Didier Gomes Da Rosa

Didier Gomes Da Rosa (born 10 October 1969) is a French football manager and former player who is the current manager of Tanzanian club Simba SC.[1] He is famous for making an impressive impact in all the clubs he has managed in his early years in the African continent winning the league titles with Rayon Sports F.C. (2013), Coton Sport FC de Garoua (2014 and 2015) and also the Cameroonian Cup at the Garoua-based club.

Didier Gomes Da Rosa
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-10-01) 1 October 1969
Place of birth Charenton-le-Pont, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Teams managed
Years Team
2008–2010 AS Roquebrune Cap Martin
2010–2010 ES Fos sur Mer
2010–2011 Cagnes-le-Cros
2012–2013 AS Cannes B
2013–2014 Rayon Sports
2014–2015 Coton Sport
2015–2016 CS Constantine
2016–2017 JSM Skikda
2017–2018 Ethiopian Coffee
2019 Horoya AC
2019–2020 Ismaily
2020-2021 Al-Merrikh SC
2021- Simba SC

Former Botswana national team coach had been admitted at the hospital following his return from a visit in South Africa. David Bright died at the age of 64 from complications related to Covid-19.[2]

Managerial career

France

Didier Gomes Da Rosa began his managerial career in 2008 in his home country France and managed AS Roquebrune Cap Martin, ES Fos sur Mer and AS Cannes in the League of the Mediterranean till 2011.

Rayon Sports

He first moved out of France in 2012 to Africa and more accurately to Rwanda where he was appointed as the manager of Rwandan giants, Rayon Sports F.C. on a three-year contract. The club, nicknamed "Gikundiro" (the well-beloved), because of its popularity was in the relegation zone of the Rwanda National Football League after a disastrous start in the championship falling ten points short of league leaders and the club's arch rivals, Armée Patriotique Rwandaise F.C. Under the Frenchman's leadership, the Nyanza-based side made a spectacular comeback in the season which will be remembered by Rwandan football fans for the years to come. Seven months later, the Gikundiro thrashed rivals APR 4-0 in a historic win and were crowned the champions of the 2012–13 Rwanda National Football League.[3][4][5] He also helped his side win the Genocide Memorial Tournament in 2013 where his side faced La Jeunesse Football Club in the finals.[6] His side also participated 2013 Kagame Interclub Cup[7][8] but unfortunately lost 1-0 to Burundi's Vital'O FC in the semi-finals. The club after facing serious financial deficits parted ways with the French manager on a mutual consent.[9]

Coton Sport

He then moved to Cameroon in December 2013 where he signed a two-year contract with Cameroonian giants, Coton Sport FC de Garoua. Appointed as the General Manager as well as the head coach, his task was to prepare the team for the Elite One, Cameroonian Cup and also the CAF Confederation Cup. Soon the Frenchman led his side to championship glory as his side led the league table with more than a ten points. He also helped his young side win the 2014 Cameroonian Cup. He led his team to the semi-finals of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup[10][11] where they bowed out to African giants and the eventual champions of the tournament, Al Ahly SC of Egypt.[12][13] In the following season, despite a six-point penalty, he managed to lead his young side to win the 2015 Elite One.

CS Constantine

Declining the proposal of renewing his contract with the Cameroonian champions, the Frenchman decided to move to Algeria where he committed himself to a contract for two-years with Constantine-based, CS Constantine[14][15] when the side was in the relegation zone just twelve days into the championship. He rescued the Algerian side from relegation in the 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and his side was also adjudged the third best side in the second round of the championship.[16][17]

Horoya

He became Horoya AC manager in March 2019.[18] He was sacked in November 2019.[19]

Ismaily SC

He became Ismaily SC manager in 8 January 2020.

Al-Merrikh SC

On 14 December 2020, Didier Gomes was appointed as new head coach for the Sudanese giant Al-Al-Merrikh SC. On 24 November he took charge of the first match in the Preliminary round of champions league 2020–21 against the Congolese side Otoho. He played to a draw 1–1 in Congo and on 2 December he qualified to the round 32 of the champions league for the first time in the previous 4 seasons after he led Al-Merrikh SC to win against Otoho 2–0 in the second leg match.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 25 August 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Rayon Sports 1 February 2013 30 June 2014 45 31 6 8 068.9
Coton Sport 1 July 2014 30 October 2015 62 33 18 11 053.2
CS Constantine 9 November 2015 11 September 2016 27 10 8 9 037.0
JSM Skikda 18 September 2016 10 December 2017 42 19 8 15 045.2
Ethiopian Coffee 26 December 2017 30 June 2018 20 10 5 5 050.0
Horoya AC 20 March 2019 10 November 2019 25 16 4 5 064.0
Ismaily 8 January 2020 25 August 2020 14 4 6 4 028.6
Total 235 123 55 57 052.3

Honours

Rayon Sports F.C.

Coton Sport FC de Garoua

CS Constantine

Ethiopian Coffee S.C.

Horoya AC

Ismaily SC

Personal achievements

  • Award Best Coach in Cameroon 2014
  • 3rd Best French Coach in Africa – Zarpa Awards 2015


References

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