Christian Letard

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Christian Letard
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-11-23) 23 November 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth Le Poiré-sur-Vie, France
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1966-1972 Roche-sur-Yon
1972-1976 FC Yonnais
Managerial career
1981-1989 Roche-sur-Yon
1989-1994 Le Mans
1994-1995 Grenoble
1995-1999 Tours [1]
1999-2001 Angoulême
2002 Vietnam U23
2004-2005 Congo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Letard (born 23 November 1947) is a French retired football manager who most recently managed the Congo national team. In addition to Congo, he has also managed France and Vietnam. [2] [3]

Career

In 1981, Letard was appointed manager of French third division side Roche-sur-Yon, helping them earn promotion to the French second division.[ citation needed ] In 1989, he became the manager of Le Mans in the French second division, where he suffered relegation to the French third division. In 1994, Letard was appointed manager of the French fourth division club Grenoble.[ citation needed ]

In 2002, he was appointed manager of Vietnam U23, where he successfully sued the Vietnam Football Federation for unfair dismissal. [4]

In 2004, Letard took on the role of manager of Congo, where he stated, "I am not Zorro. Nor those marabouts of illusions who manage, alas, to convince their credulous employers in Africa that four months of intensive preparation is enough to compete with the best teams on the continent". [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "L'explosivité était tourangelle" (in French). lanouvellerepublique.fr. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "HLV trưởng Đội tuyển U23 Việt Nam Christian Letard: "Tôi sẽ bắt tay ngay vào việc"" (in Vietnamese). nld.com.vn. 13 March 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "HLV Christian Letard: Đến Việt Nam vì thích phiêu lưu" (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Câu châm ngôn gây sốc về Liên đoàn và góc khuất ẩn sau "cú phốt" nhớ đời của cựu TTK VFF" (in Vietnamese). soha.vn. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ↑ ""Je ne suis pas Zorro"". congopage.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 10 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Le sélectionneur national Christian Letard envisage de démissionner" (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2024.


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