Pierre Lechantre (born 2 April 1950) is a French

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coach and former player. He won the

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with the Cameroon national team.

Career

On 27 April 2012, Lechantre was named as the head coach of

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, but failed to reach a final agreement with the

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on the terms of his contract. In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job.

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