Romain Folz
French football manager
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Romain Folz (born 28 June 1990) is a French football manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 June 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Bordeaux, France | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2018 | West Virginia United | ||
| 2019 | Uganda (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Pyramids (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Bechem United | ||
| 2020–2021 | Niort (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Ashanti Gold | ||
| 2021–2022 | Township Rollers | ||
| 2022 | Marumo Gallants | ||
| 2022–2023 | AmaZulu | ||
| 2023–2024 | Horoya | ||
| 2024-2025 | Mamelodi Sundowns (assistant) | ||
| 2025-2025 | Young Africans | ||
Career
In 2018, Folz was appointed manager of American side West Virginia United.[1] In 2019, he was appointed assistant manager of Uganda.[2] After that, he was appointed assistant manager of Pyramids in Egypt.[3] In 2020, Folz was appointed manager of Ghanaian club Bechem United.[4] After that, he was appointed assistant manager of Niort in France.[citation needed]
In 2021, he was appointed manager of Ghanaian team Ashanti Gold.[5] After that, Folz was appointed manager of Township Rollers in Botswana.[6][7][8]
In 2022, he moved to South Africa for the first time as he was appointed manager of South African side Marumo Gallants. He was the youngest manager in the Premier Division.[9][10][11][12] He managed AmaZulu from 2022 until 2023. In April 2023 Romain Folz was redeployed as technical director.[citation needed]
He moved on to Guinea's Horoya AC in August 2023.[13] In July 2024, he joined Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. as an assistant coach until 10 December 2024 when he was relieved of his duties.[14][15]
On July 23 2025 at 9:15Pm He was announced new Head coach of The East Africa's Giants Africans Africans[16] and served the club for 3 months and the contract was terminated on 18 October 2025.[17][18][19]
Managerial record
- As of match played 18 October 2025
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Young Africans |  |
2025 | 2025 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67 | |
| Career Total | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67 | — | |||
