| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antoine Hey[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-09-19)19 September 1970 (age 55)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | West Berlin,[1]West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1989 | Grasshoppers | ||
| 1989–1992 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 49 | (5) |
| 1992–1994 | Schalke 04 | 19 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | →Tennis Borussia Berlin (loan) | 27 | (7) |
| 1994–1997 | SC Fortuna Köln | 94 | (16) |
| 1997–1999 | Birmingham City | 9 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | VfL Osnabrück | 33 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 20 | (6) |
| 2003 | Bristol City | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | VfR Neumünster | 22 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2004 | VfR Neumünster | ||
| 2004–2006 | Lesotho | ||
| 2006–2007 | Gambia | ||
| 2007 | US Monastir | ||
| 2008–2009 | Liberia | ||
| 2009 | Kenya | ||
| 2016–2017 | Al-Merrikh | ||
| 2017–2018 | Rwanda | ||
| 2018 | Myanmar | ||
| 2018 | Myanmar U23 | ||
| 2019–2023 | Myanmar | ||
| 2025 | ES Sétif | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Antoine Hey (born 19 September 1970) is a Germanfootball coach and former professional player.
He spent most of his playing career in the top twodivisions of German football,[2] and went on to manage a number of national teams.
Hey played mainly forFortuna Düsseldorf andSchalke 04[3] in Germany,[4] as well asTennis Borussia Berlin,Fortuna Köln,VfL Osnabrück,Anorthosis Famagusta andVfR Neumünster.
Hey began his management career in Germany withVfR Neumünster before moving to Africa to manageLesotho.[4] Hey was also manager of theGambia from September 2006[4] until March 2007.[5] His spell with Gambia was marred by concerns over money.[6][7] He was appointed manager ofLiberia in February 2008.[8] In February 2009, he was appointed coach of theKenyan national team.[9][10] After disputes with the governing body over team selection,[11] Hey walked out on Kenya's national team shortly before the finalWorld Cup qualifier againstNigeria.[12][13]
Later on, he worked as a Technical Director for theLibyan Football Federation from 2010 until 2014, and in the same role for theBahrain Football Association from 2015 until 2016.[14] In November 2016, Hey returned to management with Sudanese clubAl-Merrikh,[15] but he was sacked in January 2017 due to poor results, directly after the draw withASAS Djibouti Télécom in the2017 UAFA Club Championship.[16]
In February 2017 he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacantRwanda national team manager role.[17] He was appointed manager ofthe Rwanda national team in March 2017.[18] He asked to quit in January 2018.[19]
In May 2018, he was appointed in a dual role as manager ofMyanmar and itsunder-23 team on a one-and-a-half-year deal.[20] In the2018 AFF Championship, Myanmar drew with Vietnam under controversial circumstances.[21] Hey was criticized for his aggressive behaviour in this match towards the Vietnamese players and their managerPark Hang-seo.[22][23] He was sacked in December 2018.[24] He returned to Myanmar in October 2019.[25]
In July 2025, he was appointed manager of Tunisian clubES Sétif.[26] On 2 October 2025, he was sacked after only six games due to bad results.[27]
His father,Jonny Hey, was also a professional footballer, playing for MSV Duisburg, Arminia Bielefeld, Grasshoppers Zürich and Fortuna Köln between 1972 and 1980.[28]