Florent Ibengé

Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé (born 4 December 1961) is a Congolese football coach who manages Vita Club.

Florent Ibengé
Florent Ibengé in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé
Date of birth (1961-12-04) 4 December 1961
Place of birth Léopoldville, Republic of the Congo
Club information
Current team
 Vita Club (manager)
Teams managed
Years Team
2012 Shanghai Shenhua
2014 Vita Club
2014–2019 DR Congo
2019– Vita Club

Early and personal life

He was born in Léopoldville on 4 December 1961.[1]

Coaching career

He was manager of Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua from April to May 2012, and of Congolese team Vita Club from February 2014.[1]

He became manager of the DR Congo national team in August 2014, combining this role with his job at Vita Club.[2]

He led DR Congo to the 2016 African Nations Championship title in February 2016.[3]

In March 2017, he announced that he intended to step down as national team manager in 2018.[4] He resigned in August 2019.[5] After that, he returned to AS Vita Club.[6]

References
  1. "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. "Florent Ibenge appointed new DR Congo coach". BBC Sport. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. "CHAN 2016: DR Congo are champions after victory over Mali". BBC Sport. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. Momodou Bah (12 March 2017). "Ibenge confirms he will leave his post as DR Congo coach in 2018". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  5. "Florent Ibenge quits as DR Congo coach". 7 August 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. https://www.africatopsports.com/2019/10/18/as-vita-club-florent-ibenge-donne-des-nouvelles-de-makusu-mundele/


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