Herve Renard
Is there a coach who has achieved as high as former Zambia national team coach Herve Renardin Zambia? Well, Renard was appointed the Zambia national team coach at a time when the Chipolopolo was at it's lowest level.
His appointment was received with mixed feelings because he had no prior experience as head coach except for the fact that he served as the physical trainer for the Ghanian national team.
But that did not stop him from believing that he can suddenly transform a side that was seen as underdogs to being the main giants of African football beating the likes of Ghana, Senegal and Ivory Coast who were littered with high profile players from the big leagues in the world.
Renard was born on September 30, 1968 in Aix-les-Bains, France. During his days as a player, Renard played as a defender for French sides AS Cannes, Stade de Vallauris and SC Draguignan.
When he retired as a professional player he worked as a cleaner and subsequently started his cleaning company.
His successful coaching career started with Zambia when he helped the Southern African giants to reach the first ever quarterfinal appearance at the 2010 Angola Africa Cup Finals. Later, Renard served as Angola coach before leaving in October 2010.
In 2011, Renard reached an agreement with Algerian club USM Alger to become the head coach of the club. However, it was only for a short spell that he spent at USM Algiers before he returned to Zambia for a second spell.
His second spell was highly successful than the first one as Renard guided Zambia to it's first ever Africa Cup of Nation's victory in 2012 in Libreville, a country where Zambia lost its entire squad in a plane crash.
Renard left Zambia in 2013 after a first round exit at the Africa Cup of Nation hosted in South Africa, of which he took blame.
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On October 7, 2013, sealed a deal with Sochaux back in his home country France. His stay at Sochaux was not a success and the team got demoted from the French Ligue One
Renard was later appointed as the coach for the Ivory Coast and was in charge of the team at the 2015 Africa Cup which he eventually won becoming the first coach to win the trophy with two different countries.
In 2015, Renard went back to his native country to coach Ligue One side Lille. Again he was unsuccessful and eventually sacked.
In November 2017, he qualified Morocco to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, their first since 1998.R
Renardis currently the head coach of the Saudi Arabian national team.
The story of Renard proves that anything in life is possible for as long as you keep focus and twack your set objectives. Imagine frin being a cleaner to a Champion.
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