Thierry Froger

Thierry Froger
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-21) 21 March 1963 (age 60)
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*
Years Team Apps (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– 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.

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]
Team Nat From To Record
P W D L Win %
Le Mans FC France 1 January 1994 30 June 1997 158 54 62 42 034.18
LOSC Lille France 1 July 1997 15 September 1998 52 19 17 16 036.54
LB Châteauroux France 16 September 1999 30 June 2003 169 68 49 52 040.24
FC Gueugnon France 23 February 2004 30 June 2005 53 17 18 18 032.08
Stade Reims France 1 July 2005 30 June 2007 128 41 37 50 032.03
Togo Togo 14 June 2010 2 March 2011 8 0 3 5 000.00
Nîmes Olympique France 2 March 2011 25 May 2012 54 21 19 14 038.89
Vannes OC France 29 December 2012 5 January 2015 59 16 22 21 027.12
US Créteil France 7 January 2015 7 December 2015 39 12 10 17 030.77
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 15 February 2017 21 March 2017 5 2 2 1 040.00
USM Alger Algeria 19 June 2018[6] 14 March 2019[7] 37 20 7 10 054.05
USM Alger Algeria 5 December 2020[8] 7 March 2021 12 6 1 5 050.00
Arta/Solar7 Djibouti 31 January 2022 15 November 2022 20 13 5 2 065.00
Career total 794 289 252 253 036.40

References

  1. ^ a b 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.