Denis Lavagne

Denis Lavagne (born 9 July 1964) is a French football coach and former player.

Denis Lavagne

Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-07-09) 9 July 1964 (age 61)
Place of birth	Béziers, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[citation needed]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1982	Le Havre B
1982–1983	Rouen B
1983–1984	Béziers
1984–1985	Alès
1985–1987	Orange
1987–1989	Alès B
Managerial career
1998–1999	Béziers Deveze
1999–2003	Sedan B
2007–2008	Coton Sport
2009–2011	Coton Sport
2011–2012	Cameroon
2013	Étoile du Sahel
2013–2014	Al Ittihad Alexandria
2014	Najran
2014–2015	Smouha
2015–2016	MAS Fez
2016	Free State Stars
2016–2017	Al-Hilal
2018–2019	CS Constantine
2021	JS Kabylie
2021	USM Alger
2022	Azam
2023–2024	Al-Jabalain
2024	Al-Bukiryah
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Béziers, Lavagne played for Le Havre B, Rouen B, Béziers, Alès, Orange and Alès B.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching career

After retiring from playing in 1989, Lavagne worked as an assistant manager with Alès, Nîmes, Bastia and ASOA Valence.^{[citation needed]} He then worked as manager of Béziers Deveze between 1998 and 1999, before becoming a coach at Sedan and manager of Sedan B.^{[citation needed]} He left Sedan in 2003, and spent time coaching in Qatar (with Qatar SC) and in China (with Chengdu Blades).^{[citation needed]} He had two spells as manager of Coton Sport, separated by coaching with Moroccan club Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi.^{[citation needed]}

Lavagne left his job as manager of Coton Sport to become manager of the Cameroon national team in October 2011.^[1][2] He was dismissed from this position in September 2012 following poor results.^[3] He then became manager of Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel in March 2013,^[4] and also later managed Egyptian club Al Ittihad and Saudi club Najran.^{[citation needed]} He took over as manager of Egyptian club Smouha in October 2014,^[5] before being sacked in January 2015.^[6] After managing Moroccan club MAS Fez,^{[citation needed]} he took over as manager of South African club Free State Stars in June 2016.^[7] He was sacked by the club in September 2016.^[8]

After managing Sudanese club Al-Hilal and a spell as a coach at French club Le Havre,^{[citation needed]} in December 2018 he became manager of Algerian club CS Constantine.^[9]

In January 2021 he became manager of Algerian club JS Kabylie.^[10][11] He left the club in August 2021,^[12] and later that month became manager of USM Alger.^[13] In December 2021, he was sacked from USM Alger.^[14]

In September 2022 he became manager of Tanzanian club Azam.^[15]

On 18 January 2023, Lavagne was appointed as manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Jabalain.^[16]

On 11 July 2024, Lavagne was appointed as manager of Al-Bukiryah.^[17]