France hires Renard as women’s coach ahead of World Cup
PARIS (AP) — French coach Hervé Renard has been appointed to information France’s girls’s staff on the World Cup this summer time then on the Paris Olympics subsequent 12 months.
The 54-year-old Renard give up as coach of Saudi Arabia’s nationwide staff earlier this week, ending a four-year spell highlighted by a win over eventual champion Argentina within the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar final 12 months.
He signed a contract that runs till August 2024, the French federation mentioned Thursday.
The Women’s World Cup is scheduled to be performed from July 20-Aug. 20 in Australia and New Zealand.
Renard replaces Corinne Diacre, who was fired solely 4 months earlier than the event after a number of gamers expressed their discontent together with her. She led the staff to the quarterfinals on the final Women’s World Cup in 2019.
Renard has had nice success on the worldwide degree. He surprisingly guided Zambia to its first Africa Cup of Nations title in 2012, then repeated the feat with Ivory Coast three years later.
The former Lille and Sochaux coach additionally helped Morocco qualify for the 2018 World Cup. It was the primary time in 20 years Morocco had reached the event.
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