François Zahoui
Ivorian football manager (born 1961)
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François Zahoui (born 21 July 1961) is an Ivorian football manager and former player who most recently managed the Central African Republic national team. He was the first African footballer to play in Serie A[citation needed].
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 July 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Treichville, Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1983 | Ascoli | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1987 | Nancy | 112 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1992 | Toulon | 109 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | JGA Nevers | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 232 | (13) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1988 | Ivory Coast | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Toulon | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Africa Sports | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Niger | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Central African Republic | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Coaching career
In 2010, Zahoui was chosen to succeed Sven-Goran Eriksson as head coach of the full Ivory Coast national team.[1]
In 2015, he was appointed as the head coach of Niger, leaving in September 2019.[2]
A week later he became manager of Central African Republic.[3]
