The new coach of the Chamois Niortais has been appointed, it is Bernard Simondi. Aged 69, he has coached teams from Qatar, Morocco and Algeria.
Bernard Simondi’s mission is to relaunch the Chamois Niortais season and ensure their maintenance in league 2. A mission that promises to be complicated as the two-Sévrien club is in last place in the standings with 23 points and only 6 games. earned since the start of the season. He replaces Rui Almeida who left the club on February 1. The interim had been provided by Oumar Tchomogo who therefore became deputy.
Bernard Simondi is from Toulon and had a career as a footballer, first as a right-back which took him from Toulon to Saint-Étienne via Tours and Laval. He then became a coach in France, then abroad. He has notably coached teams in Qatar, Benin, Guinea, Algeria and Morocco.
