Bertrand Marchand

Bertrand Marchand

Marchand in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1953-04-27) 27 April 1953 (age 68)
Place of birth	Dinan, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender[1]
Youth career
	Entente Méné-Rance
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1980	Rennes
1980–1982	Montmorillon
1982–1985	Thouars Foot 79
Teams managed
1985–1997	Thouars Foot 79
1997–2002	Rennes (youth)
2002–2004	Guingamp
2005–2007	Club Africain
2007–2008	Etoile du Sahel
2008–2010	Al-Khor
2010	Tunisia
2011–2012	Raja Casablanca
2012–2013	Umm Salal
2013–2015	Al-Kharaitiyat
2015–2016	RS Berkane
2017–2018	Club Africain
2019-	CS Chebba
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bertrand Marchand (born 27 April 1953) is a French former football player and manager.

Career[]

Marchand was coach-player then coach at Thouars Foot 79 from 1982 to 1997. Then he was at Stade Rennais F.C. (educator at the training center then assistant coach) and at En Avant de Guingamp (Ligue 1), where he directed the players of the first team of 2002 to 2004.

He also trained in Tunisia with Club Africain and ES Sahel, club based in Sousse with which, in 2007, he won the 2007 CAF Champions League and reached the semi-final of the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan. He is the only French to date, players and coaches combined, to have achieved this performance. Following this course, he received the UNECATEF trophy. He also won the 2008 CAF Super Cup.

At the end of his contract with the Etoile du Sahel, several clubs in the Persian Gulf began to take an interest in this technician, particularly the Al Wahda FC, which would do anything to get him signed. A second rumor sent him to Egyptian side Zamalek, but it was ultimately in Qatar, at Al-Khor whered he signed for two years.

In June 2010, he became the coach of the Tunisian national team. On 15 December 2010, the federal office of FTF decided to dismiss Bertrand Marchand after two defeats and a draw in CAN 2012 qualifying matches.

The Raja de Casablanca announced in September 2011 that it had recruited the Frenchman Bertrand Marchand for a renewable year as a new coach.

On 16 April 2015, he was appointed head of Al Gharafa, a Qatari football club based in Doha, for a period of one month following the dismissal of Marco Paqueta.

In September 2019, he was appointed new coach of the Chebbien3 Sports Crescent.

References[]

External links[]

• Bertrand Marchand Interview

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