Romain Folz (born 28 June 1990) is a French

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manager and the current head of coach of Tanzanian

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club

Young Africans Young Africans Sports Club (commonly referred to as Yanga) is a Tanzanian professional football club based at Jangwani ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club plays their home games at the 60,000-c ...

Career

In 2018, Folz was appointed manager of American side West Virginia United. In 2019, he was appointed assistant manager of

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. After that, he was appointed assistant manager of

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in Egypt. In 2020, Folz was appointed manager of Ghanaian club Bechem United. After that, he was appointed assistant manager of

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in France. In 2021, he was appointed manager of Ghanaian team Ashanti Gold. After that, Folz was appointed manager of

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in Botswana. In 2022, he moved to South Africa for the first time as he was appointed manager of South African side

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. He was the youngest manager in the Premier Division. He managed

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from 2022 until 2023. In April 2023 Romain Folz was redeployed as technical director. He moved on to

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Horoya AC Horoya Athletic Club, also known as Horoya Conakry or H.A.C., is a Guinean professional football club based in Conakry, Guinea. The club plays in the Ligue 1 Pro, the top tier in the Guinean football league system. It was founded in 1975. Histo ...

in August 2023. In July 2024, he joined

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as an assistant coach until 10 December 2024 when he was relieved of his duties. On July 23 2025 at 9:15Pm He was announced new Head coach of The East Africa's Giants Young Africans sport Club serving the club to date

References

1990 births Living people French football managers Township Rollers F.C. managers Ashanti Gold S.C. managers Marumo Gallants F.C. managers AmaZulu F.C. managers Horoya AC managers French expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Botswana Expatriate football managers in Egypt Expatriate football managers in Ghana Expatriate football managers in Morocco Expatriate football managers in Uganda Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa Expatriate football managers in Guinea French expatriate sportspeople in the United States French expatriate sportspeople in Egypt French expatriate sportspeople in Ghana French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco French expatriate sportspeople in Uganda French expatriate sportspeople in South Africa French expatriate sportspeople in Guinea {{France-footy-bio-stub