Didier Notheaux (4 February 1948 – 18 August 2021) was a French
football player and coach.
Prior to his coaching career, he played mainly for
FC Rouen
Football Club de Rouen 1899 (; commonly referred to as simply FC Rouen) is a French association football club based in Rouen, Normandy. The club was formed in 1899 and currently plays in Championnat National 2, the fourth level of French foo ...
,
RC Lens
Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), come ...
and
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...
. He then coached numerous French clubs and already had a brief stint for
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
. He led the team to
2000 African Cup of Nations
The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (Confederation of African Football, CAF). It was co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, who jointly replaced Zimbabwe as ho ...
, but was fired just before the tournament. He came back in Africa in 2007.
D. Notheaux au Burkina Faso, France Football
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References
External links
Didier Notheaux Interview
1948 births
2021 deaths
People from Déville-lès-Rouen
Sportspeople from Seine-Maritime
French footballers
Association football defenders
Ligue 1 players
RC Lens players
Stade Rennais F.C. players
FC Rouen players
French football managers
Burkina Faso national football team managers
Ligue 1 managers
Le Havre AC managers
FC Mulhouse managers
Stade de Reims managers
Stade Rennais F.C. managers
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard managers
ASOA Valence managers
French expatriate sportspeople in Benin
French expatriate sportspeople in Burkina Faso
Footballers from Normandy
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