Philippe 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.
22 Facts About Philippe Troussier
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Philippe Troussier's first move away from France started with Ivory Coast top division football club ASEC Mimosas where in his debut season he won the league championship.
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Philippe Troussier was assigned to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, however he failed to achieve this and soon left his post to move to South African football club Kaizer Chiefs.
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Philippe Troussier quickly found a new job managing another African nation in Burkina Faso where he was assigned to coach them in the 1998 African Cup of Nations, which they were hosting.
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Philippe Troussier would replace Jomo Sono, who, despite leading South Africa to the final of the 1998 African Cup of Nations as a caretaker manager, was not given a permanent position.
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Philippe Troussier, however was not able to galvanize the squad as he had done with Burkina Faso and the team were knocked-out in the group stages.
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In 1998 Philippe Troussier replaced Takeshi Okada to coach Japan and was assigned to improve upon the nation's previous results at the 1998 FIFA World Cup as they prepared to co-host the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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The disappointing performance within the tournament gathered a negative reaction from the Japanese media, which saw Philippe Troussier go for a more youthful approach and take the reins of the under-20 team as they participated in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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Philippe Troussier continued to take control of Japan's youth teams when he managed the under-23 team in the 2000 Summer Olympics and led them to the quarter-finals.
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In July 2003 Philippe Troussier was appointed as the new manager of Qatar and was assigned with qualification for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup with the hope of repeating the success he previously had with Japan.
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On 27 November 2004, Philippe Troussier returned to France to manage Ligue 1 team Olympique de Marseille.
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Philippe Troussier returned to Africa and became the head coach of the Moroccan national team, having taken over after the country's failure to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.
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From 2005, after a stint with Morocco, Philippe Troussier would stay away from football and was confirmed to have converted to Islam around 2006.
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Philippe Troussier would remain with the club while they were in the second tier; however after mounting criticism he would alienate himself from the fans after the fourth-round league match versus Chongqing FC when in a local TV interview Troussier fired out against criticism and doubt from fans and urged them "not to come to the game or him".
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Philippe Troussier returned from his holiday and managed the club throughout the 2013 Chinese league season, where he was unable to gain promotion.
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Philippe Troussier was said to have agreed a MYR5 million annual salary with the FAM.
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On 30 June 2014, Philippe Troussier became manager of CS Sfaxien of Tunisia.
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In 2019, referred by PVF, Philippe Troussier became the head coach of Vietnam U19 National Team.
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Philippe Troussier officially took office in February 2023, succeeding Park Hang-seo to lead the U22, U23, Olympic and Vietnam national teams.
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Philippe Troussier's contract is expected to officially begin in early March 2023 and will run until the end of July 2026, for a total of 3 years and 5 months.
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Philippe Troussier then led Vietnam to the biggest failure in its modern history, becoming the first fail to advance past the group stage of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup after two consecutive opening losses against Japan and Indonesia and for the first time, Vietnam didn't advance past the group stage of an Asian Cup after doing in 2007 and 2019.
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Philippe Troussier's contract was eventually terminated by the VFF shortly after the match.