SOCCER PLAYER

Philippe Troussier

1955 - Today

Photo of Philippe Troussier

Icon of person Philippe Troussier

Philippe Omar Troussier, (French pronunciation: [filip tʁusje]; born 21 March 1955) is a French former association football player who was most recently the manager of the Vietnam national football team from February 2023 to March 2024. After a modest playing career as a defender within the French leagues, he moved into management where he started out within the lower echelons of French football, however it was his move to Ivorian team ASEC Mimosas where he started to distinguish himself as a manager after winning several league titles with them. This would soon see him have a long association with African football and particularly their national teams, with Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa and Burkina Faso being teams he managed. His international management career would continue with Japan where he had a successful spell with them by winning the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Troussier is the 742nd most popular soccer player (down from 220th in 2019), the 2,237th most popular biography from France (down from 1,223rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Philippe Troussier by language

Loading...

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Philippe Troussier ranks 742 out of 21,273. Before him are John Charles, Steven Gerrard, Zózimo, Teruki Miyamoto, Jimmy Greaves, and Alejandro Scopelli. After him are Attilio Demaría, Tadao Onishi, Luca Toni, Antonio Cabrini, Mihály Lantos, and Kazuhisa Kono.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Philippe Troussier ranks 117. Before him are Horacio Pagani, Azar Nafisi, Ron Johnson, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Maria Shriver, and Thomas C. Südhof. After him are Bruno Conti, Joseph Dunford, Brian Kobilka, Miguel Ferrer, Avram Grant, and Xander Berkeley.

Others Born in 1955

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Troussier ranks 2,237 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis François, Prince of Conti (1717), Michel Polnareff (1944), Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877), Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878), Alizée (1984), and Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien (1641). After him are Charles de Brosses (1709), Louis Anquetin (1861), Fred Vargas (1957), Théo Sarapo (1936), Amédée Ozenfant (1886), and Robert Estienne (1503).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Philippe Troussier ranks 30. Before him are Emmanuel Petit (1970), Robert Pires (1973), Paul Pogba (1993), Guy Roux (1938), Jean Djorkaeff (1939), and David Ginola (1967). After him are Eric Abidal (1979), Hervé Renard (1968), Lucien Muller (1934), Olivier Giroud (1986), Rudi Garcia (1964), and Gonzalo Higuaín (1987).

French born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous