Claude Le Roy ( bear 6 February 1948 ) is a french football director and former actor, who gained prominence at external level as coach to the Senegal and Ghana national teams. [ 1 ] He was most recently the director of the Togo national football team .

Managerial career [edit ]

Le Roy has had a varied managerial career, starting out at the small french club Amiens SC, after taking over as director when his play days ended. His achievements in leading the Cameroon national team to be runner-up in the 1986 African Cup of Nations, and then champions in the 1988 contest, are much cited as his greatest managerial accomplishments. [ 2 ] He then took charge of Senegal [ 3 ] when they reached the quarterfinals at the 1992 African Cup of Nations, and returned to Cameroon to lead them during the World Cup in 1998. In between, he besides coached Malaysia national football team from 1994 to 1995. After undertaking the function of football adviser at A.C. Milan in 1996, Le Roy had a spell as Director of Football at Paris Saint-Germain in the 1997–98 season. Le Roy became director of Cambridge United for a short-change spell in 2004, although he only always signed a “ moral contract ”, [ 4 ] and now claims he was only always assisting his protégé Hervé Renard : “ I was good helping out a acquaintance [ then-manager Hervé Renard ], but we saved that club ”. [ 2 ] Following his passing from Cambridge, Le Roy was appointed as the head coach of the DR Congo. In September 2006, Le Roy was named by the Ghana Football Association as coach of the Ghana national football team. [ 5 ]

In February 2008, Le Roy led Ghana to 14th position in the FIFA World Rankings, their highest position ever, but quit the military post in May 2008. [ 6 ] He started coaching the Oman national football team in July 2008. Oman desperately needed a solid coach after disappointing Gulf Cup and asian Cup performances, and in January 2009, Le Roy led them to victory in the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup held in Muscat. During the rival, Le Roy extended his deal with Oman for a far four years. He became the fresh coach of the Syria national football team in March 2011, [ 7 ] but resigned in May of the same class. On 5 December 2013, he became the newfangled coach of the Congo national football team. [ 8 ] On 17 November 2015, Le Roy resigned after leading the team to the qualifying cycle of the World Cup in 2018. [ 9 ] On 6 April 2016, Le Roy was named as the new coach of the Togo national football team, replacing Tom Saintfiet. [ 10 ] He resigned on 12 April 2021 having failed to lead the english to the african Cup of Nations .

Awards [edit ]

On 24 August 2018, Liberian president of the united states George Weah decorated Arsène Wenger and Le Roy by the insignia of Knight Grand Commander of Humane Order of African Redemption. [ 11 ]

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Honours [edit ]

As a director [edit ]

Cameroon
Oman
Orders

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