Thierry Froger

Thierry Froger (born 21 March 1963) is a French football former player and the current head coach of USM Alger.

Thierry Froger
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-21) 21 March 1963
Place of birth Le Mans, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 USM Alger(head coach)
Youth career
1971–1978 Le Mans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1986 Lille
1986–1987 Grenoble
1987–1991 Le Mans
Teams managed
1994–1997 Le Mans
1997–1998 Lille
1998–2003 Châteauroux
2003–2004 Gueugnon
2005–2008 Reims
2010–2011 Togo
2011–2012 Nîmes
2012–2014 Vannes
2015 Créteil
2017 TP Mazembe
2018–2019 USM Alger
2020– USM Alger
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Froger played club football for Le Mans, Lille and Grenoble.[1]

Coaching career

Thierry Froger will subsequently coach the Le Mans first team with which he will be elected best coach in Ligue 2 in 1996. After Le Mans, he went to LOSC and narrowly missed the climb to L1, the northern club finishing in 4th place. Then the following season the bad results lead him to leave the club in September 1998. He is replaced by Vahid Halilhodžić. He bounced back 1 year later at La Berrichonne de Châteauroux where he replaced Joël Bats and headed the 4 seasons club.

After his departure from Châteauroux, he signed to Gueugnon in very bad shape but managed to save the club from relegation. In 2004, he was again elected best coach of Ligue 2. Thierry Froger joined the Stade de Reims in June 2005, where he remained three seasons, with a qualification in the semi-final in the Coupe de la Ligue. He was replaced by Didier Tholot in June 2008. In June 2010, he took the helm of the Togo team, but resigned in March. In the process, Froger signed to Nîmes Olympique to try to save the Crocodiles pointing to 17th place in the Ligue 2 championship, 1 point from the first relegation. He fails to maintain the club which therefore fails in National. Still in place during the 2011–12 National season, he manages to re-mobilize the Nîmes workforce and gets the immediate comeback by finishing 1st in the championship. On 25 May 2012, despite his results, his contract was not renewed.

In January 2013, he replaced Stéphane Le Mignan at the head of the Vannes Olympique Club in National. Upon taking office, he failed in his attempt to bring the club back to Ligue 2 before finishing 17th the following season. Following this relegation, the club filed for bankruptcy and he left office. He bounced back at the Créteil-Lusitanos on 7 January 2015, taking over from resigned Philippe Hinschberger with the goal of keeping the club in Ligue 24. The club finished the season in 14th place with 45 points. After a good start to the 2015–16 season, the club is fourth at the end of the 9th day, the rest is more difficult with 7 defeats in 9 games including an elimination in the 7th round of the Coupe de France. On 4 December Froger was laid off. On 5 December 2020 USMA agreed with former club coach Thierry Froger to lead him for one season after a consultation with Yahia and some lead players.[2]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 5 December 2020
Team Nat From To Record
PWDLWin %
USM Alger 19 June 2018[3] 14 March 2019[4] 36 19 7 10 052.78
USM Alger 5 December 2020[5] Present 0 0 0 0 !—
Career Total 0 0 0 0 !—

References
  1. Thierry Froger at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. "USMA : Thierry Froger fait son retour à la maison". DZFoot.com. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. "USMA : Thierry Froger signe à Soustara". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. "USMA : Thierry Froger limogé". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. "USMA : Thierry Froger fait son retour à la maison". DZFoot.com. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.


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