French footballer and manager (born 1971)
Sabri Lamouchi
(born 9 November 1971) is a French
football manager
and former professional
football
midfielder
. He was most recently manager of
EFL Championship
club
Cardiff City
.
Early life
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Lamouchi was born in
Lyon
, France,
[2]
and is of Tunisian descent.
[3]
Club career
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Lamouchi started his professional career with
Ales
and then moved to
Auxerre
for four years. He then went on to join
Monaco
, who he helped to the
Ligue 1
title in 2000, before being snapped up by
Parma
of Italy. He later moved to
Inter Milan
.
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Lamouchi had a spell at
Genoa
before joining
Marseille
on loan the following year. In January 2006, the loan deal was made a permanent move. He played for Marseille for six further months, until he announced that he was leaving the club on 18 September 2006, although his contract ran until June 2007.
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In 2006, Lamouchi moved to
Al-Rayyan
in the
Qatar Stars League
, where he scored a spectacular goal in his first match. The next season, he joined
Umm-Salal
.
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In January 2009, Lamouchi transferred to
Al-Kharitiyath
.
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International career
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Sabri Lamouchi holds Tunisian and French nationalities by birth since he was born in France before 1994 to parents born in
French protectorate of Tunisia
before its independence.
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In 1994, he refused to play with the Tunisian national team. He then was capped with the French A' team.
[5]
Lamouchi was
capped
12 times and scored one goal for the
French national team
. He made his debut in 1996 and was a member of the French
European Championship
squad the same year. He was in France's 28 men-preliminary squad for the
1998 FIFA World Cup
on home soil. However he was one of the six players axed by head coach
Aime Jacquet
just before the tournament began. The team went on to win the tournament.
[6]
Managerial career
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Ivory Coast
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In May 2012, he became manager of the
Ivory Coast national team
, his first managerial position. The Elephants qualified for the
2014 FIFA World Cup
, ranked 23rd at the time ? highest ranked in Africa ? and started their group play with a 2?1 victory over
Japan
. That was followed by a 2?1 loss to group favourite
Colombia
. On his last game as Ivory Coast's manager, he and his team lost 2?1 against
Greece
and they were eliminated from the FIFA World Cup. The team featured stars such as
Yaya Toure
,
Gervinho
,
Wilfried Bony
and
Didier Drogba
. Lamouchi resigned from the position following Les Elephants' exit from the competition.
[7]
Rennes
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On 8 November 2017, Lamouchi became the manager of French side
Rennes
. He led the team to a 5th place synonymous with
Europa League
qualification. On 3 December 2018 after a string of poor results, he was sacked from the club.
[8]
Nottingham Forest
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2019?20 season
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On 28 June 2019, following the departure of
Martin O'Neill
, it was announced that Lamouchi would become head coach of
Nottingham Forest
for the
2019?20 season
.
[9]
He enjoyed a strong start to the season and won the league's Manager of the Month award for September 2019.
[10]
On 19 June 2020, Nottingham Forest announced that Lamouchi had signed an extension to his managerial contract.
[11]
Forest were in the play-off positions for nearly the whole season, but missed out by finishing seventh on the final day of the season after being beaten at home 1?4 by
Stoke City
.
[12]
Lamouchi had guided Forest to their highest league position since the
2010?11 season
, and also became the first Forest manager to complete a full season in over nine years.
[13]
2020?21 season
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Following Forest's disappointing end to the season, Lamouchi flew to Athens to meet with the Forest board, including Forest owner
Evangelos Marinakis
, where it was decided that Lamouchi would remain as Forest's Head Coach. To improve on the shortcomings of the previous season, four new additions were made to Lamouchi's coaching staff, along with a change in transfer strategy that would place a greater focus on domestic signings.
[14]
On 5 September 2020, Nottingham Forest were knocked out of the
League Cup
in a 1?0 defeat to
Barnsley
. In a video call to the squad following that game, Marinakis described the result as a 'humiliation' to the football club that Forest would lose twice to a club that had barely survived relegation the previous season. It was clear that Marinakis' patience with Lamouchi was running out, and Marinakis angrily told
Albert Adomah
and
Joao Carvalho
that they could leave the club without consulting Lamouchi.
[15]
On 6 October 2020, Lamouchi's contract was terminated and he was immediately replaced by
Chris Hughton
.
[16]
Forest had lost all five competitive games of the new season, and had failed to win in their last eleven games.
[17]
Al-Duhail
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In October 2020, Lamouchi was appointed manager of Qatari side
Al-Duhail
.
[18]
On 9 August 2021, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
[19]
Cardiff City
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On 27 January 2023, Lamouchi returned to British football when he was appointed as manager of Welsh club
Cardiff City
.
[20]
Despite successfully helping the team steer clear of relegation at the end of the 2022-3 season, on 16 May 2023, Cardiff City announced that Lamouchi would leave the club at the end of his contract.
[21]
Managerial statistics
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- As of match played 8 May 2023
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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team
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Nat
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From
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To
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Record
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Ivory Coast
|
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28 May 2012
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25 June 2014
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28
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14
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7
|
7
|
0
50.00
|
El Jaish
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27 December 2014
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1 July 2017
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92
|
50
|
16
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26
|
0
54.35
|
Rennes
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8 November 2017
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3 December 2018
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50
|
19
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13
|
18
|
0
38.00
|
Nottingham Forest
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28 June 2019
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6 October 2020
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55
|
20
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16
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19
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0
36.36
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Al-Duhail
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14 October 2020
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9 August 2021
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37
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21
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5
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11
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0
56.76
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Cardiff City
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27 January 2023
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16 May 2023
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18
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6
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2
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10
|
0
33.33
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Total
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280
|
130
|
59
|
91
|
0
46.43
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Honours
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Player
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Auxerre
Monaco
Parma
Marseille
Manager
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El Jaish
Individual
References
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External links
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International tournaments
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