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Jacques Passy

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Passy and the second or maternal family name is Kahn.
Jacques Passy
Personal information
Full name Jacques Antonio Passy Kahn[1]
Date of birth (1975-09-30) 30 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Team information
Current team
 Club de Cuervos (AKL) (Manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2006 Dorados de Sinaloa (Interim)
2015–2018 Saint Kitts and Nevis
2020–2021 Dominican Republic U23
2020–2021 Dominican Republic
2024– Club de Cuervos (AKL)

Jacques Antonio Passy Kahn (born 30 September 1975) is a Mexican professional football manager who was the head coach of the Dominican Republic senior and under-23 national teams.[2][3]

Managerial career

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Passy holds coaching badges from the Mexican Football Federation and the Peruvian Football Federation in addition to taking specialized courses at the Dutch KNVB. In 2006, Passy was technical director and coach of Dorados de Sinaloa as they reached Liga MX where he was the youngest coach in the top flight. He has also been coach of the Mexico team at European and Pan-American Maccabiah Games since 2004. As of 2015, he accumulated 14 victories over 4 tournaments and almost reached the final. He was called "The most decorated coach in the Maccabiah" by a columnist for the Jerusalem Post.[4] Other positions he has held include coach of Deportivo Israelita and president of Mexico's University of Johan Cruyff where he has trained over 400 managers.[1] In this position, he worked closely with Latin American teams for consulting and training. He has established close ties with many clubs including Chivas de Guadalajara, Club América, and Maccabi Tel Aviv.[4]

Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Passy was named national team manager of Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2015 after impressing FA officials during a conference at which he spoke. His first matches as the manager were against El Salvador during 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.[2] He also worked as technical director.[5]

In November 2015, the team traveled to Europe for matches against Andorra and Estonia, the nation's first matches in history against European opponents. Devaughn Elliott scored the only goal in the 1–0 victory over Andorra for Saint Kitts and Nevis's first European victory.[6] The result was also the first away victory for a CFU team over a European side on their home soil.[7] During his Tenure, Passy took the team to a record high 73 in the FIFA ranking, 86 spots higher than when he took over the team.

In 2018, he was named as a finalist for the CONCACAF Coach of the Year.[8]

Dominican Republic

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In August 2020, Passy was appointed coach of the Dominican Republic under-23 national team, to direct it in the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. Shortly thereafter he was also named manager of the senior national team.[9]

Managerial statistics

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As of matches played 8 June 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2015 2018 25 10 5 10 31 32 −1 040.00 [10] [11]
Dominican Republic 2020 2021 6 2 2 2 8 5 +3 033.33
Career totals 31 12 7 12 39 37 +2 038.71

References

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  1. ^ a b Schwartzman Katz, Marcos. "Jacques Passy, ex entrenador del CDI, ahora entrenador de Selección Nacional rumbo al Mundial de Fútbol" (in Spanish). diariojudio.com. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b Cañada, Iván. "Jacques Passy, el técnico mexicano que comanda a St. Kitts and Nevis" (in Spanish). ESPN. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  3. ^ Soy un técnico más conocido fuera de México: Passy eleconomista.com.mx
  4. ^ a b Weissman, Boriss. "The most decorated coach in the Maccabiah". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  5. ^ Interview with Jacques Passy embajadoresaztecas.org
  6. ^ "St. Kitts and Nevis vs. Andorra". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  7. ^ "'Sugar Boyz' defeat Andorra in historic European win". miyvue.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Men's Football Coach of the Year". CONCACAF. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  9. ^ Arnold, Jon (18 August 2020). "🇩🇴 - An 'enfermo del fútbol' takes charge in the DR". Getting CONCAFed. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Jacques Passy". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  11. ^ "Jacques Passy manager profile and live statistics updates - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
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