Philippe Troussier

Philippe Troussier
Troussier in 2023 as the Vietnam manager
Personal information
Full name Philippe Bernard Victor Troussier
Date of birth (1955-03-21) 21 March 1955
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
1974–1975 AS Choisy-le-Roi
1975–1976 RC Joinville
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 Angoulême 22 (0)
1977–1978 Red Star 93 3 (0)
1978–1981 Rouen 79 (8)
1981–1983 Reims 38 (0)
Total 142 (8)
Managerial career
1983–1984 INF Vichy
1984–1987 CS Alençon
1987–1989 Red Star 93
1989 Créteil
1989–1992 ASEC Mimosas
1993 Ivory Coast
1994 Kaizer Chiefs
1995–1997 FUS Rabat
1997 Nigeria
1997–1998 Burkina Faso
1998 South Africa
1998–2002 Japan
1999 Japan U20
2000 Japan U23
2003–2004 Qatar
2004–2005 Marseille
2005 Morocco
2007 FAR Rabat
2008–2010 Ryūkyū (sports director)
2011–2013 Shenzhen Ruby
2014 Sfaxien
2015 Hangzhou Greentown
2017–2018 Chongqing Liangjiang (Technical director)
2018–2021 PVF (Technical director)
2019–2021 Vietnam U19
2023–2024 Vietnam U23
2023–2024 Vietnam
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Japan (as manager)
AFC Asian Cup
Winner 2000
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2001
Representing  Vietnam (as manager)
SEA Games
2023
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Philippe Bernard Victor Troussier (French pronunciation: [filip tʁusje]; born 21 March 1955) is a French former association football player and manager.

After a modest playing career as a defender within the French leagues, he moved into management where he started out within the lower echelons of French football, however it was his move to Ivorian team ASEC Mimosas where he started to distinguish himself as a manager after winning several league titles with them. This would soon see him have a long association with African football and particularly their national teams, with Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa and Burkina Faso being teams he managed. His international management career would continue with Japan where he had a successful spell with them by winning the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. Since then, he has returned to club management.