Thierry Froger

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Thierry Froger
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-21) 21 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Le Mans, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 APR FC (head coach)
Youth career
1971–1978 Le Mans
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1986 Lille
1986–1987 Grenoble
1987–1991 Le Mans
Managerial career
1994–1997 Le Mans
1997–1998 Lille
1998–2003 Châteauroux
2003–2004 Gueugnon
2005–2008 Reims
2010–2011 Togo
2011–2012 Nîmes
2012–2014 Vannes
2015 Créteil
2017 TP Mazembe
2018–2019 USM Alger
2020–2021 USM Alger
2022–2023 Arta/Solar7
2023– APR FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thierry Froger (born 21 March 1963) is a French football coach and former player who is the head coach of APR FC.

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Playing career

Froger played club football for Le Mans, Lille and Grenoble. [1]

Coaching career

In January 2013, Froger replaced Stéphane Le Mignan at the head of the Vannes Olympique Club in National. Upon taking office, he failed in his attempt to bring the club back to Ligue 2 before finishing 17th the following season. Following this relegation, the club filed for bankruptcy and he left office. He bounced back at the Créteil-Lusitanos on 7 January 2015, taking over from resigned Philippe Hinschberger with the goal of keeping the club in Ligue 24. The club finished the season in 14th place with 45 points. After a good start to the 2015–16 season, the club was fourth at the end of the 9th round, he went on to have 7 defeats in 9 games including an elimination in the 7th round of the Coupe de France. On 4 December, Froger was laid off. On 5 December 2020 USMA agreed with former club coach Thierry Froger to lead him for one season after a consultation with Yahia and some lead players. [2]

At the beginning of the 2021–22 Djibouti Premier League season, Froger was hired by AS Arta/Solar7 as head coach. Led by Froger, the team won the Premier League and the Djibouti Cup in 2022. [3]

Froger was appointed head coach of Rwandan club APR FC in July 2023, having agreed a one-year contract. [4]

Managerial statistics

As of 15 August 2022 [5]
TeamNatFromToRecord
PWDLWin %
Le Mans FC Flag of France.svg 1 January 199430 June 1997158546242034.18
LOSC Lille Flag of France.svg 1 July 199715 September 199852191716036.54
LB Châteauroux Flag of France.svg 16 September 199930 June 2003169684952040.24
FC Gueugnon Flag of France.svg 23 February 200430 June 200553171818032.08
Stade Reims Flag of France.svg 1 July 200530 June 2007128413750032.03
Togo Flag of Togo.svg 14 June 20102 March 20118035000.00
Nîmes Olympique Flag of France.svg 2 March 201125 May 201254211914038.89
Vannes OC Flag of France.svg 29 December 20125 January 201559162221027.12
US Créteil Flag of France.svg 7 January 20157 December 201539121017030.77
TP Mazembe Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 15 February 201721 March 20175221040.00
USM Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 19 June 2018 [6] 14 March 2019 [7] 3720710054.05
USM Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 5 December 2020 [8] 7 March 202112615050.00
Arta/Solar7 Flag of Djibouti.svg 31 January 202215 November 2022201352065.00
Career total794289252253036.40

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References

  1. 1 2 Thierry Froger at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. ↑ "USMA : Thierry Froger fait son retour à la maison". DZFoot.com . 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Djibouti Premier league : Arta Solar 7 retains Premier League title and strives to become the Dream Team of African football". 3 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Kayinamura, Alexis (21 July 2023). "Thierry Froger unveiled as APR FC boss". The New Times. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Thierry Froger - Stats and Titles won - 21/22". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "USMA : Thierry Froger signe à Soustara". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "USMA : Thierry Froger limogé". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "USMA : Thierry Froger fait son retour à la maison". DZFoot.com . 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.


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