Raoul Savoy (born 18 May 1973) is a Swiss football coach who was the head coach of the Central African Republic national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 May 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Sainte-Croix, Switzerland | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Central African Republic (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2002–2003 | Tonnerre Yaoundé | ||
| 2003–2005 | COD Meknes | ||
| 2005–2006 | SCC Mohammédia | ||
| 2006 | IR Tanger | ||
| 2006–2007 | Ethiopia | ||
| 2007–2008 | Swaziland | ||
| 2009–2011 | MC Oujda[citation needed] | ||
| 2012 | MC Oran | ||
| 2013 | MC El Eulma | ||
| 2013 | FC Sion II | ||
| 2014–2015 | Central African Republic | ||
| 2015 | Gambia | ||
| 2017–2019 | Central African Republic | ||
| 2021–2024 | Central African Republic | ||
Career
editIn 2012, he spent for the first time in Algeria managing MC Oran and in 2013 MC El Eulma.[1]
On 15 May 2015, Raoul was appointed the manager of Gambia national football team.[2] He quit in December 2015.[3]
In February 2017, he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.[4] He later became manager of Central African Republic staying until March 2019.[5] In August 2021, he was reappointed as head coach of Central African Republic for a third stint.[6]
On 24 October 2024, the Central African Ministry of Sport sacked Savoy as the Central African Republic national team manager. In return, he demanded the government to pay his unpaid salaries of 160,000 euros.[7]
Personal life
editBorn in Switzerland, Savoy is of Spanish descent.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Raoul Savoy a new coach of MC Oran". elmoudjahid.com. El-Moudjahid. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ Momodou Bah (14 May 2015). "BBC Sport - Raoul Savoy unveiled to local media as coach of the Gambia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Raoul Savoy says he quit as The Gambia boss and was not sacked". BBC Sport. 8 December 2015.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (14 February 2017). "Samson Siasia and Winfried Schafer on Rwanda coach shortlist". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "CAR's coach Raoul Savoy says football is 'unifying the country'". BBC Sport. 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Centrafrique : Officiel ! Raoul Savoy nommé sélectionneur ... pour la troisième fois" (in French). Africa Top Sports. 23 August 2021.
- ^ Domia-leu, Rolf Steve. "Football: divorce douloureux entre la Centrafrique et son sélectionneur Raoul Savoy". rfi.fr. Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Football et voyage, épisode 2 - Raoul Savoy le Vaudois qui a parcouru toute l'Afrique".