René Lobello
René Lobello (Chambéry, 5 May 1963) is a French football coach.
He was most recently manager of Championnat National side Tours FC.
Biography
After his playing career, René Lobello became a coach in several countries, in Middle East, in North Africa but also in Switzerland.
Back in France, he worked in Metz and Sochaux before following Francis Gillot in Bordeaux and Shanghai.
New assistant of coach Christophe Galtier, who wants to expand his staff at AS Saint-Étienne in June 2016, he left the club a year later following the departure of the French coach.
He joined in August 2017 the Chinese club Liaoning Hongyun Football Club playing Chinese Superleague the equivalent of the French Ligue 1 .After a last place in the ranking, he is thanked in September 2017 after only 7 league games.
Lobello was appointed manager of newly-relegated Championnat National side Tours FC in June 2018.[1] He left the club in December 2018.[2]
Playing career
- 1968–1978: USAM Toulon
- 1978–1980: FC Mulhouse
- 1980–1981: Paris SG
- 1981–1982: Montceau-les-Mines
- 1982–1983: La Seyne-sur-Mer
- 1983–1984: FC Mulhouse
- 1984–1986: Carpentras
- 1986–1989: AS Porto Vecchio
Coaching career
- 1989–1996: French Football Federation Regional Technical Adviser of Var (France)
- 1996–1997: Al Shabab Riyad (Saudi Arabia) (assistant coach)
- 1997: Al Wahda La Mecque (Saudi Arabia) (assistant coach)
- 1998: Al Nasr Riyad (Saudi Arabia) (assistant coach)
- 1998–1999: Étoile Sportive du Sahel (Tunisia) (assistant coach)
- 1999–2002: FC Sochaux (France) (assistant coach of Jean Fernandez)
- 2002–2003: FC Metz (France) (assistant coach of Jean Fernandez)
- 2003 – Jan 2004: Étoile Sportive du Sahel (Tunisia) (Coach)
- Feb 2004–2005: Neuchâtel Xamax (Switzerland) (Coach – general manager)
- 2005–2006: Young Boys Berne (Switzerland) (assistant coach of Gernot Rohr)
- 2006–2007: USM Alger (Algeria) (Coach)
- Jan 2008–2011: FC Sochaux (France) (Assistant Coach Francis Gillot)
- 2011–2015: Girondins de Bordeaux (France) (Assistant Coach Francis Gillot)
- 2015–2016: Shanghai Greenland (China) (Assistant Coach Francis Gillot)
- 2016–2017: AS Saint-Étienne (France) (Assistant Coach Christophe Galtier)
- August 2017 – September 2017: Liaoning FC (China)
- 2018: Tours FC (France)
Honors
- French Champion of French Ligue 2 in 2001 D2 with Sochaux
- Winner of the African Cup Winners' Cup in 2003 with Étoile sportive du Sahel
- Winner of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup in 1998 with Al Nasr Riyad
- Winner of the French Cup in 2013 with Bordeaux
Notes and references
References
- "Tours : Un entraîneur français arrive de l'étranger (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- "Tours : René Lobello n'est plus l'entraîneur (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
External links
- René Lobello at FootballDatabase.eu