Wilfried Nancy

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Wilfried Nancy
CINvMTL 2019-05-11 - Daniel Kinumbe, Zakaria Diallo, Wilfried Nancy, Bacary Sagna (47962407541) (cropped).jpg
Nancy in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-04-09) April 9, 1977 (age 44)
Place of birth Le Havre, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 CF Montréal (manager)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 UQAM Citadins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Toulon 9 (0)
1998–1999 Beaucairois 4 (0)
1999–2000 Raon-l'Étape 3 (0)
2000–2001 Ivry
2001–2002 Noisy-le-Sec 8 (1)
2002–2003 Châtellerault 2 (0)
2003–2005 Orléans
Teams managed
2021– CF Montréal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 October 2019

Wilfried Nancy (born 9 April 1977) is a French football manager who is the current manager of the Major League Soccer club CF Montréal. He was formerly a professional footballer, and played as a defender.

Early life[]

Nancy was born in Le Havre to a Guadeloupean father and Senegalese-Cape Verdean mother. His father was in the French navy, and Nancy spent his early childhood in different regions, including Guadeloupe, Martinique, Djibouti and Reunion. At the age of 11, his family moved to Toulon and there he started playing organized football before moving to the academy of Toulon at the age of 14.[1]

Career[]

Nancy was a professional footballer in France, and began his career with Toulon. He also had stints at various amateur and semi-professional clubs, including Beaucairois, Raon-l'Étape, Ivry, Noisy-le-Sec, Châtellerault, and Orléans before moving to Canada in 2005 with the UQAM team.[2][3]

Managerial career[]

After retiring as a footballer, Nancy coached AAA soccer from 2006 to 2007. He coached Quebec's provincial teams from 2007, and was also assistant technical director of the Association régionale de soccer de la Rive-Sud in 2008.

He was part of the Montreal Impact Academy since its inception in 2011 starting with the U18s, then the U21s in 2014, followed by the U16s from 2014 to 2015. He was promoted to assistant coach for the first team on 7 January 2016.[4] On 8 March 2021, following Thierry Henry's resignation, Nancy was promoted to head coach for CF Montréal becoming the club's first coach following their re-branding from the Impact name.[5]

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 16 September 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
CF Montréal Canada 8 March 2021 present 24 9 7 8 34 30 +4 037.50 [6]
Total 24 9 7 8 34 30 +4 037.50

References[]

  1. ^ "Wilfried Nancy | Un grand voyageur au gouvernail". La Presse. April 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Wilfried Nancy - Assistant Coach". CF Montréal.
  3. ^ Ducharme, Jean-François (8 March 2021). "L'ancien Citadin Wilfried Nancy à la tête du CF Montréal" [At the head of CF Montreal]. Actualités UQAM (in French).
  4. ^ "Wilfried Nancy named CF Montréal head coach". CF Montréal. 8 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Le Français Wilfried Nancy maintenu au poste d'entraîneur du CF Montréal (MLS) après le départ de Thierry Henry" [Frenchman Wilfried Nancy retained as CF Montreal (MLS) coach after Thierry Henry's departure]. L'Équipe (in French). 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Wilfried Nancy named CF Montréal head coach". CF Montréal. 8 March 2021.

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