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Jean-François Losciuto
Personal information
Place of birth Belgium
Position(s) Defender[1]
Youth career
La Prévale[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Fexhe-Slins[1]
Managerial career
RFC Liège (youth)
20xx–2008[2] RRC Hamoir (U19)
2008–2010[3] RCS Verviérs
2010–2011[4] Royal Etoile FC Wegnez[1]
2011–20xx US Halthier[5][6]
2014 Anges FC
2014 Rayon Sports F.C.
2014–2015 ASFA Yennenga
2015–2016 Nigeria (assistant)
2016–2017 Black Leopards F.C.
2017–2018 Richards Bay F.C.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean-François Losciuto is a Belgian football coach who presently manages Richards Bay of the South African National First Division as of 2017.

Career

Togo

Becoming manager of 2013 Togolese champions Anges in early 2014,[7] Losciuto targeted a second league title[8] but missed out on the 2014 CAF Champions League, getting knocked out by Nigeria's Enyimba in the second leg despite being them 3-1 in the first leg[9] before being replaced by a Ghanaian that March and becoming their technical director.[10]

Comparing African football to the sport in Europe, the former footballer states that it is much less organized but they have youth training institutes which Europe does not have[9] and has said that the league level in Togo is between the Belgian second and third divisions.[8]

Rwanda

Picked to lead Rayon Sports of the Rwanda National Football League owing to his experience in 2014,[11] the Belgian took Gikundiro to a quarter-final exit to APR at the 2014 Kagame Interclub Cup,[12] going on to say that his squad lacked the potential to contend for silverware ahead of the season.[13] Later, in September, he left the club and claimed it was to resolve family matters in Belgium, when he was actually installed as head coach of ASFA Yennega in Burkina Faso[14] with Rayon Sports on the verge of reporting the incident to FIFA.[15] Despite originally dismissing it as a rumor,[16] he eventually ended up at ASFA.

Burkina Faso

Concluding a four-year deal with ASFA Yennenga of the Burkinabé Premier League in September 2014,[17] the football director was discharged from his duties in 2015 but claimed that they still owed him money and had to take the case to court.[18]

Nigeria

Assisting Sunday Oliseh at the Nigeria national team in 2015, Losciuto was compared to French tactician Claude Le Roy for his exploits in Africa.[19] However, he had to undergo surgery to remove a small piece of metal from his stomach[20] but became ill shortly after and went to Belgium to get help.[21] Purportedly, the Nigeria Football Federation owed him five months' worth of salaries in 2016[22] but it is unknown whether it was actually paid or not.

South Africa

Taking over Black Leopards of the South African National First Division in 2016[23] and arriving on November 11,[24] Losciuto directed Lidoda Duvha from 13th place to the promotion playoffs but was not ostentatious about his achievements.[25] In the end, they did not achieve promotion and he resigned in winter 2017, giving "unbearable working conditions" as his reason coupled with a poor start to the 2017-18 National First Division.[26] Immediately, he was handed the coaching job for Richards Bay of the National First Division[27] but was shown the door by April 2018 with three rounds left of the season.[28]

References

  1. ^ a b c d « Sauver la première et... les juniors de Wegnez » L'avenir.net
  2. ^ Étonnants jeunes La DH
  3. ^ Verviers étonné du départ soudain de Losciuto Waltfoot.be
  4. ^ [Lie] Changement de cap à Wegnez Waltfoot.be
  5. ^ Hathier (2C) : Jean-François Losciuto poursuivra en 2012-2013 Footlux.be
  6. ^ [Lux] Losciuto devrait poursuivre à Halthier Sportsactu.be
  7. ^ Togo, Football : Anges de Notsè engage Jean François Losciuto, un selectionneur belge 27avril.com
  8. ^ a b Losciuto : « Au Togo pour y réussir » L'avenir.net
  9. ^ a b Togo/football : Le Belge Losciuto décide de "continuer avec les Anges" aLome.com
  10. ^ L’incompréhension de Jean-François Losciuto République Togolaise
  11. ^ Belgian Losciuto appointed as new Rayon head coach The New Times Rwanda
  12. ^ Rayon’s Losciuto calls for patience after Cecafa exit The New Times Rwanda
  13. ^ I have a weak squad-Losciuto The New Times Rwanda
  14. ^ Rayon Sports should consider suing Losciuto The New Times Rwanda
  15. ^ Rayon threatens to haul Losciuto to Zurich The East African
  16. ^ Coach Losciuto denies quitting Rayon Sports The New Times Rwanda
  17. ^ Le nouvel entraîneur de l’ASFA Yennenga Jean François Losciuto est à Ouaga Burkina24
  18. ^ ASFA-Y/Jean François Losciuto : L’histoire d’amour finira au Tribunal aOuaga.com
  19. ^ In Losciuto Oliseh has his own 'witch doctor' SuperSport
  20. ^ Super Eagles assistant coach resumes training after surgery Pulse.ng
  21. ^ Super Eagles assistant coach ill from stomach pain Pulse.ng
  22. ^ NFF in trouble over unpaid salaries of former Super Eagles assistant coach Pulse.ng
  23. ^ Leopards hoping for better results under new coach The Citizen
  24. ^ Ex-Nigeria assistant coach Jean Francois Luscuito arriving to take charge of Black Leopards Kick Off
  25. ^ Leopards coach Losciuto: 'No‚ I am not God. You have big coaches in South Africa – very good coaches' Sowetanliveco.za
  26. ^ Why Losciuto Left Leopards! Daily Sun
  27. ^ Richards Bay appoint former Black Leopards coach Jean Losciuto Kick Off
  28. ^ Richards Bay United part ways with head coach Jean Louis Losciuto with three games left in the NFD season Kick Off
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