Eric Descombes
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25/06/1971 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender (association football) | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Mulhouse (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1987 | Canon Yaoundé | ||
1988 | Diamant Yaoundé | ||
1988–1989 | Lyon B | ||
1989–1994 | Toulouse B | ||
1995 | Chico Rooks | 26 | (5) |
1996 | Cascade Surge | 25 | (3) |
1997 | Sacramento Scorpions | 30 | (7) |
1997–1998 | Southend United | 0 | (0) |
1999 | New Orleans Storm | 27 | (1) |
2000–2001 | Cincinnati Riverhawks | 49 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Indiana Blast | 12 | (0) |
Total | 169 | (16) | |
International career | |||
2003 | Mauritania | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2000–2001 | Indiana Blast | ||
2007 | Indianapolis Braves | ||
2013 | Africa Sports d'Abidjan | ||
2013 | Central African Republic | ||
2017–2018 | FC Mulhouse (technical director) | ||
2018–2022 | FC Mulhouse | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Eric Descombes (born 25 June 1971) is an association football manager and former player. Born in Ivory Coast, he was naturalized by Mauritania and participated with the Mauritanian national team in the World Cup qualifiers for Germany 2006. He spent his career between Europe and the United States, playing with clubs such as Chico Rooks, Cascade Surge, Sacramento Scorpions, Southend United, New Orleans Storm, Cincinnati Riverhawks and Indiana Blast. He capped twice for the Mauritanian national team and played in 169 games at the professional level, scoring 16 times.
Descombes started his professional coaching career in the A-League with the Cincinnati Riverhawks as a player-assistant coach and with the Indiana Blast as a head coach. He was the head coach and GM with Africa Sports d'Abidjan in Ivory Coast (2012/2013 season). He was named as the new national team coach and technical director of the Central African Republic, shortly after. The team participated in the CEMAC Cup in December 2013, while the civil war just had started. He led the team to a final appearance, after defeating Chad (1–0), Congo (1-0), and Cameroon (1-0), but falling to host country Gabon (0–2) in the final.
In January 2017, Descombes was named as the Director of Football with FC Mulhouse in France, overseeing the club's entire sport side, from the youth academy to the first team. In July 2018 he was named as the club's new manager.In his first season at the helm, he won the league championship and promotion to the next division, and a coach of the year accolade.
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References
- ^ "Mulhouse : Le nouveau coach dévoilé" (in French). foot-national.com. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Yaoundé
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Canon Yaoundé players
- Diamant Yaoundé players
- Chico Rooks players
- Cascade Surge players
- Sacramento Scorpions players
- Southend United F.C. players
- New Orleans Storm players
- Cincinnati Riverhawks players
- Indiana Blast players
- USISL players
- A-League (1995–2004) players
- Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Cameroonian football managers
- Player-coaches
- Central African Republic national football team managers
- Cameroonian expatriate football managers
- Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States
- Expatriate football managers in Ivory Coast
- Expatriate football managers in the Central African Republic
- Cameroonian people of French descent
- People with acquired French citizenship
- French men's footballers
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Toulouse FC players
- French football managers
- FC Mulhouse managers
- French expatriate football managers
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- Naturalized citizens of Mauritania
- Mauritania men's international footballers
- Mauritanian men's footballers
- USL Second Division players
- USL First Division players
- National Premier Soccer League coaches
- Cameroonian football biography stubs
- Mauritanian football biography stubs