Announced in the sights of several African federations for the position of coach, Hervé Renard will not take the reins of Egypt. Former striker Hossam Hassan was chosen to guide the Pharaohs.
Coach of the French women’s team (which will soon compete in the Final Four of the League of Nations before preparing for the women’s football tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games), Hervé Renard has already decided to leave his post. And for good reason, many African federations are thinking of the double winner of the African Cup of Nations (with Zambia and Ivory Coast).
Renard was announced at the head of the Egyptian national team, but the Egyptian federation announced Tuesday the appointment of Hossam Hassan, after the sidelining of Portuguese technician Rui Vitoria in the wake of the failed CAN of the Pharaohs. Top scorer in Egypt’s history (68 goals in 176 caps from 1985 to 2006), he has since coached numerous clubs in his country for 15 years (but without much success).
Still in the race for Algeria?
The return of Hervé Renard at the head of an African selection remains in the pipeline. The one who was called in full CAN to the bedside of the Ivorian Elephants (before the refusal of the FFF to release him for a few weeks) is notably cited among the coaches listed by the Algerian federation for the succession of Djamel Belmadi, at a year and a half of CAN 2025 in Morocco and two and a half years from the World Cup in North America.
European coaches accustomed to leading national teams are cited, like Vladimir Petkovic, Carlos Queiroz, Julen Lopetegui and Vahid Halilhodzic, already in charge of the Greens from 2011 to 2014. Failing to realize this crazy dream to entrust the destiny of Algeria to a certain Zinédine Zidane…
