Coach Troussier has two foreign assistants in Vietnam
According to a source from MetaSports, Coach Troussier will come to Hanoi on February 26, to sign a contract with the Vietnam Football Federation and make his media debut a day later. According to the original plan, the French military leader brought two foreign assistants, including fitness coach Cedric Roger and Moulay Azzeggouarh. In particular, Roger used to work at PVF Training Center, participated in many campaigns with Coach Park Hang-seo and Coach Mai Duc Chung.
In the future, Troussier will add a foreign assistant, because he has to handle both the national team and U23.
Coach Troussier has sent VFF a list of suggestions for Vietnamese assistants. In the team there are former striker Nguyen Viet Thang, former midfielder Truong Dinh Luat and former goalkeeper Nguyen The Anh. In the U23 team are Ngo Tuan Vinh, Mai Xuan Hop, Ngo Viet Trung and Nguyen Thang Long. VFF will work further with their assistants and management units to confirm whether these people can be recruited or not.
Coach Troussier will summon the U23 team from March 1 to March 7. This is one of four gatherings of the team to prepare for the campaign to defend the 32nd SEA Games gold medal in Cambodia starting in May. Immediately after finishing the working session with U23, the French military leader will switch to just Lead the team from March 8 to March 12.
Troussier agreed to sign a 3.5-year contract with VFF. The French leader is assigned the goal of defending the 32nd SEA Games gold medal, winning the AFF Cup 2024 and hoping to help Vietnam create a miracle in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, when FIFA increases the number of participants in the final round. to 48 teams.
Born in 1955, Troussier played as a defender for domestic clubs from 1976 to 1983. He moved to the army right after retiring, dubbed the "White Wizard" when he brought the African teams South Africa, Coast Ivory Sea or Nigeria to attend the World Cup. He also helped Japan U20 to win the U20 World Cup runner-up position in 1999, the Japanese team won the 2000 Asian Cup and then entered the round of 16 of the 2002 World Cup.
Troussier has worked as Technical Director of PVF Football Training Center since March 2018. In the period of 2019-2021, he also led Vietnam U19, won tickets to the 2020 AFC U19 Championship, but because of Covid-19, this tournament was canceled. Troussier then still went to watch the V-League, First, Second, U21 and U19 national tournaments to build a new youth group to prepare for the Southeast Asian U18 tournament and the Asian U19 qualifier in 2021. In June 2021, his contract with PVF expired, so he ended his part-time job in Vietnam's youth teams.
