Raoul Savoy

Raoul Savoy (born 18 May 1973) is a Swiss football coach who’s now coaching in the Chadian national team and he was head coach of the Central African Republic national football team.

Raoul Savoy

Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-05-18) 18 May 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth	Sainte-Croix, Switzerland
Team information
Current team	Central African Republic (manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2002–2003	Tonnerre Yaoundé
2003–2005	COD Meknes
2005–2006	SCC Mohammédia
2006	IR Tanger
2006–2007	Ethiopia
2007–2008	Swaziland
2009–2011	MC Oujda[citation needed]
2012	MC Oran
2013	MC El Eulma
2013	FC Sion II
2014–2015	Central African Republic
2015	Gambia
2017–2019	Central African Republic
2021–2024	Central African Republic

Career

In 2012, he spent for the first time in Algeria managing MC Oran and in 2013 MC El Eulma.^[1]

On 15 May 2015, Raoul was appointed the manager of Gambia national football team.^[2] He quit in December 2015.^[3]

In February 2017, he was one of a number of managers on the shortlist for the vacant Rwanda national team manager role.^[4] He later became manager of Central African Republic staying until March 2019.^[5] In August 2021, he was reappointed as head coach of Central African Republic for a third stint.^[6]

On 24 October 2024, the Central African Ministry of Sport sacked Savoy as the Central African Republic national team manager. In return, he demanded the government to pay his unpaid salaries of 160,000 euros.^[7]

Personal life

Born in Switzerland, Savoy is of Spanish descent.^[8]