Antoine Hey

Antoine Hey (born 19 September 1970) is a German football coach and former professional player. He has been manager of Myanmar since October 2019.

Antoine Hey
Personal information
Full name Antoine Hey[1]
Date of birth (1970-09-19) 19 September 1970[1]
Place of birth Berlin,[1] Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1989 Grasshoppers
1989–1992 Fortuna Düsseldorf 49 (5)
1992–1994 Schalke 04 19 (0)
1993–1994 → Tennis Borussia Berlin (loan) 27 (7)
1994–1997 SC Fortuna Köln 94 (16)
1997–1999 Birmingham City 9 (0)
1999–2000 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 (3)
2000–2001 VfL Osnabrück 33 (0)
2001–2003 Anorthosis Famagusta 20 (6)
2003 Bristol City 0 (0)
2003–2004 VfR Neumünster 22 (1)
Teams managed
2003–2004 VfR Neumünster
2004–2006 Lesotho
2006–2007 Gambia
2007 US Monastir
2008–2009 Liberia
2009 Kenya
2016–2017 Al-Merrikh
2017–2018 Rwanda
2018 Myanmar
2018 Myanmar U23
2019– Myanmar
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent most of his playing career in the top two divisions of German football,[2] and went on to manage a number of national teams.

Club career

Hey played mainly for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Schalke 04[3] in Germany,[4] as well as Tennis Borussia Berlin, Fortuna Köln, VfL Osnabrück, Anorthosis Famagusta and VfR Neumünster.

Managerial career

Hey began his management career in Germany with VfR Neumünster before moving to Africa to manage Lesotho.[4] Hey was also manager of Gambia from September 2006[4] until March 2007.[5] His spell with Gambia was marred by concerns over money.[6][7] He was appointed manager of Liberia in February 2008.[8] In February 2009, he was appointed coach of the Kenyan national team.[9][10] After disputes with the governing body over team selection,[11] Hey walked out on Kenya's national team shortly before the final World Cup qualifier against Nigeria.[12][13]

Later on, he worked as a Technical Director for the Libyan Football Federation from 2010 until 2014, and in the same role for the Bahrain Football Association from 2015 until 2016.[14] In November 2016, Hey returned to management with Sudanese club Al-Merrikh,[15] but he was sacked in January 2017 due to poor results, directly after the draw with ASAS Djibouti Télécom in the 2017 UAFA Club Championship.[16]

In February 2017 he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.[17] He was appointed manager of the Rwanda national team in March 2017.[18] He asked to quit in January 2018.[19]

In May 2018, he was appointed in a dual role as manager of Myanmar and its under-23 team on a one-and-half-year deal.[20] In the 2018 AFF Championship, Myanmar drew with Vietnam under controversial circumstances.[21] Hey was criticized for his aggressive behaviour in this match towards the Vietnamese players and their manager Park Hang-seo.[22][23] He was sacked in December 2018.[24] He returned to Myanmar in October 2019.[25]

Personal life

His father, Jonny Hey, was also a professional footballer, playing for MSV Duisburg, Arminia Bielefeld, Grasshoppers Zürich and Fortuna Köln between 1972 and 1980.[26]

References
  1. "Antoine Hey". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. "Hey, Antoine" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  3. "Antoine Hey: Ich war ein besserer Torwart als Buyo!" (in German). FC Schalke 04. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  4. Cham, Lamine (26 September 2006). "Gambia appoint German coach". BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
  5. "Gambia to replace German coach". BBC. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
  6. "Confusion over Gambia coach". BBC. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
  7. "Hey to continue as Gambia coach". BBC. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
  8. Rennie, Ledgerhood (27 February 2008). "New man at the helm for Lone Star". BBC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
  9. "Hey takes over as Kenya coach". BBC. 19 February 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  10. Kitula, Sammy (18 February 2009). "Antoine Hey new Harambee Stars coach". Daily Nation. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
  11. Nyende, Charles (4 November 2009). "Enough is enough! FKL orders Oliech's recall". Daily Nation. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  12. "Kenya turmoil ahead of Nigeria match". BBC Sport. 11 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 November 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  13. Kitula, Sammy (16 November 2009). "Coach Hey off to Germany". Daily Nation. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  14. "Why Rwanda appointed German Antoine Hey for Amavubi job". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  15. "German tactician Antoine Hey is new Amavubi head coach". The New Times. 2 March 2017.
  16. المريخ يقرر إقالة الألماني أنتوني هاي. Kooora (in Arabic). 21 January 2017.
  17. Oluwashina Okeleji (14 February 2017). "Samson Siasia and Winfried Schafer on Rwanda coach shortlist". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  18. Oluwashina Okeleji (3 March 2017). "German Antoine Hey appointed head coach of Rwanda". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  19. Andrew Jackson Oryada (25 January 2018). "German Antoine Hey asks to quit Rwanda coaching role". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  20. "National team gets new head coach from Germany". Myanmar Times. 18 May 2017.
  21. Phong, Hoang Khanh (21 November 2018). "Vietnam denied legitimate goal against Myanmar: international experts". VN Express International. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  22. "The reason Coach Park Hang-seo refused to shake hands with his colleague Antoine Hey Myanmar". Thuong Hieu Cong Luan. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  23. "Myanmar Boss Harassed Our Players". donga.com. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  24. "Myanmar sack national team coach Antoine Hey citing AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 failure". Fox Sports Asia. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  25. "2022 FIFA World Cup™ - News - Hey takes up Myanmar role - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com.
  26. "Toni Hey: mit 37 zum dritten Mal Nationaltrainer" (in German). rp-online.de. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
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