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List of Tunisia national football team managers
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The Tunisia national football team manager was first established in 1956 following the appointment of the country's first national team manager Rachid Turki.[1] Thirty-six men have occupied the post since its inception; six of those were in short-term caretaker manager roles: Faouzi Benzarti (one game during the 1994 African Cup of Nations), Sami Trabelsi (six games in 2011 until he was appointed full-time),[2] Ruud Krol (two games),[3] Nizar Khanfir (one game),[4] Maher Kanzari (two games),[5] Montasser Louhichi (four games)[6] and Kais Yaâkoubi (two games).[7][8]
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Mondher Kebaier (right) coached Tunisia from 2019 to 2022, and then his assistant Jalel Kadri (left) took over the team's coaching from 2022 to 2024.
Roger Lemerre held the position for the longest to date with a tenure of six years leading the team in 67 matches, more than any other manager in Tunisia's history.[9] He is also the most successful manager after winning the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, reaching 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Yugoslav coach Milan Kristić became the first foreign manager of the team in 1960.[10] France has the largest number of managers to have coached Tunisia, with six managers. In 2024, a coaching dispute occurred in the team, as three coaches took turns in charge of the team after the dismissal of Jalel Kadri on 24 January. Montasser Louhichi was appointed temporarily on 26 January for two friendly matches in June and the third and fourth matchdays of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification,[11] and then Faouzi Benzarti was appointed on 1 July, the fourth time he had taken over the task in his career,[12] leading the team in four matches of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification after two wins, a draw and a defeat, he resigned from his position and was replaced by his assistant Kais Yaâkoubi temporarily on 5 November,[13][14] leading the team during the fifth and sixth days of the Afcon qualifiers, where he led the team to qualify after a win and a defeat.
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Role
The Tunisia manager's role means he has sole responsibility for all on-the-field elements of the Tunisian team. Among other activities, this includes selecting the national team squad, the starting team, captain, tactics, substitutes and penalty-takers.
The coach has a relative freedom to choose his staff as some of coaches refused to coach the Tunisian national team due to the Tunisian Football Federation’s refusal to appoint foreign assistant coaches. This was the case with Jacques Santini in 2008 and Raymond Domenech. However, the Tunisian Football Federation agreed to Henryk Kasperczak's proposal in 2015 to appoint Frenchman Patrick Hesse to the team.
Appointment
The process of appointing a new Tunisia manager is undertaken by a FTF committee, which is composed of board members and other high-ranking FTF officials. Every time this process is subject to controversy because the committee includes former coaches who did not succeed with the national team, such as Youssef Zouaoui and Mokhtar Tlili.
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