Thierry Froger (born 21 March 1963) is a French football coach and former player who is the head coach of APR FC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 March 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Le Mans, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | APR FC (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1971–1978 | Le Mans | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1986 | Lille | ||
| 1986–1987 | Grenoble | ||
| 1987–1991 | Le Mans | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994–1997 | Le Mans | ||
| 1997–1998 | Lille | ||
| 1998–2003 | Châteauroux | ||
| 2003–2004 | Gueugnon | ||
| 2005–2008 | Reims | ||
| 2010–2011 | Togo | ||
| 2011–2012 | Nîmes | ||
| 2012–2014 | Vannes | ||
| 2015 | Créteil | ||
| 2017 | TP Mazembe | ||
| 2018–2019 | USM Alger | ||
| 2020–2021 | USM Alger | ||
| 2022–2023 | Arta/Solar7 | ||
| 2023– | APR FC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Froger played club football for Le Mans, Lille and Grenoble.[1]
Coaching career edit
In January 2013, Froger replaced Stéphane Le Mignan at the head of the Vannes Olympique Club in National. Upon taking office, he failed in his attempt to bring the club back to Ligue 2 before finishing 17th the following season. Following this relegation, the club filed for bankruptcy and he left office. He bounced back at the Créteil-Lusitanos on 7 January 2015, taking over from resigned Philippe Hinschberger with the goal of keeping the club in Ligue 24. The club finished the season in 14th place with 45 points. After a good start to the 2015–16 season, the club was fourth at the end of the 9th round, he went on to have 7 defeats in 9 games including an elimination in the 7th round of the Coupe de France. On 4 December, Froger was laid off. On 5 December 2020 USMA agreed with former club coach Thierry Froger to lead him for one season after a consultation with Yahia and some lead players.[2]
At the beginning of the 2021–22 Djibouti Premier League season, Froger was hired by AS Arta/Solar7 as head coach. Led by Froger, the team won the Premier League and the Djibouti Cup in 2022.[3]
Froger was appointed head coach of Rwandan club APR FC in July 2023, having agreed a one-year contract.[4]
Managerial statistics edit
- As of 15 August 2022[5]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Le Mans FC | 
|
1 January 1994 | 30 June 1997 | 158 | 54 | 62 | 42 | 34.18 |
| LOSC Lille |
|
1 July 1997 | 15 September 1998 | 52 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 36.54 |
| LB Châteauroux |
|
16 September 1999 | 30 June 2003 | 169 | 68 | 49 | 52 | 40.24 |
| FC Gueugnon |
|
23 February 2004 | 30 June 2005 | 53 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 32.08 |
| Stade Reims |
|
1 July 2005 | 30 June 2007 | 128 | 41 | 37 | 50 | 32.03 |
| Togo | 
|
14 June 2010 | 2 March 2011 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0.00 |
| Nîmes Olympique |
|
2 March 2011 | 25 May 2012 | 54 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 38.89 |
| Vannes OC |
|
29 December 2012 | 5 January 2015 | 59 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 27.12 |
| US Créteil |
|
7 January 2015 | 7 December 2015 | 39 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 30.77 |
| TP Mazembe | 
|
15 February 2017 | 21 March 2017 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40.00 |
| USM Alger | 
|
19 June 2018[6] | 14 March 2019[7] | 37 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 54.05 |
| USM Alger |
|
5 December 2020[8] | 7 March 2021 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 50.00 |
| Arta/Solar7 | 
|
31 January 2022 | 15 November 2022 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 65.00 |
| Career total | 794 | 289 | 252 | 253 | 36.40 | |||
References edit
- ^ a b Thierry Froger at FootballDatabase.eu
- ^ "USMA : Thierry Froger fait son retour à la maison". DZFoot.com. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Djibouti Premier league : Arta Solar 7 retains Premier League title and strives to become the Dream Team of African football". 3 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Kayinamura, Alexis (21 July 2023). "Thierry Froger unveiled as APR FC boss". The New Times. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Thierry Froger - Stats and Titles won - 21/22". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "USMA : Thierry Froger signe à Soustara". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "USMA : Thierry Froger limogé". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "USMA : Thierry Froger fait son retour à la maison". DZFoot.com. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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