Hervé Renard

Infobox Football biography
playername = Hervé Renard


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|9|30|df=yes
cityofbirth = Aix-les-Bains
countryofbirth = France
height =
position = Defender
currentclub = Zambia
clubnumber = Manager
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1983–1990
1991–1997
1997–1998
clubs = AS Cannes
Stade de Vallauris
SC Draguignan
caps(goals) =
manageryears = 1999–2001
2004
2005–2007
2008–
managerclubs = SC Draguignan
Cambridge United
AS Cherbourg
Zambia

Hervé Renard (born 30 September 1968 in Aix-les-Bains) is a French football manager and former player who currently manages the Zambia national team, a job he took up in May 2008.

Career

Playing career

Renard played for French sides AS Cannes, Stade de Vallauris and SC Draguignan in a playing career which lasted from 1983 to 1998.

Coaching career

Renard began his coaching career with SC Draguignan in 1999, leaving in 2001. He was Assistant at Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua from 2002 to 2003, and managed English side Cambridge United in 2004. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/4089843.stm|title=Cambridge dismiss manager Renard|accessdate=2008-05-07|date=2004-12-12|publisher=BBC] He became manager of AS Cherbourg in 2005, leaving them in 2007 [cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html|title=France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs|accessdate=2008-05-07|publisher=RSSSF] to become Assistant to Claude Le Roy for the Ghana national side. He was appointed manager of the Zambia national team in May 2008. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7387884.stm|title=Renard named as new Zambia coach|accessdate=2008-05-07|date=2008-05-07|author=Kennedy Gondwe|publisher=BBC]

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