Romain Folz

Romain Folz

Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-06-28) 28 June 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Bordeaux, France
Managerial career
Years	Team
2018	West Virginia United
2019	Uganda (assistant)
2019–2020	Pyramids (assistant)
2020	Bechem United
2020–2021	Niort (assistant)
2021	Ashanti Gold
2021–2022	Township Rollers
2022	Marumo Gallants
2022–2023	AmaZulu
2023–2024	Horoya
2024-2025	Mamelodi Sundowns (assistant)
2025-	Young Africans

Romain Folz (born 28 June 1990) is a French football manager and the current head of coach of Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans. ^[1]

Career

In 2018, Folz was appointed manager of American side West Virginia United. ^[2] In 2019, he was appointed assistant manager of Uganda. ^[3] After that, he was appointed assistant manager of Pyramids in Egypt. ^[4] In 2020, Folz was appointed manager of Ghanaian club Bechem United. ^[5] After that, he was appointed assistant manager of Niort in France.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2021, he was appointed manager of Ghanaian team Ashanti Gold. ^[6] After that, Folz was appointed manager of Township Rollers in Botswana. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

In 2022, he moved to South Africa for the first time as he was appointed manager of South African side Marumo Gallants. He was the youngest manager in the Premier Division. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]} He managed AmaZulu from 2022 until 2023. In April 2023 Romain Folz was redeployed as technical director.^{[ citation needed ]}

He moved on to Guinea's Horoya AC in August 2023. ^[14] In July 2024, he joined Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. as an assistant coach until 10 December 2024 when he was relieved of his duties. ^{[15] [16]}

On July 23 2025 at 9:15Pm He was announced new Head coach of The East Africa's Giants Young Africans sport Club serving the club to date

References

1. "Yanga New head Coach". thecitizen.co.tz.
2. "Entretien avec Romain Folz, entraîneur français de 30 ans en D1 ghanéenne". lagrinta.fr.
3. "Romain Folz, le jeune coach français qui cartonne au Botswana et enchaîne les records". footmercato.net.
4. "Romain Folz (FRA) : " Revenir en Afrique, pourquoi pas ? "".
5. "Bechem United appoint Frenchman Romain Fotz as head coach". ghanaweb.com.
6. "Romain Folz appointed as Ashanti Gold SC head coach". footballghana.com.
7. "No Folz hopes – Romain looks the real deal". sundaystandard.info.
8. "Gallants' 31-year-old coach Folz 'can prove SA doubters wrong'". timeslive.co.za.
9. "Folz would like Gallants to be strengthened with new recruits". sowetanlive.co.za.
10. "Gallants coach Folz not bothered that he is younger than some of his players". timeslive.co.za.
11. "New 'vibrant' Gallants coach's promise to the club fans". citizen.co.za.
12. "Folz: Age is just a number!". Daily Sun.
13. "Romain is no Folz alarm as PSL's youngest coach". News24.com.
14. Ndongo, Oumar (27 August 2023). "Romain Folz nouvel entraîneur d'Horoya" (in French). Sport News Africa. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
15. "Folz Opens Up On Surprising Downs Move". Soccer Laduma. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
16. Sithole, Sinethemba (3 January 2025). "Romain Folz on Sundowns sacking & Flemming Berg relationship". FAR Post. Retrieved 28 January 2025.