Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 September 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Au Cap, Seychelles | ||
Playing position |
Midfielder Striker |
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Club information | |||
Current team
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Seychelles (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?–? | Bel Air | ? | (?) |
?–? | Anse-aux-Pins | ? | (?) |
?–2004 | St Michel United | ? | (?) |
National team | |||
1990–2000 | Seychelles | 1+ | (?) |
Teams managed | |||
2009–2011 | St Michel United | ||
2010–2011 | Seychelles | ||
2013–2015 | St Michel United | ||
2015– | Seychelles | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Ralph Jean-Louis (born 11 September 1968) is a Seychellois football manager and former player. He currently manages the Seychelles men's national team. He also used to manage St Michel United, a team in the Seychelles First Division. As a player, he played eleven years for the Seychelles national team as a midfielder and striker. At club level, he played for Bel Air FC, Anse-aux-Pins FC and St Michel United. He won two bronze medals as a player at the Indian Ocean Island Games as well as a gold as a manager.
Jean-Louis played for three clubs in his playing career. They were Bel Air FC, Anse-aux-Pins FC and St Michel United. He started his career and Bel Air, in an era when Seychellois football teams were based in a particular region. Bel Air FC represented the administrative district of Bel Air on the island of Mahé. Jean-Louis then moved to Anse-aux-Pins FC (who represented the administrative district of Anse-aux-Pins). Jean-Louis next moved to Seychelles First Division club St Michel United. Why playing for St Michel United he won the 2001 Seychelles FA Cup and 2003 Seychelles First Division. He stopped playing for St Michel United in 2004.
Jean-Louis played for the Seychelles national team for eleven years from 1990 to 2000. He played in at least one full international, a 1–1 draw with Namibia on 8 April 2000 in qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In that match he was substituted off at half-time with Jude Ladouce replacing him. Jean-Louis has won two medals in football at the Indian Ocean Island Games. He won a bronze at Madagascar 1990 and a second bronze at Réunion 1998. At the 1993 Indian Ocean Island Games, which was the first Indian Ocean Island Games held in Seychelles, Jean-Louis scored a goal in the third-place playoff but Seychelles eventually lost 6–2 to Mauritius.