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| Full name | Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1968-09-30)30 September 1968 (age 57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aix-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Saudi Arabia (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1990 | Cannes | 87 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1997 | Stade de Vallauris [fr] | 105 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Draguignan | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 215 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Draguignan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Cambridge United | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Nam Dinh | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Cherbourg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Zambia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Angola | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | USM Alger | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Zambia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Sochaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Lille | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | France Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard (born 30 September 1968) is a French professionalfootball coach and former player who is the head coach ofSaudi Arabia.
Renard has previously been the manager ofZambia national team, with whom he won the2012 Africa Cup of Nations; he also won the competition in2015 with theIvory Coast, becoming the first coach to win twoAfrica Cup of Nations with different teams. In addition, he coachedMorocco at the2018 World Cup. From 2019 to 2023, he was the manager ofSaudi Arabia before he became manager of theFrance women's team ahead of the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. In October 2024, he returned to Saudi Arabia for the second time.
Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard[1] was born on 30 September 1968 inAix-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.[2] His maternal grandparents were from Poland.[3]
Renard played as adefender for French clubsCannes,Stade de Vallauris andDraguignan in a playing career which lasted from 1983 to 1998.[citation needed] After retiring as a professional player, he worked as a cleaner, working there in the morning and training withSC Draguignan in the evening, eventually starting his own cleaning company.[4][5]
Renard began his coaching career withDraguignan.[5] He was an assistant at Chinese sideShanghai Cosco with head coachClaude Le Roy from 2002 to 2003,[4] and managed English sideCambridge United in 2004,[6][7] having first joined the club with Le Roy to serve as a coach.[8]
He became manager of Vietnamese clubNam Dinh in 2004, leaving them after several months.[9] He became manager ofCherbourg in 2005, leaving them in 2007.[10] Next, he worked again with Le Roy as an assistant coach for theGhana national side.[11]
In May 2008, Renard was appointed manager of theZambia national team.[12] At the2010 Africa Cup of Nations, he led Zambia to the quarter final stage of the tournament for the first time in 14 years.[13] Renard left his duties as Zambia manager in April 2010 with only two months remaining on his contract.[14] Two days later, he agreed to become manager ofAngola.[15] He resigned from his position as Angola manager in October 2010, and was replaced byZeca Amaral.[16]
On 21 January 2011, Renard reached an agreement with Algerian clubUSM Alger to become the head coach of the club.[17]
On 22 October 2011, it was announced that Renard had returned for a second stint as coach of Zambia on a one-year contract.[18] He led the team to their first victory in the AFCON in2012. The win was dedicated tothe 18 players who perished in April 1993, after a plane carrying the squad crashed just miles from the site of the 2012 final in Gabon.[19]
In May 2012,Chishimba Kambwili, the Zambian sports minister, announced he expected Renard to sign a new contract by the end of the month.[20]
After Zambia were eliminated from the group stages of the2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Renard said that it was his fault.[21] He later criticisedCAF for not allowing Zambia, as the 2012 winners of the AFCON, the chance to compete at the2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[22]
Renard was released from his contract by the Football Association of Zambia in October 2013, in preparation for a role with French clubSochaux.[23]
On 7 October 2013 it was announced that Renard was appointed as the new manager of FrenchLigue 1 sideSochaux.[24] In April 2014, he was linked with theMorocco national team job.[25][26]
The club was involved in a relegation fight in May 2014,[27] and after being relegated, he left the club later that month.[28] In July 2014, he was announced to be on the shortlist for the Ivory Coast job.[29]
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Renard was appointed as manager of theIvory Coast national team in July 2014.[30] He was manager at the2015 Africa Cup of Nations, and praised the organization of the tournament.[31] He won the competition, becoming the first coach to win two Africa Cup of Nations with different countries.[32]
