Raoul Savoy

Raoul Savoy
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-05-18) 18 May 1973
Place of birth Sainte-Croix, Switzerland
Teams managed
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
2011–2012 Neuchâtel Xamax
2012 MC Oran
2013 MC El Eulma
2013–2014 FC Sion
2014–2015 Central African Republic
2015 Gambia
2017– Central African Republic

Raoul Savoy (born 18 May 1973) is a Spanish-Swiss football coach. He is currently the head coach of the Senior National Team of the Central African Republic for the second time.

On 15 May 2015, Raoul was appointed the manager of Gambia national football team.[1] He quit in December 2015.[2]

Raoul Savoy speaks fluently English, Italian, French, Spanish and German. He also can understand Arabic language.

Career

Holder of UEFA coaching diplomas (UEFA - A Licence Scottish Football Association and Swiss FA), his career began with Tonnerre Yaoundé in Cameroon from 2002 to 2003 and he was runner-up of the 2002 CAF Cup. After this he spent six seasons in Morocco with each, COD Meknes and SCC Mohammédia and IR Tanger (2003–2006). He managed after that two senior national teams, Ethiopia (2006-2007) and Swaziland (2007–2008). He returned after in Morocco to manage MC Oujda for two seasons (2009–2011), in Switzerland with Neuchâtel Xamax (2011-2012) and FC Sion (2013–2014).

In 2012, he spent for the first time in Algeria managing MC Oran and in 2013 MC El Eulma.[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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Momodou Bah. "BBC Sport - Raoul Savoy unveiled to local media as coach of the Gambia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35039292
  3. ↑ "Raoul Savoy a new coach of MC Oran". elmoudjahid.com. El-Moudjahid. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  4. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (14 February 2017). "Samson Siasia and Winfried Schafer on Rwanda coach shortlist". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  5. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43473972
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