The Chamois Niortais indicated on Sunday in a press release the departure of its coach Sébastien Desabre, who is to become coach of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DRC federation had already anticipated this announcement by saying on Saturday that Desabre had been appointed as future coach to replace the Argentinian Hector Cuper, whose contract was terminated.
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The timing was questionable, because Desabre was still in post on Saturday in Niort, with, moreover, a Ligue 2 match to tackle, a meeting heavily lost by the Chamois against Bastia, 4-1 during the second day. After having expressed without “surprise” the day before, the Niort club finally announced on Sunday “an agreement in principle for the termination of the contract” of its coach.
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Niort coach Sébastien Desabre announced coach of DR Congo … without informing the club
The Congolese Football Federation (FECOFA) formalized on Saturday the appointment of the current coach of Chamois Niortais, Sébastien Desabre, as coach. Problem, Niort “has never been in contact with FECOFA”, indicates the club in a press release. Read our article.
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46-year-old Sébastien Desabre has been coaching Niort since 2020. He has held several positions in Africa, including Pyramids FC (Egypt), Espérance de Tunis and head of the Ugandan team.