Renard became manager of French clubLille in May 2015.[33] On 11 November 2015, he was sacked after getting only 13 points in 13 league games.[34]
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In February 2016, Renard was linked with the vacantMorocco national team job.[35] Later that month he was appointed as the new Morocco manager.[36] In October 2016 he was linked with the vacantAlgeria national team job.[37]
In November 2017, he qualified Morocco to the2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, their first since 1998.[38] Later that month, he signed a new contract, until 2022.[39] In July 2019 the Moroccan team was eliminated from the2019 Africa Cup of Nations, with Renard taking responsibility for the "shock exit".[40] He resigned a few days later, on 15 July 2019.[41][42]
Later in July 2019 he became manager ofSaudi Arabia, the first Frenchman to do so.[43][44] On 10 September 2019, he managed his first official match againstYemen in the2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[45] In March 2022, Renard led Saudi Arabia to qualification for the2022 FIFA World Cup, and in the process became the foreign-born manager with the most wins (18) in the nation's history.[46] In their opening game of the World Cup, he led Saudi Arabia to a 2–1 win overArgentina, one of the pre-tournament favourites, in what was considered one of the biggest shock results in World Cup history.[47] However, Saudi Arabia lost the other two matches againstPoland andMexico, and were eventually eliminated from the group stage.[48] His final game was a friendly, which he lost 1-2 toBolivia.[49] He was replaced byRoberto Mancini.[50]
In March 2023, Renard was linked with the job as coach ofFrance women's national football team following the dismissal ofCorinne Diacre.[51] On 29 March, theSaudi Arabian Football Federation accepted Renard's resignation, in order to begin his tenure as coach of the France women's team.[52] On 30 March, Renard officially became the manager of France's women's national team, succeeding Diacre with a contract lasted until August 2024.[53] He was tasked with preparing the team for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup amid player changes and conflicts, particularly with management.[54]
Renard became the first coach to manage teams in two different senior World Cups in the same year,[54] and the second manager to have coached at both the men's and women's World Cups after EnglishmanJohn Herdman.[55]
On 29 July 2023, he became the first coach to win a match in both the men's and women's World Cups after France defeatedBrazil in the group stage.[56] However, France were eliminated on penalties in the quarter-finals, losing toAustralia.[57]
In January 2024, the Ivory Coast men's team attempted to temporarily hire Renard for the delayed2024 AFCON tournament, which was rejected by the French Football Federation.[58]
It was announced that Renard would leave his role after the2024 Summer Olympics, being succeeded by assistantLaurent Bonadei.[59][60]
On 26 October 2024, Renard was reappointed as head coach ofSaudi Arabia, after the sacking ofRoberto Mancini during the2026 FIFA World Cup qualification.[61] A year later, on 14 October, he guided the national team to secure qualification for the2026 FIFA World Cup, finishing at the top of their group in thequalification fourth round after a goalless draw withIraq.[62]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Cambridge United | 1 January 2004 | 12 May 2004 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 033.33 |
| Cherbourg | 1 July 2005 | 30 June 2007 | 77 | 19 | 31 | 27 | 024.68 |
| Zambia | 7 May 2008 | 6 April 2010 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 027.78 |
| Angola | 8 April 2010 | 6 October 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 000.00 |
| USM Alger | 18 January 2011 | 23 October 2011 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 040.91 |
| Zambia | 24 October 2011 | 6 October 2013 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 045.83 |
| Sochaux | 7 October 2013 | 24 May 2014 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 033.33 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 June 2014 | 25 May 2015 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 050.00 |
| Lille OSC | 26 May 2015 | 11 November 2015 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 021.43 |
| Morocco | 16 February 2016 | 21 July 2019 | 45 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 055.56 |
| Saudi Arabia | 29 July 2019 | 28 March 2023 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 044.44 |
| France women's | 30 March 2023 | 6 August 2024 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 070.59 |
| Saudi Arabia | 26 October 2024 | Present | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 045.45 |
| Total | 344 | 136 | 100 | 108 | 039.53 | ||
Renard is in a relationship with Viviane Dièye, the widow of coachBruno Metsu.[64]
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