Florent Ibengé
Appearance
![]() Florent Ibengé in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé | ||
Date of birth | 4 December 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Léopoldville, Republic of the Congo | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vita Club (manager) | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2012 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
2014 | Vita Club | ||
2014–2019 | DR Congo | ||
2019– | Vita Club |
Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé (born 4 December 1961) is a Congolese football coach who manages Vita Club.
Early and personal life
He was born in Léopoldville on 4 December 1961.[1]
Coaching career
He was manager of Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua from April to May 2012, and of Congolese team Vita Club from February 2014.[1]
He became manager of the DR Congo national team in August 2014, combining this role with his job at Vita Club.[2]
He led DR Congo to the 2016 African Nations Championship title in February 2016.[3]
In March 2017, he announced that he intended to step down as national team manager in 2018.[4] He resigned in August 2019.[5] After that, he returned to AS Vita Club.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ "Florent Ibenge appointed new DR Congo coach". BBC Sport. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ "CHAN 2016: DR Congo are champions after victory over Mali". BBC Sport. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Momodou Bah (12 March 2017). "Ibenge confirms he will leave his post as DR Congo coach in 2018". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Florent Ibenge quits as DR Congo coach". 7 August 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ https://www.africatopsports.com/2019/10/18/as-vita-club-florent-ibenge-donne-des-nouvelles-de-makusu-mundele/
Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kinshasa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo football managers
- Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. managers
- AS Vita Club managers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team managers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate football managers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriates in China
- Expatriate football managers in China
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- Chinese Super League managers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo football biography stubs