Hervé Renard

Renard began his coaching career with SC Draguignan.[4] He was Assistant at Chinese side Shanghai Cosco with head coach Claude Le Roy from 2002 to 2003,[3] and managed English side Cambridge United in 2004,[5][6] having first joined the club with Le Roy to serve as a coach.[7]

He became manager of Vietnamese club Song Da Nam Dinh in 2004, leaving them after several months.[8] He became manager of AS Cherbourg in 2005, leaving them in 2007.[9] He next became Assistant to Claude Le Roy for the Ghana national side.[10]

In May 2008, Renard was appointed manager of the Zambia national team.[11] At the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, he led Zambia to the quarter final stage of the tournament for the first time in 14 years.[12] Renard left his duties as Zambia manager in April 2010 with only two months remaining on his contract.[13] Two days later he agreed to become manager of Angola.[14] He resigned from his position as Angola manager in October 2010, and was replaced by Zeca Amaral.[15]

On 21 January 2011, Renard reached an agreement with Algerian club USM Alger to become the head coach of the club.[16]

On 22 October 2011, it was announced that Renard had returned for a second stint as coach of Zambia on a one-year contract.[17] He led the team to their first victory in the African Cup Of Nations in 2012. The win was dedicated to the 18 players who perished in April 1993, after a plane carrying the squad crashed just miles from the site of the 2012 final in Gabon.[18]

In May 2012, Chishimba Kambwili, the Zambian sports minister, announced he expected Renard to sign a new contract by the end of the month.[19]

After Zambia were eliminated from the group stages of the 2013 African Cup of Nations, Renard said that it was his fault.[20] He later criticised CAF for not allowing Zambia, as the 2012 winners of the AFCON, the chance to compete at the 2013 Confederations Cup.[21]

Renard was released from his contract by the Football Association of Zambia in October 2013, in preparation for a role with French club FC Sochaux.[22]

On 7 October 2013 it was announced that Renard was appointed as the new manager of French Ligue 1 side Sochaux.[23] In April 2014 he was linked with the Morocco national team job.[24][25]

The club was involved in a relegation fight in May 2014,[26] and after being relegated, he left the club later that month.[27] In July 2014 he was announced to be on the shortlist for the Ivory Coast job.[28]

Renard as Ivory Coast at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

Renard was appointed as manager of the Ivory Coast national team in July 2014.[29] He was manager at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, and praised the organization of the tournament.[30] He won the competition, becoming the first coach to win two Africa Cup of Nations with different countries.[31]

Renard became manager of French club Lille in May 2015.[32] On 11 November 2015, he was sacked after getting only 13 points in 13 league games.[33]

Renard as Morocco manager at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

In February 2016, Renard was linked with the vacant Morocco national team job.[34] Later that month he was appointed as the new Morocco manager.[35] In October 2016 he was linked with the vacant Algeria national team job.[36]

In November 2017, he qualified Morocco to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, their first since 1998.[37] Later that month, he signed a new contract, until 2022.[38] In July 2019 the Moroccan team was eliminated from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, with Renard taking responsibility for the "shock exit".[39] He resigned a few days later, on 15 July 2019.[40][41]

Later in July 2019 he became manager of Saudi Arabia, the first Frenchman to do so.[42][43] On 10 September 2019, he managed his first official match against Yemen in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[44] In March 2022, Renard led Saudi Arabia to qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and in the process became the foreign-born manager with the most wins (18) in the nation's history.[45] In their opening game of the World Cup, he led Saudi Arabia to a 2–1 win over Argentina, one of the pre-tournament favourites, in what was considered one of the biggest shock results in World Cup history.[46] However, Saudi Arabia lost the other two matches against Poland and Mexico, to be eliminated from the group stage.[47]

In March 2023, Renard was linked with the job as coach of France women's national football team following the dismissal of Corinne Diacre.[48] On 29 March, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation accepted Renard's resignation, in order to begin his tenure as coach of the France women's team.[49] On 30 March, Renard officially became the manager of France's women's national team, succeeding Diacre with a contract lasted until August 2024.[50] He was tasked with preparing the team for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup amid player changes and conflicts, particularly with management.[51]

Renard became the first coach to manage teams in two different senior World Cups in the same year,[51] and the second manager to have coached at both the men's and women's World Cups after Englishman John Herdman.[52]

On 29 July, he became the first coach to win a match in both the men's and women's World Cups after France defeated Brazil in the group stage.[53] However, France were eliminated on penalties in the quarter-finals, losing to Australia.[54]

Zambia

• COSAFA Cup: 2013[31]
• Africa Cup of Nations: 2012[31]

Ivory Coast

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2015[31]

Individual

• CAF Coach of the Year: 2012,[57] 2015,[58] 2018[59]