Florent Ibengé
Congolese football manager (born 1961) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé (born 4 December 1961) is a Congolese football coach and former player who manages Sudanese club Al-Hilal.
.jpg) Florent Ibengé in 2016[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Léopoldville, Republic of the Congo | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Hilal Club (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1993 | Excelsior Roubaix | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1998 | US Boulogne | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2003 | ES Wasquehal | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | ES Wasquehal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | SC Douai | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | DR Congo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2021 | Vita Club | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | RS Berkane | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Al-Hilal Club | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Early and personal life
He was born in Léopoldville on 4 December 1961.[2]
Ibengé played as a centre-back for Tennis Borussia Berlin, Excelsior Roubaix, US Boulogne and ES Wasquehal.[1]
Coaching career
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Perspective
He spent his early coaching career in France, managing ES Wasquehal and SC Douai.[1]
He was manager of Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua from April to May 2012, and of Congolese team Vita Club from February 2014.[2]
He became manager of the DR Congo national team in August 2014, combining this role with his job at Vita Club.[3]
He led DR Congo to the 2016 African Nations Championship title in February 2016.[4]
In March 2017, he announced that he intended to step down as national team manager in 2018.[5] He resigned in August 2019.[6] After that, he returned to AS Vita Club.[7]
In July 2021 he became manager of Moroccan club RS Berkane.[8] In June 2022 he became manager of Sudanese club Al-Hilal Club.[9]
In November 2022, Ibenge won the Sudan Cup after Al-Hilal defeated Al Ahli Khartoum in the final winning via a 4–3 penalty shoot-out after the match had ended in a goalless draw after extra time.[10][11]
Following the start of the 2023 Sudan conflict, Ibengé voiced his plans to set up a base camp for Al-Hilal players in Cairo, Egypt, and expressed hopes that the team would continue to play in the Arab Club Champions Cup.[12] In April 2023, Ibengé and his family fled to France via Djibouti.[12]
Honours
DR Congo
- African Nations Championship: 2016[13]
- African Cup of Nations third place: 2015[14]
AS Vita Club
- CAF Champions League runner-up: 2014[18]
- CAF Confederation Cup runner-up: 2018[19]
RS Berkane
Al-Hilal
References
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