Denis Lavagne
Denis Lavagne (born 9 July 1964) is a French football coach and former player.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 July 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Béziers, France | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Playing position(s) | Defender[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1982 | Le Havre B | ||
1982–1983 | Rouen B | ||
1983–1984 | Béziers | ||
1984–1985 | Alès | ||
1985–1987 | Orange | ||
1987–1989 | Alès B | ||
Teams managed | |||
1998–1999 | Béziers Deveze | ||
1999–2003 | Sedan B | ||
2007–2008 | Coton Sport | ||
2009–2011 | Coton Sport | ||
2011–2012 | Cameroon | ||
2013 | Étoile du Sahel | ||
2013–2014 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | ||
2014 | Najran | ||
2014–2015 | Smouha | ||
2015–2016 | MAS Fez | ||
2016 | Free State Stars | ||
2016–2017 | Al-Hilal | ||
2018–2019 | CS Constantine | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Playing career
Born in Béziers, Lavagne played for Le Havre B, Rouen B, Béziers, Alès, Orange and Alès B.[1]
Coaching career
After retiring from playing in 1989, Lavagne worked as an assistant manager with Alès, Nimes, Bastia and ASOA Valence.[1] He then worked as manager of Béziers Deveze between 1998 and 1999, before becoming a coach at Sedan and manager of Sedan B.[1] He left Sedan in 2003, and spent time coaching in Qatar (with Qatar SC) and in China (with Chengdu Blades).[1] He had two spells as manager of Coton Sport, separated by coaching with Moroccan club Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi.[1]
Lavagne left his job as manager of Coton Sport to become manager of the Cameroon national team in October 2011.[2][3] He was dismissed from this position in September 2012 following poor results.[4] He then became manager of Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel in March 2013,[5] and also later managed Egyptian club Al Ittihad and Saudi club Najran.[1] He took over as manager of Egyptian club Smouha in October 2014,[6] before being sacked in January 2015.[7] After managing Morrocan club MAS Fez,[1] he took over as manager of South African club Free State Stars in June 2016.[8] He was sacked by the club in September 2016.[9]
After managing Sudanese club Al-Hilal and a spell as a coach at French club Le Havre,[1] in December 2018 he became manager of Algerian club CS Constantine.[10]
References
- "Profile". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "Coton Sport's Lavagne takes over as new Cameroon coach". BBC Sport. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- Kingsley Kobo (26 October 2011). "Official: Frenchman Denis Lavagne named Cameroon coach". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- Leocadia Bongben (14 September 2012). "Cameroon dismiss coach Denis Lavagne". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- Alexis Billebault (19 March 2013). "Denis Lavagne : " Je ne suis pas étonné par ce qui se passe au Cameroun "" (in French). Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- Marwan Ibrahim (8 October 2014). "Official: Smouha appoint former Cameroon coach Denis Lavagne as manager". KingFut. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- Adham Mira (8 January 2015). "Smouha sack French manager Denis Lavagne". KingFut. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- Marc Gleeson (22 June 2016). "Free State Stars sign former Cameroon national team coach Denis Lavagne as their new mentor". Times Live. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- Ernest Makhaya (22 September 2016). "Free State Stars sack head coach Denis Lavagne". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "CSC : Denis Labagne s'engage pour 18 mois" (in French). El Watan. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.