Denis Lavagne

Denis Lavagne (born 9 July 1964) is a French football coach and former player who manages Saudi Arabian club Al-Jabalain.

Denis Lavagne
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-07-09) 9 July 1964
Place of birth Béziers, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender[1]
Team information
Current team
 Al-Jabalain (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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– Al-Jabalain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

References
  1. "Profile". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. "Coton Sport's Lavagne takes over as new Cameroon coach". BBC Sport. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. Kingsley Kobo (26 October 2011). "Official: Frenchman Denis Lavagne named Cameroon coach". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. Leocadia Bongben (14 September 2012). "Cameroon dismiss coach Denis Lavagne". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  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.
  6. Marwan Ibrahim (8 October 2014). "Official: Smouha appoint former Cameroon coach Denis Lavagne as manager". KingFut. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. Adham Mira (8 January 2015). "Smouha sack French manager Denis Lavagne". KingFut. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  8. Marc Gleeson (22 June 2016). "Free State Stars sign former Cameroon national team coach Denis Lavagne as their new mentor". Times Live. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  9. Ernest Makhaya (22 September 2016). "Free State Stars sack head coach Denis Lavagne". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  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".


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