Patrice Carteron (born 30 July 1970) is a French football manager and former player who is the head coach of Botola Pro club Wydad AC. Some of his previous managerial posts include the Mali national team, Dijon, Al Ahly, Umm Salal, Al-Nassr and Al-Ettifaq. He played as a defender.
In 2007, Carteron took over as manager for Cannes, but was replaced by Albert Emon in June 2009.
On 25 June 2009, Dijon hired the former Cannes coach. During his time with Dijon, he got the club promoted to the French top flight. On 24 May 2012, he parted company with Dijon, who had been relegated from the top division Ligue 1.
on 12 July 2012, he was named as the head coach of Mali, where he led the African nation to a FIFA rank as high as 21. Mali also finished third in the African Cup of Nations during his tenure.
On 22 May 2013, he agreed to take charge of Congolese champions TP Mazembe, signing a two-year contract. Mazembe confirmed that Carteron would become their new head coach, while continuing his duties with Mali. With Mazembe, Carteron led the club to two league titles and one African Champions League title.
On 7 January 2016, Carteron left TP Mazembe as his contract had run out.
After leaving Mazembe, Carteron took over at Wadi Degla in the 2016âÂÂ17 season. The team won 20 of their 30 matches during Carteron's tenure.
In 2017, Carteron moved on to Al-Nassr, where he led the club to a third-place finish in the Saudi Professional League, thus qualifying for the Asian Champions League.
On 22 May 2017, United Soccer League club Phoenix Rising announced Carteron would take over head coaching duties, and would join the club as early as the first week of June.
On 12 June 2018, the nab team Al Ahly officially announced the signing of Carteron to take the seat of the manager for two years.
Following Al Ahly's loss at the 2018 CAF Champions League Final and the team's knockout from the Arab Club Champions Cup, he was sacked on 23 November 2018.
Carteron was appointed coach of three times CAF Confederation Cup winner Raja CA on 30 January 2019. Two months later, he won the African Super Cup against Espérence de Tunis, the second in Raja's history.
On 3 December 2019, Carteron was revealed as the new manager of Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek, succeeding Milutin SredojeviÃÂ.
He won the CAF Super Cup 2020 against Espérence de Tunis, the fourth in Zamalek's history. After six days he won the 2019âÂÂ20 Egyptian Super Cup against Al Ahly, the fourth in Zamalek's history, winning two one-match trophies in a one-week span. On 13 June 2020, he renewed his contract with Zamalek for one more season until 2020âÂÂ21.
On 15 September 2020, Carteron announced his departure from the club putting an end to this spell in his managerial career.
Prior to his resignation, Carteron claimed that his decision was due to personal reasons; however, the sudden resignation was both surprising and shocking to Zamalek's board and fans, a few days after a 1âÂÂ0 win over El Entag El Harby, since the club had only one month before their semi-final matches against Raja CA in the 2019âÂÂ20 CAF Champions League. Hence, the club's president Mortada Mansour offered him either to improve his contract to match any counter offer, or to stay until Zamalek complete the CAF Champions League campaign. Eventually, Carteron mentioned that his decision to leave was already taken, and that Zamalek still have time to prepare for their upcoming matches, then he would pay the release clause immediately. Later on, Mortada Mansour accused Carteron of lying regarding that he had not an offer already, and that Al-Taawoun's president, Muhammad Al-Qasim, was trying to sabotage Zamalek.
On 16 September 2020, Saudi club Al-Taawoun announced the signing of Carteron. On 18 September, he managed his first match with Al-Taawoun in a 1âÂÂ0 defeat against Persepolis, followed by another heavy defeat 6âÂÂ0 against Sharjah in the 2020 AFC Champions League. Later on, he won his first match with Al-Taawoun against Al-Duhail 1âÂÂ0 to reach the round of 16 of the Champions League.
On 12 March 2021, Zamalek appointed Carteron as manager for the second time. On 24 August 2021, he led Zamalek to secure their 13th league title after a 2âÂÂ0 win over El Entag El Harby.
On 4 March 2022, Al-Ettifaq announced the signing of Carteron to lead the first football team until the end of the 2021âÂÂ22 season. A few days earlier, Mortada Mansour, president of Zamalek club, had announced the termination of the contract with Carteron by mutual consent.
On 26 February 2023, Carteron and Al-Ettifaq agreed to end their contract mutually.
On 16 June 2023, Carteron became the head coach of Qatar Stars League club Umm Salal.
In November 2024, Carteron was appointed head coach of the Iranian club Sepahan after signing a two-year contract.
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