Denis Lavagne

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Denis Lavagne
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-07-09) 9 July 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Béziers, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1982 Le Havre B
1982–1983 Rouen B
1983–1984 Béziers
1984–1985 Alès
1985–1987 Orange
1987–1989 Alès B
Managerial career
1998–1999 Béziers Deveze
1999–2003 Sedan B
2007–2008 Coton Sport
2009–2011 Coton Sport
2011–2012 Cameroon
2013 Étoile du Sahel
2013–2014 Al Ittihad Alexandria
2014 Najran
2014–2015 Smouha
2015–2016 MAS Fez
2016 Free State Stars
2016–2017 Al-Hilal
2018–2019 CS Constantine
2021 JS Kabylie
2021 USM Alger
2022 Azam
2023–2024 Al-Jabalain
2024 Al-Bukiryah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Denis Lavagne (born 9 July 1964) is a French football coach and former player.

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Playing career

Born in Béziers, Lavagne played for Le Havre B, Rouen B, Béziers, Alès, Orange and Alès B. [1]

Coaching career

After retiring from playing in 1989, Lavagne worked as an assistant manager with Alès, Nîmes, Bastia and ASOA Valence. [1] He then worked as manager of Béziers Deveze between 1998 and 1999, before becoming a coach at Sedan and manager of Sedan B. [1] He left Sedan in 2003, and spent time coaching in Qatar (with Qatar SC) and in China (with Chengdu Blades). [1] He had two spells as manager of Coton Sport, separated by coaching with Moroccan club Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi. [1]

Lavagne left his job as manager of Coton Sport to become manager of the Cameroon national team in October 2011. [2] [3] He was dismissed from this position in September 2012 following poor results. [4] He then became manager of Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel in March 2013, [5] and also later managed Egyptian club Al Ittihad and Saudi club Najran. [1] He took over as manager of Egyptian club Smouha in October 2014, [6] before being sacked in January 2015. [7] After managing Moroccan club MAS Fez, [1] he took over as manager of South African club Free State Stars in June 2016. [8] He was sacked by the club in September 2016. [9]

After managing Sudanese club Al-Hilal and a spell as a coach at French club Le Havre, [1] in December 2018 he became manager of Algerian club CS Constantine. [10]

In January 2021 he became manager of Algerian club JS Kabylie. [11] [12] He left the club in August 2021, [13] and later that month became manager of USM Alger. [14] In December 2021, he was sacked from USM Alger. [15]

In September 2022 he became manager of Tanzanian club Azam. [16]

On 18 January 2023, Lavagne was appointed as manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Jabalain. [17]

On 11 July 2024, Lavagne was appointed as manager of Al-Bukiryah. [18]

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  5. ↑ Alexis Billebault (19 March 2013). "Denis Lavagne : " Je ne suis pas étonné par ce qui se passe au Cameroun "" (in French). Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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  7. ↑ Adham Mira (8 January 2015). "Smouha sack French manager Denis Lavagne". KingFut. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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  10. ↑ "CSC : Denis Labagne s'engage pour 18 mois" (in French). El Watan. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Algeria: a risky place to be a football coach? - Montage Africa Magazine". Montageafrica.com. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Ligue 1 : La JSK annonce l'arrivée de Denis Lavagne". DZfoot.com.
  13. ↑ "JS Kabylie: Le coach Denis Lavagne renvoyé... | Africa Foot United". africafootunited.com.
  14. ↑ Benhammadi, Saïd (20 August 2021). "USM Alger : Denis Lavagne nouvel entraîneur".
  15. ↑ Benchouk, Samir (24 December 2021). "USMA: Denis Lavagne limogé (officiel)".
  16. ↑ "Muguna's Azam appoint former Cameroon coach to replace Moallin | MozzartSportKe". www.mozzartsport.co.ke.
  17. ↑ "الجبلين يستقبل لافاني".
  18. ↑ "دينيس لافاني مدرباً لـ #البكيرية".


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