joined the club with Le Roy to serve as a coach.[7]

He became manager of Vietnamese club Nam Dinh in 2004, leaving them after several months.[8] He became manager of Cherbourg in 2005, leaving them in 2007.[9] Next, he worked again with Le Roy as an assistant coach for the Ghana national side.[10]

Zambia

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In May 2008, Renard was appointed manager of the Zambia national team.[11] 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.[12] Renard left his duties as Zambia manager in April 2010 with only two months remaining on his contract.[13] Two days later, he agreed to become manager of Angola.[14] He resigned from his position as Angola manager in October 2010, and was replaced by Zeca Amaral.[15]

USM Alger

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On 21 January 2011, Renard reached an agreement with Algerian club USM Alger to become the head coach of the club.[16]

Second spell with Zambia

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On 22 October 2011, it was announced that Renard had returned for a second stint as coach of Zambia on a one-year contract.[17] He led the team to their first victory in the AFCON in 2012. 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.[18]

In May 2012, Chishimba Kambwili, the Zambian sports minister, announced he expected Renard to sign a new contract by the end of the month.[19]

After Zambia were eliminated from the group stages of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Renard said that it was his fault.[20] He later criticised CAF for not allowing Zambia, as the 2012 winners of the AFCON, the chance to compete at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[21]

Renard was released from his contract by the Football Association of Zambia in October 2013, in preparation for a role with French club Sochaux.[22]

Sochaux

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On 7 October 2013 it was announced that Renard was appointed as the new manager of French Ligue 1 side Sochaux.[23] In April 2014, he was linked with the Morocco national team job.[24][25]

The club was involved in a relegation fight in May 2014,[26] and after being relegated, he left the club later that month.[27] In July 2014, he was announced to be on the shortlist for the Ivory Coast job.[28]

Ivory Coast

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Renard as Ivory Coast at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

Renard was appointed as manager of the Ivory Coast national team in July 2014.[29] He was manager at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, and praised the organization of the tournament.[30] He won the competition, becoming the first coach to win two Africa Cup of Nations with different countries.[31]

Lille

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Renard became manager of French club Lille in May 2015.[32] On 11 November 2015, he was sacked after getting only 13 points in 13 league games.[33]

Morocco

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Renard as Morocco manager at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

In February 2016, Renard was linked with the vacant Morocco national team job.[34] Later that month he was appointed as the new Morocco manager.[35] In October 2016 he was linked with the vacant Algeria national team job.[36]

In November 2017, he qualified Morocco to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, their first since 1998.[37] Later that month, he signed a new contract, until 2022.[38] In July 2019 the Moroccan team was eliminated from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, with Renard taking responsibility for the "shock exit".[39] He resigned a few days later, on 15 July 2019.[40][41]

Saudi Arabia

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Later in July 2019 he became manager of Saudi Arabia, the first Frenchman to do so.[42][43] On 10 September 2019, he managed his first official match against Yemen in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[44] In March 2022, Renard led Saudi Arabia to qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and in the process became the foreign-born manager with the most wins (18) in the nation's history.[45] In their opening game of the World Cup, he led Saudi Arabia to a 2–1 win over Argentina, one of the pre-tournament favourites, in what was considered one of the biggest shock results in World Cup history.[46] However, Saudi Arabia lost the other two matches against Poland and Mexico, and were eventually eliminated from the group stage.[47] His final game was a friendly, which he lost 1-2 to Bolivia.[48] He was replaced by Roberto Mancini.[49]

France women

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In March 2023, Renard was linked with the job as coach of France women's national football team following the dismissal of Corinne Diacre.[50] On 29 March, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation accepted Renard's resignation, in order to begin his tenure as coach of the France women's team.[51] On 30 March, Renard officially became the manager of France's women's national team, succeeding Diacre with a contract lasted until August 2024.[52] He was tasked with preparing the team for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup amid player changes and conflicts, particularly with management.[53]

Renard became the first coach to manage teams in two different senior World Cups in the same year,[53] and the second manager to have coached at both the men's and women's World Cups after Englishman John Herdman.[54]

On 29 July 2023, he became the first coach to win a match in both the men's and women's World Cups after France defeated Brazil in the group stage.[55] However, France were eliminated on penalties in the quarter-finals, losing to Australia.[56]

In January 2024, the Ivory Coast men's team attempted to temporarily hire Renard for the delayed 2024 AFCON tournament, which was rejected by the French Football Federation.[57]

It was announced that Renard would leave his role after the 2024 Summer Olympics, being succeeded by assistant Laurent Bonadei.[58][59]

Return to Saudi Arabia

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On 26 October 2024, Renard was reappointed as head coach of Saudi Arabia, after the sacking of Roberto Mancini during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification.[60]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 19 November 2024[61]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Cambridge United 1 January 2004 12 May 2004 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 033.33
Cherbourg 1 July 2005 30 June 2007 77 19 31 27 75 91 −16 024.68
Zambia 7 May 2008 6 April 2010 18 5 4 9 19 25 −6 027.78
Angola 8 April 2010 6 October 2010 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 000.00
USM Alger 18 January 2011 23 October 2011 22 9 7 6 26 18 +8 040.91
Zambia 24 October 2011 6 October 2013 24 11 9 4 38 21 +17 045.83
Sochaux 7 October 2013 24 May 2014 33 11 8 14 36 49 −13 033.33
Ivory Coast 29 June 2014 25 May 2015 18 9 5 4 36 29 +7 050.00
Lille OSC 26 May 2015 11 November 2015 14 3 7 4 9 9 +0 021.43
Morocco 16 February 2016 21 July 2019 45 25 9 11 63 29 +34 055.56
Saudi Arabia 29 July 2019 28 March 2023 45 20 10 15 56 40 +16 044.44
France women's 30 March 2023 6 August 2024 17 12 3 2 33 12 +21 070.59
Saudi Arabia 26 October 2024 Present 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Total 324 126 96 102 397 338 +59 038.89

Personal life

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Renard is in a relationship with Viviane Dièye, the widow of coach Bruno Metsu.[62]

His maternal grandparents were from Poland.[63]

Honours

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As a manager

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Zambia

Ivory Coast

Individual

References

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