Alain Casanova
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alain Casanova | ||
Date of birth | 18 September 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Clermont-Ferrand, France | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1980 | Cournon | ||
1980–1983 | Vichy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1990 | Le Havre | 233 | (0) |
1990–1992 | Marseille | 0 | (0) |
1992–1995 | Toulouse | 76 | (0) |
Total | 309 | (0) | |
Managerial career | |||
2008–2015 | Toulouse | ||
2016–2017 | Lens | ||
2018–2019 | Toulouse | ||
2022 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alain Casanova (born 18 September 1961) is a French former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He most recently was manager of Swiss side Lausanne-Sport.
Career
Born in
On 30 May 2008, he was named as manager of former club Toulouse, after the sacking of
On 13 June 2016, Casanova was named as the new manager of Ligue 2 club Lens, succeeding Antoine Kombouaré on a two-year deal with the option of a third.[7] He was sacked on 20 August 2017 after losing all four of the team's first matches of the new season.[8]
On 22 June 2018, Casanova was named once again as the manager of Toulouse in Ligue 1, replacing
On 3 February 2022, he was confirmed as the new head coach of struggling Swiss Super League club Lausanne-Sport.[11] Despite improving on their performance, he was unable to fend off the looming disaster and three rounds before the end of the season, the club's relegation was already confirmed with a twelve point deficit. On 22 May 2022, his contract at Lausanne was terminated.[12]
Managerial statistics
- As of 30 June 2022
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
Toulouse
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30 May 2008 | 16 March 2015 | 290 | 102 | 80 | 108 | 35.17 | ||||
Lens | 13 June 2016 | 20 August 2017 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 46.94 | ||||
Toulouse
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25 June 2018 | 10 October 2019 | 51 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 21.57 | ||||
Lausanne-Sport | 3 February 2022 | 30 June 2022 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11.11 | ||||
Total | 408 | 138 | 114 | 156 | 33.82 |
Honours
Le Havre
References
- ^ a b "Alain Casanova entraîneur du TFC !" [Alain Casanova manager of TFC!]. Toulouse FC. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
- ^ "VIDEO. Le TFC propose un "best of" de son ancien entraîneur Alain Casanova" [VIDEO. TFC propose a "best of" of their former manager Alain Casanova]. 20 minutes (in French). 30 March 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Gignac, 2 buts la saison dernière, 24 cette saison" [Gignac, 2 goals last season, 24 this season]. Le Parisien (in French). 30 May 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Guingamp fait pleurer Toulouse et s'offre sa finale" [Guingamp make Toulouse cry and reach the final]. 20 minutes (in French). 22 April 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Stival, Nicolas (4 February 2010). "La vidéo de la demi-finale Toulouse-Marseille" [The video of the Toulouse-Marseille semi-final]. 20 minutes (in French). Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Toulouse sack manager Alain Casanova, promote Dominique Arribage". ESPN FC. PA Sport. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Alain Casanova becomes RC Lens manager". Get French Football News. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Ligue 2 : Lens suspend son entraîneur Alain Casanova, Sikora attendu" [Ligue 2: Lens suspend manager Alain Casanova, Sikora in line]. Le Parisien (in French). 20 August 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Transferts : Casanova à Toulouse, c'est signé" [Transfers: Casanova to Toulouse, it's official]. L'Équipe (in French). 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Communiqué officiel" [Official statement] (in French). Toulouse FC. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "ALAIN CASANOVA EST LE NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DU FC LAUSANNE-SPORT!" [ALAIN CASANOVA IS THE NEW TRAINER OF FC LAUSANNE-SPORT] (in French). FC Lausanne-Sport. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "MERCI ALAIN CASANOVA!". lausanne-sport.ch (in French). Lausanne-Sport. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
External links
- Alain Casanova at Om.net