Camillo Vaz (born 26 September 1975) is a French football coach who was most recently the manager of

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GPSO 92 Issy Grand Paris Seine Ouest 92 Issy (commonly known as GPSO 92 Issy or simply Issy) are a French women's football team based in Issy-les-Moulineaux. As of the 2024–25 season, the club compete in Régional 1 Féminine, the fourth level of women's ...

from 2021 to 2022. From 2009 to 2012, he was the manager of

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Personal life

Vaz is from

Suresnes Suresnes () is a commune in the western inner suburbs of Paris, France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,482 as of 2020. Suresnes borders the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, ...

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, France. He is of Portuguese origin, and is married, with two children. As a youngster, Vaz played football for

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. He has also worked as a sports teacher.

Career

From 2009 to 2012, Vaz managed

. During that time, PSG won the 2009–10 Challenge de France, after beating

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5–0 in the final. PSG also came second in the

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, finishing behind

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. PSG qualified for the

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, the first time in their history that they had qualified for the tournament. They reached the round of 16 before being eliminated by

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. Whilst Vaz was manager of PSG, the club was taken over by

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. Vaz signed Brazilian footballer

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from Division 1 Féminine champions Lyon. Vaz was supportive of more women managing Division 1 Féminine clubs; in the 2011–12 season, only three of the 12 Division 1 Féminine teams were managed by women. Vaz left PSG in 2012, after the club failed to qualify for the

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, and were knocked out in the semi-finals of the

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. He was replaced by Farid Benstiti, who had been managing the

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. In 2014, Vaz released a book ''Football Féminin'' about his experience of coaching women's football teams. He later worked as a coach at

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in Paris. In February 2021, Vaz was announced as the manager of

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, replacing . Vaz had to deal with players' discontent at the dismissal of Yacine Guesmia after five years in charge, and general unhappiness with the club's management. Many players boycotted Vaz's first training session in protest; some players considered refusing to play in GPSO 92 Issy's next match, but all players then agreed to play. His first match in charge of GPSO 92 Issy was against PSG. Issy were 11th out of 12 teams in Division 1 Féminine when Vaz arrived. Issy were initially relegated to

at the end of the 2020–21 season, but the

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later reprieved Issy, meaning that they would compete in the

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. Issy were relegated to

for the 2022–2023 season, and Vaz left the team in July 2022.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaz, Camillo 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Suresnes French sportspeople of Portuguese descent French football managers Paris Saint-Germain FC (women) managers Division 1 Féminine managers GPSO 92 Issy Academic staff of Sciences Po