Philippe Troussier
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 March 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Playing position | (Former) Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1975 | AS Choisy-le-Roi | ||
| 1975–1976 | RC Joinville | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1977 | Angoulême | 22 | (0) |
| 1977–1978 | Red Star 93 | 3 | (0) |
| 1978–1981 | Rouen | 79 | (8) |
| 1981–1983 | Stade de Reims | 38 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1983–1984 | INF Vichy | ||
| 1984–1987 | CS Alençon | ||
| 1987–1989 | Red Star 93 | ||
| 1989 | Créteil | ||
| 1989–1992 | ASEC Mimosas | ||
| 1993 | Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| 1994 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| 1995–1997 | FUS Rabat | ||
| 1997 | Nigeria | ||
| 1997–1998 | Burkina Faso | ||
| 1998 | South Africa | ||
| 1998–2002 | Japan | ||
| 2003–2004 | Qatar | ||
| 2004–2005 | Marseille | ||
| 2005 | Morocco | ||
| 2008–2010 | Ryūkyū | ||
| 2011–2013 | Shenzhen Ruby | ||
| 2014 | Sfaxien | ||
| 2015 | Hangzhou Greentown | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Philippe Omar Troussier (born 21 March 1955) is a French former professional footballer and current manager.
After a modest playing career within the French leagues he moved into management where he started out within the lower echelons of French football, however it was his move to Ivorian team ASEC Mimosas where he started to distinguish himself as a manager after winning several league titles with them. This would soon see him have a long association with African football and particularly their national teams, with Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, South Africa and Burkina Faso being teams he managed. His international management career would continue with Japan where he had a successful spell with them by winning the 2000 AFC Asian Cup, since then he has returned to club management.
Philippe Troussier started his career in football as a player and would go on to become a professional with French Division 2 football club Angoulême in the 1976/77 league season. The following campaign he would leave to join Red Star 93, however his stay at the club was brief and he moved to Rouen. After several seasons with Rouen, Troussier's last professional club was Stade de Reims whom he played for until 1983 after having spent his whole professional career in the second division he moved into management.
Troussier soon moved into management after gaining his coaching licences and achieved his first coaching position with the French Football Federation where he was allowed to manage a National football centre football club called Institut national du football de Vichy or more commonly known as INF Vichy. The team were allowed to participate in the third tier and given exemption from promotion or relegation so the young players could develop. In his time with the team he led them into the 1983/84 league season where they came second within their group. The following season Troussier would coach CS Alençon in the French fourth division and spent three seasons learning how to manage an amateur football club.
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