Denis Lavagne (born 9 July 1964) is a French

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Born in

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, Lavagne played for Le Havre B, Rouen B,

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and Alès B.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing in 1989, Lavagne worked as an assistant manager with Alès,

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and

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. He then worked as manager of Béziers Deveze between 1998 and 1999, before becoming a coach at Sedan and manager of Sedan B. He left Sedan in 2003, and spent time coaching in Qatar (with

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) and in China (with Chengdu Blades). He had two spells as manager of Coton Sport, separated by coaching with Moroccan club

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. Lavagne left his job as manager of Coton Sport to become manager of the Cameroon national team in October 2011. He was dismissed from this position in September 2012 following poor results. He then became manager of Tunisian club

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in March 2013, and also later managed Egyptian club Al Ittihad and Saudi club

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. He took over as manager of Egyptian club Smouha in October 2014, before being sacked in January 2015. After managing Moroccan club

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, he took over as manager of South African club Free State Stars in June 2016. He was sacked by the club in September 2016. After managing Sudanese club Al-Hilal and a spell as a coach at French club Le Havre, in December 2018 he became manager of Algerian club

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. In January 2021 he became manager of Algerian club

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. He left the club in August 2021, and later that month became manager of

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. In December 2021, he was sacked from

. In September 2022 he became manager of Tanzanian club Azam. On 18 January 2023, Lavagne was appointed as manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Jabalain. On 11 July 2024, Lavagne was appointed as manager of Al-Bukiryah.

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