François Zahoui (born 21 August 1962) is an Ivorian football former player and manager who manages the Central African Republic national team. He was the first African footballer to play in Serie A.
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Date of birth | (1962-08-21) 21 August 1962 (age 59) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Treichville, Ivory Coast | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Central African Republic (manager) | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1981-83 | Ascoli | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
1983-87 | Nancy | 112 | (8) | |||||||||||||
1987-92 | Toulon | 109 | (5) | |||||||||||||
1992-94 | JGA Nevers | |||||||||||||||
Total | 232 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1984–1988 | Ivory Coast | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
1999-2001 | Toulon | |||||||||||||||
2005-2007 | Africa Sports | |||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Ivory Coast | |||||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Niger | |||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Central African Republic | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
In 2010, he was chosen to succeed Sven-Goran Eriksson as head coach of the full Ivory Coast national football team.[1]
In 2015, he was appointed as the head coach of Niger, leaving in September 2019.[2]
A week later he became manager of Central African Republic.[3]
Current managers of CAF national teams | |
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Ivory Coast national football team – managers | |
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Ivory Coast squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up | ||
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Niger national football team – managers | |
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Central African Republic national football team – managers | |
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