Philippe Troussier

Philippe Troussier

Personal information
Full name	Philippe Troussier
Position(s)	Head Coach

Philippe Troussier (born on March 21, 1955 in Paris) is a former French football (soccer) player and now a manager.

Career

Coaching career

Troussier is known as the "White Witch Doctor" for his success with African club teams such as Asec Abidjan of the Côte d'Ivoire and the national teams of Nigeria, South Africa and Burkina Faso, Troussier is best known as a coach for his time spent with the Japanese national team.

Troussier coached Japanese national team from 1998 to 2002, winning the 2000 Asian Cup, placing second at the 2001 Confederations Cup and made the round of 16 at the 2002 World Cup. He also coached the Japanese team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney to a fifth-place finish and 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up.

He was the head coach of the Moroccan national team, having taken over after the country's failure to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. However, he was fired after only two months in charge by the Moroccan FA due to a difference in opinion.

In March 2008 he returned to Japan to manage FC Ryuku a Japanese 3rd division team before he was replaced by compatriot Jean Paul Rabier.

Trivia

• Philippe Troussier is a Muslim. He took the name Omar and his wife Dominique the name Amina when they converted to Islam in the Moroccan capital Rabat where they live. The couple have adopted two Moroccan girls named Selma and Mariam.