National, U23 men’s football teams to have new head coach in late February
The Vietnam Football Federation said on February 16 that it had working sessions with Philippe Troussier on the post of the national and U23 men’s football teams’ head coach.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Football Federationsaid on February 16 that it had working sessions with Philippe Troussier on thepost of the national and U23 men’s football teams’ head coach.
As this position has a very important role and has a greatinfluence on the plan to implement Vietnam’s football development strategies, theselection has been carefully conducted by the VFF with a very strict process.
To date, the federation and Troussier have basically reachedagreement on the contents related to the work of the head coachof both teams as well as on goals and tasks in the coming period.
A ceremony to announce the new head coach is expected to beheld in late February. The coach’s first task will be to build up the force andmake a working plan for the U23 team which is expected to take training in earlyMarch in order to prepare for the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be heldin Cambodia in May.
Troussier, born in 1955, is not new to Vietnam. He acted asa strategic adviser and then technical director at the Promotion Fund ofVietnamese Football Talent (PVF) Academy in 2018.
One year later, he was appointed head coach of Vietnam's U19squad and led the team to qualify for the 2020 U19 AFC Championship, which was latercanceled due to COVID-19. He left after his contract with VFF expired in June2021./.
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Philippe Troussier (Photo: VNA) 
