Laurent Banide (born 26 January 1968) is a French football manager who coaches

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's women's side.

Coaching career

Born in

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, Banide had his first job in management with the youth of

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, as his father

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led the first team. Banide was assistant to

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when on 23 October 2006, after losing seven of ten games at the start of the season, the Romanian was sacked and Banide took over. At 38, he was the youngest coach in

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. On 4 June 2007, after finishing the season in 9th, ten places above their position at his appointment, the principality club dismissed Banide. He then coached

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and

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. In February 2010 he left

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Abu Dhabi to join Al-Nasr SC, who replaces German colleague

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. On 10 January 2011, Banide returned to Monaco. He succeeded

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at a club ranked 17th that had been eliminated from the

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by fifth-tier

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. The team were relegated to

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, and in early September he was sacked six games into the new season, leaving them second from bottom. After returning to, and subsequently departing, Qatari side Umm Salal, he was appointed head coach of English

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side

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on 11 June 2019, signing a one-year deal with the club. He was sacked on 19 September after winning only two out of eleven matches in charge. In 2022, Banide was appointed head coach of the women's side of

References

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