Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 May 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Sainte-Croix, Switzerland | ||
Teams managed | |||
Years | Team | ||
2002–2003 | Tonnerre Yaoundé | ||
2003–2005 | COD Meknes | ||
2005–2006 | SCC Mohammédia | ||
2006 | IR Tanger | ||
2006–2007 | Ethiopia (co-manager) | ||
2007–2008 | Swaziland | ||
2009–2011 | MC Oujda | ||
2011–2012 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
2012 | MC Oran | ||
2013 | MC El Eulma | ||
2013–2014 | FC Sion II | ||
2014–2015 | Central African Republic | ||
2015 | Gambia | ||
2017– | Central African Republic |
Raoul Savoy (born 18 May 1973) is a Spanish-Swiss football coach. He is currently the head coach of the Senior National Team of the Central African Republic for the second time.
On 15 May 2015, Raoul was appointed the manager of Gambia national football team. He quit in December 2015.
Raoul Savoy speaks fluently English, Italian, French, Spanish and German. He also can understand Arabic language.
Holder of UEFA coaching diplomas (UEFA - A Licence Scottish Football Association and Swiss FA), his career began with Tonnerre Yaoundé in Cameroon from 2002 to 2003 and he was runner-up of the 2002 CAF Cup. After this he spent six seasons in Morocco with each, COD Meknes and SCC Mohammédia and IR Tanger (2003–2006). He managed after that two senior national teams, Ethiopia (2006-2007) and Swaziland (2007–2008). He returned after in Morocco to manage MC Oujda for two seasons (2009–2011), in Switzerland with Neuchâtel Xamax (2011-2012) and FC Sion (2013–2014).
In 2012, he spent for the first time in Algeria managing MC Oran and in 2013 MC El Eulma.
In February 2017 he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.